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The Cambria County War Memorial Arena is a 4,001-seat multi-purpose arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. It is managed by SMG Entertainment. It was built in 1950, for the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League. The arena was built on the site of the Union Cemetery, Johnstown's first cemetery.
Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. [9] The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 census. [5] Located 57 miles (92 km) east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Johnstown metropolitan area and had 133,472 residents in 2020.
The original Point Stadium had unusual field dimensions: fitted into a rectangular city block next to the Conemaugh River, it was just 251 feet (77 m) down the right-field line and 262 feet (80 m) down the left-field line, but bulged out to over 400 feet (122 m) feet in center field, depending on the location of a snow fence which cut off the ...
Jun. 2—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The Johnstown branch of the NAACP will mark the anniversary of an emancipation celebration with nine days of music, ministry and a message of unity.
Downtown Johnstown Historic District is a national historic district located at Johnstown in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.The district includes 109 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Johnstown.
Since the purchase of the park's land in 2004, the Johnstown Area Heritage Association has been working to develop it as a permanent home for the music festival and as a catalyst for more special events. On May 23, 2011, a naming ceremony was held to name the park for the Peoples Natural Gas Co., which has donated $500,000 toward the project.
The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.96. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.00% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who were 65 years of age or older.
Johnstown used to be a union Democratic stronghold. After a 1977 flood destroyed the mines and mills, high-paying union jobs disappeared and the city gradually flipped red.