1981 - The Year's Events      Back to Index DATE EVENT Attendance 01/03 Mariners vs. New Haven 5270 01/04 Public Skating 1529 01/06 Wrestling 748 01/08 - 09 Downeast Hockey Classic 4249 01/10 Mariners vs. New Brunswick 5841 01/14 Mariners vs. Springfield 4382 01/17 Mariners vs. Binghamton 4828 01/18 Stevie Wonder 6175 01/20 A Chorus Line 3798 01/21 Mariners vs. Springfield 4142 01/23 Sock Hop II 1194 01/24 Mariners vs. Binghamton 6035 01/26 Mariners Wives Carnival 1800 01/27 Wrestling 929 01/28 Mariners. vs. Rochester 3841 01/31 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 6820 02/02 - 04 Maine Water Utilities Convention 2000 02/07 U-Maine vs. Villanova 3646 02/07 Mariners vs. New Haven 5856 02/11 Mariners vs. Hershey 4318 02/14 Mariners vs. Adirondack 5534 02/15 Public Skating 1283 02/16 Mariners vs. Springfield 5178 02/18 - 22 Ice Capades (10 shows) 33945 02/25 Mariners vs. New Brunswick 4539 02/26 Johnny Cash 3285 02/27 Western ME Class A Basketball 2214 02/28 Western ME Class A Basketball 2663 03/01 Mariners vs. Springfield 4762 03/04 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 5015 03/06 Western ME Class A Basketball 4390 03/07 Western ME Class A Basketball 3889 03/07 Mariners vs. Rochester 4070 03/08 Mariners vs. Hershey 5326 03/11 - 15 Maine Boat Show 7996 03/17 St. Patrick's Dinner & Dance 368 03/18 Mariners vs. Adirondack 4186 03/20 Skate-a-thon 220 03/21 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 6003 03/22 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 4822 03/27 Ted Nugent 7025 03/28 North Yarmouth Rainbow Review 903 03/28 Mariners vs. Hershey 6105 03/29 Mariners vs. Springfield 4098 03/31 Wrestling 2361 04/01 Mariners vs. Binghamton 3797 04/03 Irish Rovers 2315 04/04 Mariners vs. New Brunswick 4853 04/05 Mariners vs. New Brunswick 3887 04/08 Mariners Playoff Game #1 3187 04/10 Mariners Playoff Game #2 3639 04/11 Amway Convention 7000 04/14 Maine Food & Lodging Show 3000 04/17 Mariners Playoff Game #3 4085 04/19 Styx 9300 04/20 - 22 Shrine Circus 30000 04/22 Mariners Playoff Game #4 5648 04/25 USM Graduation 5000 04/25 Mariners Playoff Game #5 4438 04/27 Mariners Playoff Game #6 3375 05/03 Mariners vs. New Brunswick (playoffs) 3738 05/08 Mariners vs. New Brunswick (playoffs) 5046 05/11 Mariners vs. Adirondack (playoffs) 3329 05/12 Wrestling 1458 05/13 Mariners vs. Adirondack (playoffs) 4170 05/15 Roger Whittaker 3864 05/16 Van Halen 9300 05/18 Mariners vs. Adirondack (playoffs) 4938 05/29 Beach Boys 5700 05/30 Glenn Miller Band 1756 05/31 Oral Roberts Crusade 4500 06/02 Wrestling 1080 06/04 Kenny Rogers 8980 06/06 WCSH Garage Sale 6000 06/07 Windham H.S Graduation 1500 06/17 - 21 Watchtower Convention 11000 06/28 Joe Walsh 6934 07/01 Engelbert Humperdinck 4156 07/03 Santana 4334 07/07 Wayne Newton 5850 07/14 Wrestling 2102 07/18 Solid Gold 1430 07/23 Foghat 6384 07/25 Charlie Daniels [SEE PHOTO] 7644 07/26 Slim Whitman 1262 08/04 Wrestling 3619 08/05 Ozzy Osbourne 3494 08/16 Marshall Tucker Band 6180 08/21 Alice Cooper 5468 08/25 Journey 9500 08/31 ZZ Top 6470 09/09 - 21 Mariners/Flyers training camp 09/12 Rookie Flyers vs. Bruins 1714 09/16 Leonard/Hearns (closed circuit) 2187 09/15 Wrestling 1223 09/18 Bruins vs. Flyers 4929 09/21 Flyers vs. Mariners 1185 09/25 - 27 Rodeo 6755 09/30 Sports Spectacular 2673 10/02 - 04 Energy Show 1176 10/06 Wrestling 1253 10/10 Marinrs vs. New Haven 5106 10/14 - 15 Industrial Show 2000 10/17 Mariners vs. Adirondack 5397 10/20 Earth, Wind & Fire 5261 10/22 Molly Hatchet 3452 10/24 Mariners vs. New Brunswick 5043 10/27 Wrestling 1208 10/28 - 29 Business Show 2000 10/31 Mariners vs. Rochester 4819 11/06 Nazareth w/Joe Perry Project 6777 11/07 Mariners vs. New Haven 4975 11/10 Rossington-Collins Band 2913 11/11 - 15 Sesame Street 14016 11/14 Mariners vs. Erie 6027 11/17 Wrestling 880 11/20 All-Star Boxing 1075 11/21 Mariners vs. Rochester 5494 11/22 Aerobic Dancing 1000 11/24 St. Joseph's vs. Bentley 767 11/25 Mariners vs. Adirondack 4404 11/27 Rodney Dangerfield 2891 11/28 UMO vs. UConn 2570 11/28 Mariners vs. New Brunswick 5481 11/29 Beatlemania 3160 11/30 Barry Manilow [SEE PHOTOS: 1, 2] 8891 12/02 New England Farm Show 600 12/04 Coldstream Guards 3331 12/05 Mariners vs. Binghamton 4731 12/06 Public Skating 650 12/11 Harlem Globetrotters 3327 12/12 Mariners vs. Nova Scotia 5374 12/19 Mariners vs. Adirondack 4082 12/26 Mariners vs. Erie 5371 12/28 - 29 Best Holiday Classic 5405 12/30 Mariners vs. Springfield 5258 12/31 J. Geils Band 9300

BELOW: Yes, that's Barry Manilow in a Maine Mariners jersey from a November 1981 appearance at the Cumberland County Civic Center. (more pics from show: 1, 2). BELOW: More kitsch....He's big in Vegas, and he was here on the Civic Center stage back in 1981. Wayne Newton drew nearly 6,000 fans to the Civic Center on a warm July night of that year.