List of entertainment events at Cambria County War Memorial Arena
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Since its official opening in 1950, Johnstown's Cambria County War Memorial Arena (located at 326 Napoleon Street), has hosted many local, regional and international artists, spanning a wide range of musical genres, along with various sports exhibitions across many formats.
A list of notable concerts and sporting events are given in the table below, with various other non-concert events also included.
All events are arranged in a chronological order.
1950s[edit]
| Entertainment events at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena | ||||||
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| Dates | Artist | Tour | Supporting acts | Attendance | Notes | Reference |
| 1950 | ||||||
| October 16 | Ice Capades | Grand Opening event at the Cambria County War Memorial | ||||
| November 3 | Johnstown Jets vs. New York Rovers | First game of the Johnstown Jets, who played over 1000 regular season and playoff games in the arena from 1950 to 1977. The Rovers defeated the Jets 7–5. |
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| 1951 | ||||||
| September 11 | Ice cycle racing | |||||
| September 28 | Spike Jones Revue | Comedy and music show | ||||
| October 18 | NBA exhibition game | New York Knicks Philadelphia 76ers |
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| November 20 | Montreal Canadiens vs Johnstown Jets | 1,638 | At the time of the game, the Jets were an affiliate of the Montreal Canadians. Maurice Richard scored six goals on twelve shots that evening, and the Canadiens defeated the Jets 10-2 |
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| November 29 | Duke Ellington/Stump and Stumpy | |||||
| December 4 | Harlem Globetrotters | |||||
| 1952 | ||||||
| January 17 | Gene Autry | |||||
| January 25 | NWA Wrestling | First professional wrestling event at the arena. Card was headlined by Buddy Rogers and Ralph "Ruffy" Silverstein | ||||
| February 21 | Guy Lombardo Band | |||||
| April 26 | Sammy Kaye Orchestra | |||||
| May 9 | Professional Wrestling | Card headlined by Chief Don Eagle | ||||
| November 13 | Al Martino/Henry Busse | |||||
| December 4 | New York Broadway Clowns vs Harlem Hoboes | basketball exhibition | ||||
| December 20 | Frank Wirth Circus | |||||
| 1953 | ||||||
| March 20 | World Championship Rodeo | |||||
| March 27 | Sarah Vaughn | |||||
| March 27 | Billy May | Pittsburgh-born orchestra leader | ||||
| April 2 | Gil Lamb | Actor and comedian | ||||
| April 9 | Phil Spitalny Orchestra | |||||
| May 25 | Nat King Cole | |||||
| 1954 | ||||||
| December 30 | Johnstown Invitational Tournament | This tournament featured future Basketball Hall Of Famer Wilt Chamberlain, who set several tournament records during the championship game. | [2] | |||
| 1958 | ||||||
| August 30 | Ice Capades | |||||
| October 11 | Grand Ole Opry with Minnie Pearl | |||||
| November 28 | Wilt Chamberlain appearance | |||||
1960s[edit]
| Entertainment events at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena | ||||||
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| Dates | Artist | Tour | Supporting acts | Attendance | Notes | Reference |
| 1960 | ||||||
| October 27 | Ray Conniff's Revue | |||||
| November 25 | Frankie Avalon | |||||
| 1961 | ||||||
| April 26 | Louis Armstrong | |||||
| 1963 | ||||||
| June 17 | WWWF Wrestling | Event featured WWWF Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino and The Shadow | ||||
| September 24 | NHL exhibition game | Detroit Red Wings Pittsburgh Hornets |
Both the Hornets and Red Wings had a "working agreement" with the EHL's Johnstown Jets during the 1960s. Future HHOF inductee Gordie Howe participated in this game. |
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| October 25 | Flatt and Scruggs | Bluegrass banjo duo | ||||
| November 8 | Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars | Bobby Vee The Ronettes |
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| 1964 | ||||||
| May 9 | Marty Robbins/Ray Price | |||||
| May 21 | Kitty Wells | |||||
| June 24 | The Coasters | |||||
| July 8 | The Supremes | Gene Pitney | ||||
| August 6 | Ice Capades | |||||
| October 8 | Grand Ole Opry with Grandpa Jones | |||||
| October 15 | Lou Christie | |||||
| 1965 | ||||||
| February 18 | Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus | |||||
| March 4 | Boxing | Event featured an appearance by Carmen Basilio | ||||
| March 7 | Hank Williams | |||||
| August 4 | Tom Jones | Peter and Gordon The Shirelles |
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| September 13 | Johnny Cash | |||||
| October 1 | Boxing | Card featured former champions Willie Pep and Sugar Ray Robinson | ||||
| November 8 | Speaking engagement | Featured speakers included Dick Groat and Art Rooney | ||||
| November 18 | Holiday on Ice | |||||
| December 8 | Harlem Globetrotters | |||||
| 1966 | ||||||
| March 2 | Johnnie Mathis | |||||
| May 4 | Merle Haggard | |||||
| May 6 | NBA exhibition game | Boston Celtics St. Francis men's alumni team |
1,075 | The exhibition game was held as a fundraiser for Maurice Stokes. Notable players from the Celtics' roster included Larry Siegfried, John Havlicek and Don Nelson |
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| May 20 | Walt Harper and Harold Better | Actor and comedian | ||||
| April 9 | Victor Borge | |||||
| May 25 | Happy Goodman Family Gospel | |||||
| 1967 | ||||||
| January 1 | The Yardbirds | Jimmy Page Jeff Beck |
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| April 1 | The Beach Boys | Tommy James | ||||
| June 10 | Dave Clark Five | |||||
| 1968 | ||||||
| September 11 | Dick Dale | Jo Ann Castle | ||||
| November 28 | Boys Town Choir | |||||
| 1969 | ||||||
| February 3 | Speaking engagement | Featured speakers included Jesse Owens, Bob Prince, Brooks Robinson, and Vince Lombardi | ||||
| June 4 | The Jaggerz | |||||
| November 23 | Frank Borman appearance | |||||
| December 30 | Johnstown Invitational Tournament | This tournament featured Tom McMillen, who was selected ninth overall in the 1974 NBA draft and went on to play thirteen seasons in the NBA. | ||||
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