The Mayo Civic Center is a multi-purpose convention center and event facility in Rochester, Minnesota. It was home to the Rochester Mustangs ice hockey team and various professional basketball franchises.
- Venue
- Mayo Civic Center
- Address
- 30 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
- Town
- Rochester, US
The Mayo Civic Center is a multi-purpose convention center and event facility in Rochester, Minnesota. It was home to the Rochester Mustangs ice hockey team and various professional basketball franchises. It is also notable for being one of the filming locations for the music video of "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi. Adjacent to the arena is Mayo Park and the Rochester Art Center. The original building was built in 1938, as a gift to the city by Dr. Charles H. Mayo and Mayo Properties Association (now Mayo Clinic) and has been expanded and renovated several times over the years. It consists of a ballroom (40,000 sq. ft.) used for conferences and galas, an arena (5,200 seats) used for concerts, wrestling, and basketball, an auditorium (3,000 seats) used for concerts, performing arts, and sporting events, an exhibit hall for consumer shows and a theatre for the arts (1,084 fixed seat theatre). The Mayo Civic Center also has 23 meeting rooms/suites varying in size. In 2017, the Mayo Civic Center nearly doubled in size by adding a convention center to its existing footprint. The $84 million expansion features a 40,000-square-foot ballroom (can divide into three sections), 16 meeting rooms/suites, and two executive boardrooms. The expanded center hosts medical and technical conferences, large business meetings and healthcare summits. The Mayo Civic Center acts as the main place for meeting and events of the Mayo Clinic, as it plays host to medical lectures and company gatherings. The American Wrestling Association held a weekly television broadcast for both syndication and cable on ESPN, from 1989-1990. Other promotions like World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling also held shows here prior to their demise. The Civic Center recently has hosted World Wrestling Entertainment house shows with the WWE Raw, Smackdown and ECW appearing. TNA has hosted events here as well. Notable events held the Civic Center are Disney Live, Elmo Live, Blue Man Group