However, AHL hockey stayed in Glens Falls for at least the 2014–15 season, as the former Abbotsford Heat announced they would be moving to the Center, adopting the new Adirondack Flames moniker.

They announced their home games would be played at the Cool Insuring Arena, and Adirondack Red Wings all-time points and games-played leader Glenn Merkosky will be the team's first head coach.

Two months later, on July 26, 1986, Tyson fought and defeated Marvis Frazier in 30 seconds via KO for his 25th straight win in his professional career.

[citation needed] Phish returned to the Civic Center on October 23, 2013, playing "Back in the USSR" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the White Album.

The Glens Falls Civic Center has been the host of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Basketball Championships through 2014.

[17] Another notable event at the Civic Center came on December 8, 2010, when it hosted a basketball game between BYU and Vermont billed as the "Hometown Classic".

[18] A beyond-capacity crowd of 6,300, which also included former BYU great and current Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge, saw Fredette's Cougars win 86–58.

[20] A public auction of the Glens Falls Civic Center had been scheduled for August 18, 2014;[21] however, no bidders showed to make an offer.

[24] On October 21, 2014, the Glens Falls Common Council voted unanimously to sell the arena to the then-named "Coalition to Save Our Civic Center".