Chevrolet Center Youngstown, Ohio

The Chevrolet Center in Youngstown, Ohio has a new name. The facility is now called the Covelli Center. The city of Youngstown is between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. The facility cost approximately forty two million dollars to build and can accommodate many different events. When fans go see the hockey games the arena can seat up to 5700 people. The Covelli Center is managed by JAC Management Group and the SMG Management Group.

The center is located at 229 East Front Street in Youngstown and has 400 on - site parking spaces. They have allowed twenty six of these spaces for handicap parking. Covelli Center employs sixteen full time people and as many as two hundred and fifty part time staff.

There are 520 Club Seats and twenty six luxury suites. The center has sixty televisions throughout the center and in the suites. A total of 138 restrooms are available with eighty three for women, fifty three for men and two family facilities.

When Covelli Center is hosting a hockey game it takes about thirty two hours and ten people to prepare the ice. The logos of the teams are painted in by hand. The ice is prepared in late September and stays in place throughout the hockey season. Other events can take place during this time thanks to an Athletica "Ice Deck''. The center not only hosts hockey teams; they also use the facility for Disney on Ice and Figure Skating events.

Chevrolet/Covelli Center has four visiting locker rooms/dressing rooms and two green rooms for visiting teams or artists. Five hundred and fifty cubic yards of dirt can be hauled into the arena for professional rodeo events such as the Professional Bull Riding Rodeo.

Besides professional sports, the arena hosts boxing, wrestling, festivals, motocross, tractor pulls, circuses, concerts, trade shows, consumer shows, agricultural shows and community events.

The box office is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. They have special times that they are open for "on sale'' days. The box office is open three hours before a scheduled event on Saturday and Sunday. If the "on sale'' days fall on the weekend the box office will open from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster or at many retail locations such as Giant Eagle and Macy's. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone using a credit card. The toll free number is 866-448-7849.

Events that can be found at the Covelli Center may include the WEC: Cerrone vs. Henderson, a job fair, the World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions, Jeff Dunham and Kelly Clarkson. REO Speedwagon and Styx, Gaither Vocal Band and Disney on Ice are also scheduled. The Chevrolet/Covelli Center is located at 229 East Front Street in Youngstown, Ohio.

Hotels in the area include: the Best Western Meander Inn, Super 8, Quality Inn North, Red Roof Inn Boardman, Hampton Inn Youngstown, Sleep Inn Austintown, Country Inn & Suites, Days Inn and Fairfield Inn & Suites.