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43-658: The team was originally scheduled to play as the Binghamton Brigadiers (later Binghamton Brigade ) and have their venue be the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, New York , about 60 miles south of Syracuse. However, insurance problems forced Binghamton to fold before playing a single game. With the complications, the AIFL rushed to find a placeholder. On January 23, 2006, they announced

86-422: A space frame or space structure ( 3D truss ) is a rigid, lightweight, truss-like structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern . Space frames can be used to span large areas with few interior supports. Like the truss, a space frame is strong because of the inherent rigidity of the triangle; flexing loads (bending moments ) are transmitted as tension and compression loads along

129-405: A unibody or monocoque design, the body serves as part of the structure. Tube-frame chassis pre-date space frame chassis and are a development of the earlier ladder chassis . The advantage of using tubes rather than the previous open channel sections is that they resist torsional forces better. Some tube chassis were little more than a ladder chassis made with two large diameter tubes, or even

172-401: A common feature in modern building construction; they are often found in large roof spans in modernist commercial and industrial buildings. Examples of buildings based on space frames include: Large portable stages and lighting gantries are also frequently built from space frames and octet trusses. The CAC CA-6 Wackett and Yeoman YA-1 Cropmaster 250R aircraft were built using roughly

215-1443: A display of plaques on the main concourse. Current inductees are: 1998: Ken Holland , Randy MacGregor , Jim Matthews 1999: Rod Bloomfield, Jacques Caron, Paul Stewart 2000: Paul Crowley, Paul Fenton, Larry Pleau 2001: Craig Duncanson, Pierre Laganiere, Brad Shaw 2002: Chris Cichocki, Peter Sidorkiewicz, Ross Yates 2003: Roger Neel, Peter Fiorentino 2004: Peter Laviolette , Jon Smith, Bob Sullivan 2005: Don Biggs, Dallas Gaume, Brad Jones 2006: Ken Gernander , Dave Staffen 2007: Gary Jaquith, Brian McReynolds 2008: AHL All Star Game - No Inductions 2009: Mike Dunham , Glenn Merkosky 2010: Daniel Lacroix, Tom Mitchell 2011: Chris Grenville, Corey Hirsch , John Paddock 2012: Mike Busniuk, Chris Ferraro , Peter Ferraro 2013: Bob Carr, Al Hill 2014: Denis Hamel 2015: Rob Zamuner , Bob Moppert, Scott Allegrino 2016: Richard Grenier, Jean-Yves Roy, Justin Plamondon 2017: Ray Emery , Steve Stirling, Patrick Snyder 2018: Brian McGrattan , Larry Kish 2019: Chris Kelly , Ryan Keller , Grady Whittenburg 2020: No Inductions 2021: No Inductions 2022: No Inductions 2023: Josh Hennessy , Patrice Robitaille, Charlie Jaworski 2024: Kurt Kleinendorst , Stephen "Shimes" Shimer Space frame In architecture and structural engineering ,

258-521: A member of the WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2017) and the wife of fellow WWE superstar Edge . The 1997 episode was the RAW after In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker . The 1998 episode was the RAW before Fully Loaded: In Your House . The 2005 episode was the RAW after the inaugural ECW One Night Stand pay-per-view. On November 13, 1999, Extreme Championship Wrestling taped an episode of ECW on TNN at

301-593: A national bracket, and was considered to be one of the premiere high school basketball tournaments in the United States. In 2016, the arena hosted the New York State Public High School Athletic Association boys' basketball championship. The arena has hosted notable names in entertainment, including AC/DC , Bob Dylan , Rod Stewart , B.B. King , Bon Jovi , The Eagles , Kenny Rogers , Aerosmith , Fleetwood Mac , Tom Petty and

344-425: A number of urban renewal projects to revitalize the urban core, collectively known as Project 1. Based on the recommendations of a citizen committee, city and county leaders included a proposal as part of Project 1 to construct a downtown cultural complex. The proposed complex would consist of two buildings: a multipurpose veterans memorial auditorium and a performing arts center. A nationwide design competition for

