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The Florence Center is a 10,000-seat multipurpose
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in Florence, South Carolina. The arena was known as the Florence Civic Center until it rebranded in November 2017. It hosted the infamous eighth WWF
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in 1996, during which a storm knocked out the power and thus the broadcast signal during the event. The card was re-telecast two nights later from
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, at the
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. Since 2005 it is home to the annual Darlington Car Hauler Parade that kicks off Bojangles' Southern 500 race week at
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. In 2019, an indoor football team called the Carolina Havoc of the
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, is announced to begin play at the Florence Center for the 2019 season. The building was the home of the South Carolina Fire Ants of Major League Roller Hockey in 1998, two
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s: the Pee Dee/Florence Pride (1997–2005) and the Pee Dee Cyclones (2005–2007), two indoor football teams: Carolina Stingrays (2004) and
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(2006–2009), two
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s: the Florence Flyers and the Pee Dee Vipers, and to the Florence Symphony Orchestra. The Florence Center has hosted: Sent by Ravens (from Hartsville) in '11,
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in '11,
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in '13, Marshall Tucker Band with
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in '13,
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in '13,
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with
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in '15,
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in '15, and
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in '19.


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* {{Official website, https://www.florencecenter.com/default.aspx 1993 establishments in South Carolina Basketball venues in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Florence, South Carolina Indoor arenas in South Carolina Indoor ice hockey venues in the United States Sports venues in Florence County, South Carolina Sports venues completed in 1993