BNHA Baltimore Arena

The Baltimore Arena is the city’s largest indoor sports and entertainment facility. The arena opened in 1962 as the Baltimore Civic Center. Several sports teams have called the arena home, ranging from basketball’s Baltimore Bullets (1963-73) to the American Hockey League’s Baltimore Clippers (1962-77). Over the years, the arena hosted some of the greatest names in entertainment, including the Beatles, Led Zepplin, the Grateful Dead, Luciano Pavarotti, Bruce Springsteen, and the Rolling Stones. The arena has also been used for large gatherings, such as 1966’s Methodist clergy meeting at which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke.