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Roanoke Civic Center is a 9,828-seat multi-purpose Arena in Roanoke, Virginia . It was built in 1971 . It is home to the Roanoke Dazzle Basketball Team and Roanoke Valley Vipers Ice Hockey team. Opened in October 1971, the Roanoke Civic Center was also the former home of the American Basketball Association (1967-1976) professional basketball franchise Virginia Squires . The Squires played there (in addition to the Norfolk Scope , Richmond Coliseum and Hampton Coliseum ; all within the state of Virginia) from 1971 to 1972 . The Virginia Squires used the Civic Center for only one season due to low attendance. The Squires folded four years later, in 1976 . It hosted WCW Fall Brawl in 1994. Since 2001 , professional basketball is currently active at the Roanoke Civic Center, with National Basketball Association 's D-League franchise, the Roanoke Dazzle. College basketball was also recently contested there, in the form of the Big South Conference men's basketball tournaments in 2001 and 2002. |
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