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Civic Center Schedule Announces Entertainment and Sports Lineup
The Civic Center unveils events including roller derby, motorcycle racing, and Harlem Globetrotters along with three or four NBA home games for AI Reds and Providence College Friars. Brown University and URI basketball games are listed as well. The complex will add a restaurant and cocktail lounge with exhibition hall meeting rooms for conventions. Arena completion aims for November and December 1972 with rest of project due by year end.
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