Norfolk Scope, Sports and music arena in downtown Norfolk, Virginia
The Norfolk Scope features a reinforced concrete dome measuring 110 meters in diameter, supported by twenty-four external flying buttresses around its perimeter.
The construction of Norfolk Scope, completed in 1971 at a cost of 35 million dollars, represented a major step in Norfolk's post-World War II downtown development.
The Norfolk Scope regularly hosts the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference basketball tournaments, various musical performances, and serves as home court for the Norfolk Admirals hockey team.
The facility includes a 600-vehicle parking garage, multiple exhibition halls totaling 65,000 square feet, and maintains a flexible seating arrangement for up to 13,800 attendees.
Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi designed the structure with what remains the largest reinforced thin-shell concrete dome in the world.
Location: Norfolk
Inception: November 12, 1971
Architects: Pier Luigi Nervi
Official opening: November 12, 1971
Capacity: 8701
Part of: Hampton Roads Music Venues
GPS coordinates: 36.85330,-76.28670
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:39
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