Pelham Civic Complex is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

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 in Pelham, Alabama

Pelham, Alabama

Pelham is a city and suburb of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,369, but has grown to 21,352 recorded by the 2010 census. It was named for famed Confederate American Civil War officer John Pelham...

. It features two NHL

National Hockey League

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 size ice skating rinks with a holding capacity of 500 skaters, a skating school, ice skating birthday party rooms, and a multi-purpose banquet area. Its hockey capacity is 3,500; the arena has 17000 square feet (1,579.4 m²) of floor space.

It is the only public ice skating

Ice skating

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 rink in the Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

 area. It also houses several other functions, such as corporate events, conventions, sporting contests and trade shows.

History

It was home to the Alabama Slammers

Alabama Slammers

The Alabama Slammers were a professional ice hockey team. They were a member of the World Hockey Association 2, and played their home games at Pelham Civic Center in Pelham, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. The Slammers were one of eight minor league hockey teams purchased or founded by real...

 ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team. It is now the home of the University of Alabama

University of Alabama

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's club hockey team. It is also home to the Pelham Youth Hockey League, (PYHL), and hosts the Birmingham area youth travel hockey program, (BYHL).

It is also the venue in the Birmingham area for the annual visit of the Harlem Globetrotters

Harlem Globetrotters

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External links

• Official Homepage for the Pelham Civic Complex