Civic Arena
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Civic Arena was a distinctive domed sports and entertainment venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins and a landmark of the city’s skyline.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Civic Arena canonical | 7 |
| Mellon Arena | 7 |
| Pittsburgh Civic Arena | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T919317 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Civic Arena Context triple: [Pittsburgh Condors, homeArena, Civic Arena]
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A.
PPG Paints Arena
PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
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B.
Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
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C.
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose sports venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates from 1970 until its demolition in 2001.
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D.
Uline Arena
Uline Arena is a historic indoor venue in Washington, D.C., best known for hosting early professional basketball games and notable cultural events, including The Beatles’ first U.S. concert.
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E.
Amalie Arena
Amalie Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Tampa, Florida, best known as the home arena of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning and a host site for concerts and large events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Civic Arena Target entity description: Civic Arena was a distinctive domed sports and entertainment venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins and a landmark of the city’s skyline.
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A.
PPG Paints Arena
PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the home venue of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
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B.
Nynex Arena
Nynex Arena was the original name of the large indoor entertainment and sports venue now known as Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
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C.
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose sports venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers and MLB’s Pittsburgh Pirates from 1970 until its demolition in 2001.
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D.
Uline Arena
Uline Arena is a historic indoor venue in Washington, D.C., best known for hosting early professional basketball games and notable cultural events, including The Beatles’ first U.S. concert.
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E.
Amalie Arena
Amalie Arena is a major indoor sports and entertainment venue in downtown Tampa, Florida, best known as the home arena of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning and a host site for concerts and large events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
domed stadium
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entertainment venue ⓘ former building ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithLeague | National Hockey League ⓘ |
| associatedWithTeam | Pittsburgh Penguins ⓘ |
| category |
defunct National Hockey League venues
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defunct indoor arenas in the United States ⓘ domes in the United States ⓘ music venues in Pennsylvania ⓘ sports venues in Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| cityLandmarkStatus | iconic element of Pittsburgh skyline ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| demolished | yes ⓘ |
| formerName |
Civic Auditorium
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Civic Arena self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
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| hasFacility |
concession stands
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locker rooms ⓘ luxury suites ⓘ press box ⓘ |
| hasSeating |
lower bowl seating
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upper bowl seating ⓘ |
| homeTeamPeriod | Pittsburgh Penguins home arena until opening of PPG Paints Arena ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Allegheny County
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surface form:
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| nickname | The Igloo ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first major sports stadium in North America with a retractable roof ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive silver domed roof
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retractable roof panels that could open ⓘ |
| openedAs |
Civic Arena
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
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| openedFor | Civic Light Opera performances ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Pittsburgh skyline
Pittsburgh sports venues ⓘ |
| primarySport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| primaryTenant | Pittsburgh Penguins ⓘ |
| roofType |
retractable dome
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stainless steel dome ⓘ |
| successorVenue | PPG Paints Arena ⓘ |
| surfaceType | ice rink ⓘ |
| usedFor |
basketball games
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circus performances ⓘ concerts ⓘ figure skating shows ⓘ political rallies ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Civic Arena Description of subject: Civic Arena was a distinctive domed sports and entertainment venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins and a landmark of the city’s skyline.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mellon Arena
this entity surface form:
Mellon Arena
this entity surface form:
Mellon Arena
this entity surface form:
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
this entity surface form:
Pittsburgh Civic Arena
this entity surface form:
Mellon Arena
this entity surface form:
Mellon Arena
this entity surface form:
Mellon Arena
this entity surface form:
Mellon Arena