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===Arenas=== The Penguins called Civic Arena home for over 45 seasons from their inception in 1967. In September 2010, they completed the move to [[Consol Energy Center]] (now named PPG Paints Arena). The Penguins also played two "home" games in the Cleveland suburb of [[Richfield, Ohio]], in 1992 and 1993 at the [[Richfield Coliseum]] (this is not unlike the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] playing an annual pre-season game in Pittsburgh;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/photogallery/pittsburgh_051011.html|title=Scenes from Pittsburgh|website=Cleveland Cavaliers|date=May 10, 2011 |access-date=September 4, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203115651/http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/photogallery/pittsburgh_051011.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] used the Civic Arena as a second home in the early 1970s).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_fieldgoals.html|title=NBA.com: Regular Season Records: Field Goals|publisher=[[National Basketball Association]]|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724045308/http://www.nba.com/history/records/regular_fieldgoals.html|archive-date=July 24, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:UPMCLemieux.png|thumb|left|alt=See caption |The UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex under construction in [[Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania]], in April 2015. The complex opened in August 2015, and is used by the Penguins as their practice facility.]] From 1995 to 2015, the [[IceoPlex at Southpointe]] in the South Hills suburbs served as the team's practice facility. [[Robert Morris University]]'s [[84 Lumber Arena]] has served as a secondary practice facility for the team. During the franchise's first pre-season training camp and pre-season exhibition games, the [[Brantford Civic Centre]] in Brantford, Ontario, served as its home,<ref>{{cite news|title=Pittsburgh Penguins Start With Many Goalies on Team|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5-ZdAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh%20penguins&pg=2735%2C1568367|newspaper=[[Observer-Reporter]]|date=September 13, 1967|page=4, Section D|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318113930/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5-ZdAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh+penguins&pg=2735%2C1568367|url-status=live}}</ref> and by the 1970s and continuing through the 1980s, the team was using the suburban [[Rostraver Ice Garden]] for training. In August 2015, the Penguins and the [[University of Pittsburgh Medical Center]] (UPMC) opened the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, combining a new team practice and training facility with a UPMC Sports Medicine treatment and research complex, in suburban [[Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Cranberry Township]] near the interchange between [[Interstate 79]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 228]].<ref name=LSM>{{cite web|last1=Crechiolo|first1=Michelle|title=UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex Has Grand Opening|url=http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777021|website=The Pittsburgh Penguins|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=August 16, 2015|date=August 14, 2015|archive-date=August 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817202245/http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=777021|url-status=live}}</ref> The twin rink facility replaced both the IceoPlex at Southpointe and the 84 Lumber Arena as the Penguins' regular practice facility, freeing up Consol Energy Center for other events on days the Penguins are not scheduled to play.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/breaking/new-site-in-cranberry-chosen-for-upmc-penguins-joint-development-695672/ | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | title=New site in Cranberry chosen for UPMC-Penguins joint development | access-date=September 4, 2013 | archive-date=August 21, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821164027/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/breaking/new-site-in-cranberry-chosen-for-upmc-penguins-joint-development-695672/ | url-status=live}}</ref> As with most other NHL arenas, the Penguins make use of a [[Air horn#Use in sports|goal horn]] whenever the team scores a goal at home. It is also played just before the beginning of a home game, and after a Penguins victory. Their current goal horn made by [[Nathan Manufacturing, Inc.]] and introduced in 2005 to coincide with Sidney Crosby joining the team, was used at both the Civic Arena and Consol Energy Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frozenfaceoff.net/2013/03/all-about-nhl-goal-horns-part-2.html|title=All about NHL goal horns|access-date=October 5, 2018|publisher=Frozen Face Off|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221171506/http://www.frozenfaceoff.net/2013/03/all-about-nhl-goal-horns-part-2.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.penguins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=73394|title=NHL Videos and Highlights|website=National Hockey League|access-date=November 4, 2013|archive-date=May 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512031826/http://video.penguins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=73394|url-status=live}}</ref>
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