387-493: A racing car space frame was the Cisitalia D46 of 1946. This used two small diameter tubes along each side, but they were spaced apart by vertical smaller tubes, and so were not diagonalised in any plane. A year later, Porsche designed their Type 360 for Cisitalia . As this included diagonal tubes, it can be considered a true space frame and arguable the first mid-rear engined design. The Maserati Tipo 61 of 1959 (Birdcage)

430-646: A rigid space frame. An earlier contender for the first true space frame chassis is the one off Chamberlain 8 race "special" built by brothers Bob and Bill Chamberlain in Melbourne, Australia in 1929. Others attribute vehicles produced in the 1930s by designers such as Buckminster Fuller and William Bushnell Stout (the Dymaxion and the Stout Scarab ) who understood the theory of the true space frame from either architecture or aircraft design. A post WW2 attempt to build

473-563: A series of amateur outdoor teams from North American Football League , which briefly tried to acquire the AIFL in 2006. However, Haines claimed that the Soldiers had not folded, but were rather "reorganizing their schedule." Haines was ousted from the league when it reorganized into the American Indoor Football Association after the end of the 2006 season and the Soldiers were folded. Haines has not indicated he would revive

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516-561: A single tube as a backbone chassis . Although many tubular chassis developed additional tubes and were even described as "space frames", their design was rarely correctly stressed as a space frame and they behaved mechanically as a tube ladder chassis, with additional brackets to support the attached components, suspension, engine etc. The distinction of the true space frame is that all the forces in each strut are either tensile or compression, never bending. Although these additional tubes did carry some extra load, they were rarely diagonalised into

559-437: A stronger matrix, in part by rotating an alignment of tetrahedral nodes in relation to each other. Space frames are typically designed using a rigidity matrix. The special characteristic of the stiffness matrix in an architectural space frame is the independence of the angular factors. If the joints are sufficiently rigid, the angular deflections can be neglected, simplifying the calculations. The simplest form of space frame

602-464: A true space frame chassis until the Mark VIII , with the influence of other designers, with experience from the aircraft industry. A large number of kit cars use space frame construction, because manufacture in small quantity requires only simple and inexpensive jigs , and it is relatively easy for an amateur designer to achieve good stiffness with a space frame. A drawback of the space frame chassis

645-633: Is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Binghamton, New York . The arena was completed in 1973, providing an entertainment venue for residents of the Greater Binghamton area. The arena has eight luxury suites that each hold 25 fans (200 total). A longtime home to minor league hockey, the arena is home to the Binghamton Black Bears of the Federal Prospects Hockey League . In the 1960s, the city of Binghamton started planning

688-464: Is a horizontal slab of interlocking square pyramids and tetrahedra built from Aluminium or tubular steel struts. In many ways this looks like the horizontal jib of a tower crane repeated many times to make it wider. A stronger form is composed of interlocking tetrahedra in which all the struts have unit length. More technically this is referred to as an isotropic vector matrix or in a single unit width an octet truss. More complex variations change

731-602: Is often thought of as the first but in 1949 Robert Eberan von Eberhorst designed the Jowett Jupiter exhibited at that year's London Motor Show ; the Jowett went on to take a class win at the 1950 Le Mans 24hr. Later, TVR , the small British car manufacturers developed the concept and produced an alloy-bodied two seater on a multi tubular chassis, which appeared in 1949. Colin Chapman of Lotus introduced his first 'production' car,

774-410: Is that it encloses much of the working volume of the car and can make access for both the driver and to the engine difficult. The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing” received its iconic upward-opening doors when its tubular space frame made using regular doors impossible. Some space frames have been designed with removable sections, joined by bolted pin joints. Such a structure had already been used around

817-802: The BC Icemen , of the United Hockey League , for five seasons. The AHL returned in 2002 with the Binghamton Senators , who were affiliated with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League . The arena and the Senators hosted the 2008 AHL All-Star Classic with the skills contest and game broadcast on consecutive nights on live TV across the US and Canada. In 2017, the Senators were replaced with

860-667: The Binghamton Black Bears for the 2021–22 season. The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association , and the Hartford Whalers , Washington Capitals , and Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League have all hosted exhibition games at the arena. Each December, the arena plays host to the Stop-DWI Holiday Classic, a high school basketball tournament. From 1992 to 2014, the Classic included

