PPG Paints Arena (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Center), is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Uptown area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The arena is home to both the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, as well as the Arena Football League's Pittsburgh Power, which began play in 2011. Construction was completed on August 1, 2010, and opened in time for the 2010–11 NHL season. The arena replaced the Penguins' former arena, Mellon Arena (currently known as Civic Arena), which was completed in 1961. A ceremonial ground-breaking was held on August 14, 2008. The arena is the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold-certified arena in both the NHL and AFL. As soon as the center opened in 2010 it was lauded as one of the best arenas in the world, winning both "Best New Major Concert Venue" in the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards and "Best NHL Arena" in the Sports Business Journal reader poll. The arena is named for Consol Energy, which purchased the naming rights in December 2008.
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- RAW - March 21, 2011
- Superstars - March 24, 2011
- RAW - May 14, 2012
- SuperSmackDown - December 18, 2012
- Main Event - December 19, 2012
- RAW - December 24, 2012
- Saturday Morning Slam - January 12, 2013
- RAW - March 18, 2013
- Superstars - March 22, 2013
- RAW - October 7, 2013
- Superstars - October 11, 2013
- Royal Rumble - January 26, 2014
- Main Event - June 24, 2014
- SmackDown - June 27, 2014
- RAW - March 9, 2015
- Superstars - March 12, 2015
- RAW - November 30, 2015
- Superstars - December 3, 2015
- RAW - March 14, 2016
- Superstars - March 17, 2016
- RAW - July 25, 2016
- Superstars - July 28, 2016
- Roadblock: End of the Line - December 18, 2016
- SmackDown Live - March 14, 2017
- 205 Live - March 14, 2017
- RAW - July 31, 2017
- Main Event - August 2, 2017
- SmackDown Live - March 27, 2018
- 205 Live - March 27, 2018
- Extreme Rules - July 15, 2018
- SmackDown - January 1, 2019
- 205 Live - January 2, 2019
- RAW - March 11, 2019
- Main Event - March 13, 2019
- RAW - August 5, 2019
- Main Event - August 7, 2019
- RAW - August 29, 2022
- Main Event - September 1, 2022
- SmackDown - December 9, 2022
- SmackDown - March 10, 2023
- Payback - September 2, 2023
- Friday Night SmackDown - April 19, 2024
