Wesbanco Arena Tickets

What was formerly known as Wheeling Civic Center is today called WesBanco Arena. It is a multi-purpose facility, situated in the City of Wheeling, in counties Marshall and Ohio, in the West Virginia U.S. State. Wheeling has always been rich in culture and features a diverse variety of venues, along with historical places to visit. WesBanco Arena is one of the most top-notch venues located in the region.

WesBanco Arena is beautifully, rather picturesquely, located next to the streamside of the Ohio River. This multipurpose arena is the first of its kind in the region known as the Upper Ohio Valley. A diverse range of events are hosted by the WesBanco Arena, including, meetings, reception, wedding ceremonies, concerts, trade shows, conventions, exhibitions, Broadway musicals, sporting events, and many more. The facility broke ground on 1976 and finally opened its doors, to the audience and patrons alike, a year later, in 1977. It opened with a former name Wheeling Civic Center, which later got changed its current name – WesBanco Arena. The total construction cost of the building was seven-million U.S. Dollars. Other than hosting a large number of events, all diverse in nature, the facility is home to the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference wrestling tournament and the Wheeling Nailers ice hockey team, who is also the oldest WesBanco Arena's tenants. The second and the latest tenant is Wheeling Wildcats.

The arena features a floor space of 22,800 square feet, and a total 7,600 of seats, where 5,400 seats of them are permanent and 2,200 seats are portable. The arena also comprises areas that can easily accommodate any kind of event. One such area is the arena's meeting rooms. There are basically two meeting rooms, entitled as The Club and the West Meeting Room, whereas, The Club is the chief meeting room. The construction process of The Club was complete with the aid of Project Best. It provides room for the meetings of Wheeling Nailers and Ohio Valley Greyhounds supporters, which is used as a 'members only' lounge during hockey games. The Club also features a complete bar, as well as a kitchen. The second meeting room, called West Meeting Room, is flexible enough as it can be partitioned into four separate meeting rooms. Overall, The Club can hold a maximum amount of 320 people and the West Meeting Room can hold up to 300 people. However, audio-visual facilities for both the rooms are provided and made available according to the requirements of the event.

The arena also provides exclusive catering services for dining events. Options like buffet and sit-down-dinners are also available at the WesBanco Arena. WesBanco Arena was host to the WWF Superstars TV taping in the past years, along with many other most memorable events. Now, continuing with its tradition of hosting the top caliber events and artists, this year to the arena will be housing the best. Get your WesBanco Arena Tickets soon, before they are all sold out!