Wallace Civic Center

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The George R. Wallace Jr. Civic Center is a 1,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It hosts various local concerts and sporting events for the area. First opened in 1970, the Wallace Civic Center consists of the Gaetz Arena, the Carmelita Landry Arena, a planetarium, and several multi-use banquet rooms.

The Civic Center's two separate ice rinks are home to the Fitchburg State Falcons division III college ice hockey team and a new junior team. Many surrounding high school ice hockey teams also call the Civic Center home; including St. Bernard's High School, North Middlesex Regional High School, Leominster High School, Fitchburg High School, and Lunenburg High School.

The Civic Center hosts public skating, summer camps, hockey leagues, figure skating, trade shows, concerts, tournaments, events and private functions. The Planetarium offers astronomy shows for students, groups and the public.

Control and ownership of the Civic Center was transferred from the City of Fitchburg to Fitchburg State College in August,2007.^[1]