The Cumberland County Civic Center is a arena in Portland, Maine. Built in 1977 at a cost of $8 million, it is home to the Portland Pirates ice hockey team, various trade shows and the Maine Principals’ Association high school basketball tournament. The arena’s official name is the George I. Lewis Auditorium at Cumberland County Civic Center. The press box is named for sportscasting legend, the late Frank Fixaris. ZZ Top was the very first act to play the Civic Center when it opened on March 3, 1977. Dire Straits played there during their Brothers In Arms world tour in 1985. The venue also hosted the America East Conference (then the ECAC North) men’s basketball tournament in 1980. The current tenants are the AHL Portland Pirates. Prior AHL clubs have also called the “4 C’s” home, including 3 time Calder Cup champions, the Maine Mariners.

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There is a municipal parking garage adjacent to the Civic Center, accessible from both the Spring Street and Free Street sides of the building. There is plenty of metered street parking available around the Civic Center at 25 cents per half-hour with a two-hour limit. However, these spaces fill quickly for Civic Center events. Metered spaces are free after 6 p.m. and all day during holidays, but pay special attention to signs indicating which night of the week street sweeping occurs, which varies from street to street. Cars parking on these streets will be towed after 11:30 p.m. There is also a commercial parking garage located further down Free Street, and there are numerous paid parking lots around the Civic Center. Hourly and per-event parking fees at these lots vary according to proximity to the Civic Center.