The Spectrum, A Great Venue Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wells Fargo

In 2003 it was renamed The Wachovia Spectrum. The building itself is owned by media giant Comcast/Spectacor.

Answer: A portion of the roof blew off.

On March 1, 1968, strong winds blew part of the roof covering off the building during a performance of the Ice Capades, this forced the building to close for a month. The 76ers basketball team played locally in a building called Convention Hall, the Flyers ice hockey team had to play a game in New York's Madison Square Garden and another game in Toronto Canada's Maple Leaf Gardens.

The remainder of the Flyers home games were played at Le Colisee' in Quebec City, Canada, the home of their minor league team, while repairs were made to the building's roof.

Answer: The Quaker City Jazz Festival

The Quaker City Jazz Festival opened the Spectrum on September 30 and October 1, 1967. The Festival included Cannonball Adderley, Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz with Astrud Gilberto, Ramsey Lewis, Hugh Masekela and Sarah Vaughn.

Holiday on Ice appeared there on October 2 through 14 of the same year, as a benefit for Rotary International.

The first Philadelphia Flyers Ice Hockey game was on October 18 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Flyers defeated the Penguins 1-0.

The 76ers played their first game there the previous day against the Los Angeles Lakers.

The first true sporting event occurred on October 17 with a heavyweight boxing match between Joe Frazier and Tony Doyle. Frazier won the fight on a technical knockout 1 minute 4 seconds into the second round.

Very often the Flyers and Sixers would play on the same day, which meant the basketball court would have to be removed before the ice was made, or the opposite.

Answer: Grateful Dead

The Dead performed 53 shows at the Spectrum. Their first was December 6, l968 with Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf. Their fiftieth concert was performed on October 7, l994, the final was on March 19, l995.

Bruce Springsteen has performed thirty times.

Yes played 26 times between August 15, 1972 and May 10, 2004.

Rod Stewart played there nineteen times beginning July 9, 1971 with Faces and his last was on February 17, l996.

Answer: Soviet Central Red Army Hockey Team

The Flyers defeated the Soviet Central Red Army team 4-1 on that date. It was at the height of the Cold War and they were the the first National Hockey League team to defeat them. The Red Army team was the best that the Russians had and no American team had even come close to beating them.

Ten National Hockey League or National Basketball Association playoff championship series were hosted at the Spectrum. The Flyers competed in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1985 and 1987. The 76ers playing in the NBA Finals in 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983.

Answer: Indoor Football

Jon Bon Jovi is one of the principal owners of The Philadelphia Soul arena football team. The Soul are part of the Arena Football League. They began play in 2004 when the AFL expanded. The Soul won the league championship in 2008 after defeating the San Jose SaberCats 59-56 in ArenaBowl XXII.

Answer: Chicago Bulls

The Sixers defeated the Chicago Bulls on March 13, 2009, 104 to 101 in the final NBA game in the Spectrum. The game was sold-out with attendance at 17,563.

The Flyers played their final game to commemorate the final year of the Spectrum. It was a preseason game against the Carolina Hurricanes on September 27, 2008.

Answer: The Flyers Bobby Clarke

"Score!", is a statue of Gary Dornhoefer scoring a game winning overtime goal in Game Five of the 1973 Stanley Cup Playoffs quarterfinal series versus the Minnesota North Stars.

A statue of Julius Erving, a Hall of Fame player for the Philadelphia 76ers from 1976 until 1987, stands commemorating his great career.

There is a statue of Kate Smith who was the Flyers' good luck charm. Tradition has it that her rendition of "God Bless America" helped the Flyers win Stanley Cup Championships in 1974 and 1975. Usually a recording was used, but she sang it live at the Spectrum several times.

Answer: It was played on the roof.

The final Globetrotters appearance was on Tuesday, March 3, at 2:30 pm, it was played on the roof, and a very slow-paced event. Local Elementary School students were allowed to watch the game from the adjacent Wachovia Center with binoculars. The game which was not attended by spectators lasted 20 minutes and 7 seconds, (19 mins 67 seconds to commemorate the Spectrum's opening year).

The Globetrotters first played at the Spectrum December 2, 1967, and had played 72 games there.

Answer: Roger Waters took ill.

Roger Waters became ill and performed the show after receiving prescribed medication. The medication wore off and he was unable to complete the final encore of "Us and Them". He was taken to the hospital and back-up guitarist Snowy White played bass on the song.

It was the first time that the band had played live without Waters. This occurrence was the basis for the song "Comfortably Numb". Waters left Pink Floyd for good in 1986.