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|name=[[File:PensacolaCivicCenterLogo.png|center|Pensacola Civic Center]]
|location=201 East [[Gregory Street]]<br/>Pensacola, FL 32502
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|owner=[[Escambia County]]
|construction_start_date=
|completion_date=[[1985]]
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|cost=$21.5 million
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|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.416259" lon="-87.209687" zoom="1615" width="288" height="288180">
30.416296, -87.208893, Pensacola Civic Center
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==History==
In August 2001, in a year with only five booked concerts, none of which sold out,<ref>"Civic Center enjoying the sweet sound of music." ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 9, 2003.</ref> then-[[Escambia County Commission|County Commissioner]] Childers decried the Civic Center as an "albatross" for its failure to turn a profit and pursued an incentive-based contract with the management company.<ref>"W.D. shaping up for year 2." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 18, 2001.</ref> [[Ogden Enterprises]], which had managed the Civic Center since its opening, had failed to turn a profit every year excluding [[1997]], the Ice Pilots' inaugural year, when they turned a $4,800 profit.<ref name="notprofitable">"Entertainment venues often aren't profitable, but Escambia officials want their subsidized facility to do better." ''Pensacola News Journal'', August 30, 2002.</ref> When Ogden was bought by [[Wikipedia:Aramark|Aramark]], they turned over the management portion of their contract to SMG. When the venue began to show signs of vitality, Childers amended his previous statement: "It was an albatross, but maybe we can make an eagle out of it."<ref name="bouncingback">"Concert venue bouncing back." ''Pensacola News Journal'', March 18, 2002.</ref>
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|+Civic Center operating budgetsdata by year<ref name="notprofitable"/><ref name="bouncingback"/><ref>"Civic Center struggles in race for big-ticket concerts." ''Pensacola News Journal'', November 6, 1999.</ref>|-! Year !! Operating profit/loss !! Number of concerts !! Average ticket price|-! 1985| || 32 || $13.26|-! 1986| || 22 || $13.86|-! 1987| || 12 || $15.70|-! 1988| || 20 || $15.66|-! 1989| || 14 || $16.36|-! 1990| || 17 || $18.53|-! 1991| || 14 || $19.36|-! 1992| || 16 || $18.72|-! 1993| || 18 || $20.11
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! Year !! Operating profit/loss !! Number of concerts1994| || 18 || $23.90
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! 1995-96| style="background:#ffcccc" | -$560,561<ref>Includes 84 days closed for ice installation</ref> || 1114 || $22.91
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! 1996-97| style="background:#ccffcc" | +$4,804 || 812 || $28.31
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! 1997-98| style="background:#ffcccc" | -$94,192 || 79 || $30.48
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! 1998-99| style="background:#ffcccc" | -$249,618 || 4|| $33.00
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! 1999-00| style="background:#ffcccc" | -$176,995 || 85 || $34.72
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! 2001-02| style="background:#ffcccc" | -$469,000 || 5 ||
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