Berglund Center The Berglund Center ( formerly the Roanoke Civic Center ) is a 9 , 828 - seat multi - purpose arena located in the Williamson Road neighborhood of Roanoke , Virginia . It was built in 1971 . It was the former home to the Roanoke Dazzle basketball team , as well as the Roanoke Express and Roanoke Valley Vipers ice hockey teams . Currently , it is the home of the Virginia Tech men ' s ice hockey team . The Arena is also the home of the annual boys basketball games between Roanoke ' s two city schools , Patrick Henry High School and William Fleming High School . The teams play twice a year , splitting the series this year . Opened in October 1971 , the Roanoke Civic Center was also the former home of the American Basketball Association ( 1967 - 1976 ) professional basketball franchise Virginia Squires . The Squires played there ( in addition to the Norfolk Scope , Richmond Coliseum and Hampton Coliseum ; all within the state of Virginia ) from 1971 to 1972 . The Virginia Squires used the Civic Center for only one season due to low attendance . The Squires folded four years later , in 1976 . It hosted WCW Fall Brawl in 1994 and Monday Nitro on March 31 , 1997 . The 1977 - 1981 Southern Conference men ' s basketball tournaments were held there as well . From 2001 to 2006 , professional basketball was active again at the Roanoke Civic Center , with the National Basketball Association ' s D - League franchise , the Roanoke Dazzle . College basketball was also recently contested there , in the form of the Big South Conference men ' s basketball tournaments in 2001 and 2002 . The Metro Conference men ' s basketball tournament was held here in 1991 . When both the Dazzle and Vipers folded after the 2005 - 06 season , the Roanoke Civic Center was left with 60 open dates to fill for the upcoming fall and winter . Other seating capacities for the Civic Center arena include : 8 , 642 for hockey , 10 , 500 for end - stage concerts and 10 , 600 for center - stage concerts ; it is the area ' s premier sports and entertainment venue . There are eight restrooms and six concession stands at the arena , which has a 60 - foot ( 18 m ) ceiling height and ten spotlights as well as a portable stage that is no larger than 60 - by - 40 feet . There are 8 , 372 permanent seats at the arena ; the arena floor measures over 20 , 000 square feet ( 1 , 900 m ) . The Eclipse forms the Coliseum ' s half - house configuration and seats 4 , 276 . Adjacent are a 14 , 396 - square - foot ( 1 , 337 . 4 m ) exhibit hall with 10 , 000 square feet ( 930 m ) of column - free space , and a 2 , 440 - seat theatre that can be used for concerts , Broadway shows , the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and other special events . The theatre features a 55 - foot ( 17 m ) - by - 105 - foot stage ; 1 , 625 seats in the theatre are in the orchestra level , 295 in the loge and 520 in the balcony . After recent renovations , the facility became known as the Roanoke Performing Arts Theatre . A 46 , 000 - square - foot ( 4 , 300 m ) special events center was added to the Civic Center in 2007 ; it is be used for trade shows , meetings , conventions and other special events . It can hold up to 3 , 066 seated , 5 , 850 standing . The ceiling height is 32 feet . In 2014 , Berglund Automotive Group bought naming rights to the arena .