903-507: The Mark VI , in 1952. This was influenced by the Jaguar C-Type chassis, another with four tubes of two different diameters, separated by narrower tubes. Chapman reduced the main tube diameter for the lighter Lotus, but did not reduce the minor tubes any further, possibly because he considered that this would appear flimsy to buyers. Although widely described as a space frame, Lotus did not build

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946-686: The New Jersey Devils ' affiliate, the Binghamton Devils . In 2020, the B-Devils temporarily relocated to New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic causing a disagreement with the arena's operators. The Devils' AHL franchise was then relocated as the Utica Comets before the 2021–22 season . The arena then agreed to a lease with the Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL) to add an expansion team called

989-476: The Steubenville Stampede . They would lose the next five games till being folded by the league. Until the team folded, all of its games were broadcast on WJPZ 89.1 FM Syracuse. The Soldiers' opener was called by Todd Robbins and Chris Villani, while the only win in team history was called by Jeff Tiberii and Matt Soltysiak. Melissa Morton, Andrew Ardini, Joel Godett and Steve Wanczyk also contributed to

1032-665: The Arena. It aired on November 19, 1999. On February 1, 2000, World Championship Wrestling taped an episode of WCW Thunder that was aired the following evening. On March 3, 2012, the Arena was set to host the New York State Section IV Class D Basketball Championship Games. The girls' championship game featured the South Kortright Rams and the Worcester Wolverines, two state ranked teams. However, before

1075-488: The Circus all make yearly visits. Elvis Presley performed back-to-back sold out concerts at the arena, May 26 and 27, just prior to his death in the summer of 1977. The Grateful Dead performed at the Arena on November 6, 1977, May 9, 1979, and April 12, 1983. The 1977 concert was released in 2018 as Dave's Picks Volume 25 . On November 29, 1984, Kiss performed at the Arena, as part of their Animalize World Tour . It

1118-603: The Heartbreakers , Rush , Metallica , Van Halen , Def Leppard , Elton John , Keith Sweat , Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band , Cher , Dolly Parton , Ozzy Osbourne , Grateful Dead , Phish , Metallica , Green Day , Twisted Sister , Stone Temple Pilots , Darius Rucker , Goo Goo Dolls , Carrie Underwood , and Jeff Dunham . Trade shows, the Binghamton Philharmonic , the Harlem Globetrotters , and

1161-636: The Soldiers or the Brigade in the Ultimate Indoor Football League . This American football team article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in New York is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena Visions Veterans Memorial Arena (formerly known as the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena and Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena )

1204-538: The Soldiers would begin play. Rich Pogue of Las Vegas, Nevada was named owner prior to the first game, and the team adopted a modified version of the Binghamton logo. The Soldiers played their first game, at home, on March 6, losing to the Miami Valley Silverbacks 54–30. On Saturday, April 8, 2006, after losing five-straight games, the Soldiers finally got their first and only win, in a 43-31 road victory over

1247-468: The arena. The 1995 episodes were attended by WWE Hall of Fame member Beth Phoenix , who is a native of nearby Elmira, NY and was still attending grade school at Notre Dame High School . This was the first time Phoenix would attend a wrestling event in person and she earned four tickets to the event by winning a coloring contest in a local newspaper. Phoenix would go on to become a multiple time WWE Women's Champion and WWE Divas Champion before becoming

1290-548: The broadcasts providing color commentary, play-by-play, and sideline reporting. Pogue left town several weeks into the season, and so Andrew Haines, at the time serving as the league president, hastily stepped in and took over the team himself. The effort did not last. After ten games, the Syracuse Soldiers suspended operations. They were replaced by the Cumberland Cardinals , Columbus Fire and Philadelphia Scorpions,

1333-676: The community's passion for the team led the Hockey News to declare Binghamton as Hockey Town USA . The Broome Dusters became the Binghamton Dusters in 1977 and moved into the American Hockey League (AHL). The franchise went through a number of name changes, becoming the Whalers and then the Rangers before it relocated to Hartford, Connecticut , in 1997. The Rangers were replaced by

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1376-541: The complex (at the time referred to as the Broome County Cultural Center ) was held and Elbasani, Logan & Severin (ELS) were selected as the winners in November 1967. ELS was formed specifically to enter the competition, and it has since become a nationally-recognized architectural firm. The winning design placed the arena between State Street and Washington Street, and the performing arts center along

