Mayo Civic Center

The Mayo Civic Center is a multi-purpose convention center and event facility in Rochester, Minnesota.

The original building was built in 1938, as a gift to the city by

) 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.

Mayo Park, a serene, 11-acre park, adjacent to the venue offers groups the opportunity to host outdoor events.

It was home to the Rochester Mustangs ice hockey team and various professional basketball franchises.

It is perhaps famous to music fans for being the shooting location for Bon Jovi's music video for 1986's "Wanted Dead or Alive".

Convention center expansion

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.

Mayo Clinic

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.

Sports and entertainment hosted

Professional wrestling events

The

has hosted events here as well.

Other events

Notable events held the Civic Center are

It annually hosts the NYWA Youth Wrestling State Championships which is one of the biggest wrestling tournaments in the

NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship

in 2001 and 2002.

References

External links

• Official website

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