...violence and drug possession. Local honors to the legendary musician include the renaming of the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center to James Brown Arena in September 2006, the renaming of 9th Street to James Brown Boulevard in 1993, and a life-size...
...game will tip off at 6 p.m. Augusta State last played at the downtown venue (formerly the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center) on Dec. 16, 1995, defeating Paine College 80-64.Montevallo men. After playing in the 2012 NCAA Division...
...Texas, attract these acts because they all have new arenas. James Brown Arena, formerly the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center, opened in 1979."That makes it a little harder to compete if your facility is older," Bongiovanni said...
...This is pretty amazing," Bolt said of meeting Aiken resident Sue Kane on Wednesday night at Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center.Kane's father is among the first names engraved inside the original bowl purchased in 1892 by Lord Stanley of...
...Buck Owens.He was back at the Bell with Owens in January 1973. Ten years later was at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center (now James Brown Arena) performing with his third wife, Leona Williams.Haggard returned to the Civic Center...
...Just two months before he died on Christmas Day 2006, Brown attended a ceremony at which the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center was renamed "James Brown Arena."A month later, Brown was in London to be inducted into the United Kingdom Music...
...who had left the Monkees a year earlier.The group played sans Nesmith in 1987 to a sold-out Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center (now James Brown Arena) during their unexpected revival that year, when the MTV folks rebroadcast their original...
...and the CSRA Ladies Golf Association. She worked at Busbia Realty & Insurance Company and the Augusta Richmond County Civic Center. Mrs. Busbia loved college football, especially the Georgia Bulldogs, fishing, and spending time outdoors at...
...2002 the meeting was held in Augusta, but a wave of complaints about dreadful service at the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center, prompted the group to cancel plans to return in 2003. It has not been back since.Today the Methodist conference...
...Big Air Triples seemed sort of surreal. His experiences with James Brown Arena, then called Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center, were always as a patron rather than as the attraction."I mean, that's where I saw my first concert, Amy...
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