1419-534: The game a transformer outside of the arena malfunctioned, causing the entire arena to lose power. Fans were stranded both inside the concourse, and outside the arena while crews worked to fix the issue. After a two hour delay, power was restored, and the games were played. South Kortright would go onto win the Section IV title by a score of 44-38. The Arena is home to the Binghamton Hockey Hall of Fame, with

1462-406: The individual columns. Buckminster Fuller patented the octet truss ( U.S. patent 2,986,241 ) in 1961 while focusing on architectural structures. Gilman's Tetrahedral Truss of 1980 was developed by John J. Gilman ; a material scientist known for his work on the molecular matrices of crystalline solids. Gilman was an admirer of Buckminster Fuller's architectural trusses, and developed

1505-547: The length of each strut. Chief applications include buildings and vehicles. Alexander Graham Bell from 1898 to 1908 developed space frames based on tetrahedral geometry. Bell's interest was primarily in using them to make rigid frames for nautical and aeronautical engineering, with the tetrahedral truss being one of his inventions. Max Mengeringhausen developed the space grid system called MERO (acronym of ME ngeringhausen RO hrbauweise ) in 1943 in Germany, thus initiating

1548-463: The lengths of the struts to curve the overall structure or may incorporate other geometrical shapes. Within the meaning of space frame, we can find three systems clearly different between them: Curvature classification Classification by the arrangement of its elements Other examples classifiable as space frames are these: Chief space frame applications include: Buildings Vehicles : Architectural design elements Space frames are

1591-411: The river on Washington Street, with an elevated walkway over Washington Street that would connect the two buildings. The arena plans made use of an innovative space frame based design to avoid view-obstructing columns. The first (and ultimately only) phase of construction, consisting of the arena and a short part of the elevated walkway, lasted from 1971 to 1973, with the cost coming to $ 7.5 million at

1634-505: The same welded steel tube fuselage frame. Many early “whirlybird”-style exposed-boom helicopters had tubular space frame booms, such as the Bell 47 series. Space frames are sometimes used in the chassis designs of automobiles and motorcycles . In both a space frame and a tube-frame chassis, the suspension, engine, and body panels are attached to a skeletal frame of tubes, and the body panels have little or no structural function. By contrast, in

1677-532: The time (equivalent to $ 51.5 million in 2023). The arena was built with 17,000 square feet of space on the arena floor, with another 12,000 square feet on the concourse. The first act, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , took place in an unfinished arena in May 1973. Chicago played the arena's first concert (with Bruce Springsteen as opener) on June 13, 1973. The ribbon cutting and first event on ice

1720-517: The use of space trusses in architecture. The commonly used method, still in use has individual tubular members connected at node joints (ball shaped) and variations such as the space deck system, octet truss system and cubic system. Stéphane de Chateau in France invented the Tridirectional SDC system (1957), Unibat system (1959), Pyramitec (1960). A method of tree supports was developed to replace

1763-677: Was announced on August 14, 2020, that the arena would be renamed the Visions Veterans Memorial Arena effective January 1, 2021. The Visions Federal Credit Union took over naming rights from the Maines Family who chose not to renew their contract. The Broome Dusters of the North American Hockey League were the building's first full-time tenant. After a tepid first year of support, the Dusters draw many sellouts, and

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1806-597: Was the Ice Capades . The complex's proposed second phase, consisting of the remaining elevated walkway and the riverside performing arts center, was never built due to budgetary issues; the portion of the walkway built during the first phase remains as an extension of the arena. In place of the new performing arts center, the county refurbished and expanded the Capri Theatre, which became the Broome County Forum . It

1849-497: Was their last show with lead guitarist Mark St. John , in which he played the entire show. St. John had only played three shows (two in full) with the group, before being permanently replaced by Bruce Kulick . Phish 's December 14, 1995, performance at the arena was released as Live Phish Volume 1 in 2001. On May 15, 1995 (also the May 22, 1995, episode was taped that same night); April 21, 1997; July 20, 1998; and June 13, 2005, World Wrestling Entertainment brought RAW to

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