Live Entertainment in Wheeling

Capitol Music Hall is Wheeling's spectacular 2,500-seat historic concert venue — a restored 1928 Vaudeville palace on Main Street that hosted WWVA Jamboree broadcasts for decades and continues presenting major country, bluegrass, and classic rock touring acts for the northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio market. The venue's extraordinary preservation of its original theatrical grandeur and its deep roots in West Virginia's country music heritage make it one of the most authentic concert experiences in Appalachia.

Capitol Music Hall is West Virginia's most historically significant concert venue — the former home of Wheeling Jamboree USA, the radio show that predated Nashville's Grand Ole Opry as the most important country music radio broadcast in America. Capitol Music Hall's extraordinary country music radio heritage (it broadcast continuously from 1933 to 2005, making it the world's longest-running live radio show) and its beautiful 1928 architecture create a concert venue of genuine American country music historical significance.

WesBanco Arena is Wheeling's multi-purpose arena and West Virginia's northern entertainment anchor — a 9,000-seat facility on the Ohio River serving the northern panhandle market that straddles West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The Wheeling Nailers ECHL hockey team provides the arena's athletic anchor while major touring concerts serve the economically recovering industrial community that has made Wheeling one of Appalachia's most interesting cultural revival stories.

WesBanco Arena in Wheeling serves the Northern Panhandle with concerts, ECHL hockey, and community events for one of West Virginia's most industrially historic communities. Wheeling's extraordinary 19th-century history as the "Nail City" (one of the most important industrial cities in pre-Civil War America) and its position on the Ohio River create an entertainment culture shaped by Appalachia's complex industrial heritage.

WesBanco Arena is home to the Wheeling Nailers ECHL hockey team — presenting professional hockey for one of West Virginia's most historically significant Ohio River communities. The Nailers' remarkable community connection and Wheeling's genuine Appalachian community spirit create hockey game-day experiences of considerable West Virginia sporting significance.