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Students flush with success at Console Energey Center

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Published June 11, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

an Mitchell knows how to show his wife Kathy a good time: Unlimited flushing and all the pizza the Clarion couple could eat. The Mitchells joined about 400 others Thursday in testing out the plumbing at the new Consol Energy Center ...

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Major Flush Tests Plumbing At Pens' New Home

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Published June 10, 2010 at 8:07 p.m.

With the Penguins getting ready to make the move into their new home,the plumbing at the new CONSOL Energy Center had a big test today. Student volunteers and others were on hand when contractors at the newhockey arena tested its plumbing and sewage system with a simultaneousflush ...

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Penguins' hockey goes high tech at new arena

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Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 12:18 a.m.

With everything from a cutting-edge high definition scoreboard to a virtual Stanley Cup that makes reading all those past winners' names possible, the Consol Energy Center will be one very smart arena when it opens in the fall -- a 21st-century smorgasbord for tech-savvy fans ...

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Penguins Bid For NHL All-Star Game, 'Frozen Four' In Pittsburgh

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Published Feb. 9, 2010 at 8:49 p.m.

The Penguins want to bring hockey's All-Star Game to Pittsburgh's new arena, the Consol Energy Center ...

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Pittsburgh's 2010: My Crystal Ball

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Published Jan. 1, 2010 at 11:34 a.m.

‘Tis the season for predictions. Here are mine for Pittsburgh for 2010. These aren’t hopes or wishes; they’re what I think we will see in the region over the next 12 months ... 1 ... Sports: Pirates observers (few people today hold themselves out as fans any longer) will endure yet another losing season in 2010, but the team will fall short of 100 losses. This is hardly a prediction, of course; it’s all but a guarantee. The Pirates are well on their way to becoming this generation’s

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Authority looks at 'cultural' impact of hockey arena site

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Published Nov. 19, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.

Deciding how to develop 28 acres near the new Consol Energy Center will be an effort that's open to input from the arena's Hill District neighbors, a top Sports & Exhibition Authority official said today ...

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Cambria Suites building $25M hotel next to Consol Energy Center

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Published Nov. 19, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.

A $25 million Cambria Suites hotel will be the first development spurred by the Consol Energy Center, the new Uptown home to the Penguins beginning next year ...

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Two TVs in every room! Ground broken for new hotel

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Published Nov. 18, 2009 at 12:53 p.m.

Officials broke ground this morning on a 142-room Cambria Suites Hotel next to the Consol Energy Center, the first step in the effort to bring new development to Uptown and the lower Hill District ...

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Dave's favorite arenas ...

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Published Nov. 11, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

What are your three favorite arenas in the NHL? From what you've seen and read, will Consol Energy Center be among the nicer venues in the NHL? ...

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Architect predicts Aug. 1 completion of Pittsburgh's new arena

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Published Oct. 13, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.

This is one igloo that will be done in the dog days of summer. The Consol Energy Center, the Penguins' new home, is on target for an Aug. 1 completion ...

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