Hersheypark Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Built in 1936, it was originally known as the Hershey Sports Arena. The arena has a seating capacity for hockey of 7,286 people, and in excess of 8,000 including standing room.[1] ARENA may refer to either: Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party in El Salvador. ... Hershey is also the name of a candy company see: Hersheys Hershey is an unincorporated community within Derry Township in Dauphin County in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 10 miles (16 km) east of Harrisburg. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

It was the first arena in North America that was built primarily to host ice hockey. It was primarily home to the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, who moved to the GIANT Center in 2002. The Bears still use the arena as their practice facility. [2] The Arena also played host to some National Hockey League exhibition games, and hosted 18 Calder Cup finals, and three American Hockey League All-Star games. The Hershey Bears are a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League. ... The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The GIANT Center is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... “NHL” redirects here. ... The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. ...

The second sport at the Hersheypark Arena was basketball. On March 2, 1962, Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain recorded a record-setting 100 points in a NBA game against the New York Knicks at the Hersheypark Arena. is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Golden State Warriors are a National Basketball Association team based in Oakland, California. ... Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (August 21, 1936–October 12, 1999), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was an American professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. ... Wilt Chamberlain after his 100 point game, holding up a paper with a scribbled 100. (cnn. ... “NBA” redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

It hosted the PIAA basketball and wrestling championships, and it also served as the home of the Hershey Impact, a National Professional Soccer League team from 1988-1991. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, usually referred to as PIAA, is the governing body of high school and junior high school sports in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. ... The Hershey Impact was an indoor soccer club based in Hershey, Pennsylvania that competed in the National Professional Soccer League. ... The National Professional Soccer League was a professional indoor soccer league in the USA. It started out as the American Indoor Soccer Association in 1984 but changed its name to the National Professional Soccer League in 1990. ...

Notable concerts held at the Hersheypark Arena include Metallica, Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel, Johnny Cash, Phish, Elton John and Liberace. It has also hosted the Ice Capades, Disney on Ice, professional boxing, tennis competitions, and the fifth WWF In Your House pay-per-view in 1995. Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American jazz-oriented popular singer and Academy Award-winning actor. ... William Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, composer and musician. ... It has been suggested that Johnny Cash family be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about a rock band; for deceptive e-mail practices, see Phishing. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... Liberace shows off his rings (circa 1980). ... The Ice Capades was a traveling entertainment show featuring theatrical performances involving ice skating. ... Disney on Ice is a touring ice show produced by Feld Entertainment (CEO Kenneth Feld) under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... In Your House Logo For the song In Your House by The Cure, see Seventeen Seconds In Your House was a pay-per-view series created by the World Wrestling Federation. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

On October 13, 1953, the Arena also hosted an extravagant birthday celebration for then President Dwight D. Eisenhower whose farm and "weekend White House" was located in nearby Gettysburg. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American General and politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953–1961). ... Gettysburg is a borough 38 miles (68 km) south by southwest of Harrisburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA, of which it is the county seatGR6. ...

External links

• "1936-2002: HersheyPark Arena's Sixty-Six Years as Home to Hershey Bears Hockey"
• "The 1938-39 Philadelphia-Hershey Hockey Wars"