Which of these arenas was your favorite?

@TY9941_

Жыл бұрын

The Palace. Beautiful, modern, state-of-the-art arena. But getting in and out of there was hell. Glad the pistons play downtown now.

@jamesschock4296

Жыл бұрын

The Chicago Stadium. A great historic loud building. It also had the mighty Barton Organ the worlds largest pipe organ built into the walls and ceiling of the arena.

@Fakename70

Жыл бұрын

Nothing beats Boston Garden.

@bigbadredsox

Жыл бұрын

The Aud in Buffalo! Great bb and hockey venue!

@emanuelvinas5454

Жыл бұрын

You forgot about a couple of arenas like the western forum and oracle arena too.

God i miss market square arena so many memories for me

also forgot the spectrum in Philly it was demolished a long time after wells fargo center opened

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

The spectrum was awesome for basketball games, wrestling and other events.

The seminal moment at McNichols was probably the 1976 ABA All Star game, which featured the first slam dunk competition featuring Julius Erving and David Thompson. That was probably the beginning the skills competition that all leagues now feature even more than the game itself.

@Fakename70

Жыл бұрын

I definitely remember watching that as a kid. Even though I grew up in an NBA city, I was a fan of the ABA for no particular reason. I think the Doc taking off from the line that year might be my earliest basketball memory, and, I don’t think I paid attention to the NBA at all until the merger. Specifically, because of the Doc.

@zeldamenefee5008

5 ай бұрын

Man do i miss the old McNichols Arena

I guess the Richfield Coliseum does not rank up there with the big boy. Home for the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1974 to 1994. It hosted one All-Star game in 1981. It was the site for Larry Bird's last professional game. The fight between Chuck Wepner vs. Muhammad Ali on 3-24-1975 was here which inspired the idea for "Rocky". It is an empty field now, part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

@crownprincesebastianjohano7069

Жыл бұрын

It was also cool looking.

@jake-in_yt80

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Cleveland is the arm pit of the NBA. Loyal Fans but sports teams not so good. Only for Lebron they would winless in all Sports. Im suprised the Pacers made the list since we have no sports success only one Super Bowl win and one finals appearance in NBA

@DeepInfernoRising

Жыл бұрын

No no it doesn’t…

The Chicago Stadium was dope;It was so close to the court and loud. The nosebleeds would've been considered great seats compared to 300 section at the United Center

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

The beginning of the first 3-peat of the MJ era.

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

It was so epic when you watch the atmosphere of the bulls first 3-peat at that Chicago Stadium.

The Palace only saw 1 NBA title happen "within its walls" - 2004. The '89 and '90 titles were both won on the road.

@BIGGUY0683

Жыл бұрын

How can you mention the Palace without the ‘Malice At The Palace’?

@rockvilleraven

Жыл бұрын

Also has the WNBA attendance record of 22000 for a Detroit Shock finals playoff game. Washington, DC has the regular season record of 20700 for the first Mystics game and Toronto sold out their preseason game this year at 19000.

Amazing vid. I knew about all of them, but it's always a pleasure to see that pics again and it's really well narrated 💪

Other than the Boston Garden and Chicago Stadium, this video shows how wasteful we are with sports stadiums as a country. A stadium should last longer than 19-30 years, yet Charlotte and Miami are prime examples of a waste of people’s taxpayer dollars that helped pay for those one and dones in the first place!

@retroguy1976

Жыл бұрын

its all about $$$ and how many luxury boxes they sell every season

@rockvilleraven

Жыл бұрын

Capital One Arena just celebrated its 25th Birthday. The first two teams that opened up the Capital Centre on December 2, 1973 with the Seattle SuperSonics against the Washington Bullets were the same ones that opened up the then MCI Center on the same date in 1997. Abe Pollin who privately funded both arenas was the Senior Head of scheduling for the NBA and was able to pull that off.

@everythingcollectibles

Жыл бұрын

@@rockvilleraven My Dad is a Bullets/Wizards hometown fan since his childhood and always loved Abe Pollin and how he brought an arena back to D. C and not a surrounding suburb.

@rockvilleraven

Жыл бұрын

@@everythingcollectibles In defense of Pollin, he built two privately financed arenas in the DC area. The only public finding was infrastructure.

Forgot about the Salt Palace.

You forgot the Salt Palace in Utah

They didn’t mention the Summit, which was taken over by Joel Osteen after Toyota Center was built and the Rockets and all other entertainment moved there.

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

The two titles Hakeem olajuwon brought to Houston.

@mattwhitten4296

Жыл бұрын

"Compaq center"

I sure miss the Charlotte Coliseum. It was an amazing place to see games and concerts; and so easy to get in and out of. It was a cursed buidling though. The scoreboard fell onto the basketball court shortly after construction. They had to rush a replacement before the Hornets first game. Years later, Bobby Phils was killed in a car crash leaving practice when he was racing teammate David Wesley.

@rockvilleraven

Жыл бұрын

I remember that was a USA Basketball exhibition and the had to get the old Coliseum court.

@MiketheCabbie

Жыл бұрын

Location was a big minus. They put to old Coliseum out on the corner of, like, 276th Street and Plowed Ground. Kept Charlotte from really developing a downtown nightlife.

@ZaeemKhanFL

2 ай бұрын

I visited Charlotte when I was a kid and I actually drove past the Coliseum I never realized it was totally demolished until I found out online out of curiosity

What about the Lakers former home arena, The Fabulous Forum in Inglewood CA???

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

it’s not demolished, it became a megachurch and reverted back to a performance arena you’d be better off asking about the LA Arena which was demolished recently to make way for a soccer stadium

Btw. MSG IV wasn't built on the site of MSG III. MSG IV was built on the old main building of the Pennsylvania Station. The MSG 3 stood nearly a mile in the north of MSG IV

@joezegers

Жыл бұрын

MSG 1 and 2 were on Madison Square, hence the name Madison Square Garden.

@rockvilleraven

Жыл бұрын

You forgot the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. First they tried to build a shopping center on that site, now they’re building a hospital to replace Prince George’s Hospital Medical Center. Good riddance to a place where the only way to get there was drive and you were forced to pay extra to park and had to look forever for your car afterwards, give me Capital One Arena any day!

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

MSG III was not far from Times Square, over a mile away from MSG IV…the name was like Polo Grounds, it’s more of a generic name for their arena than actually the location name

Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio

Missing Philadelphia, Miami, Dallas and perhaps few others

@ryanreagan9049

Жыл бұрын

Hemisfair in San Antonio as well.

@csms1989

Жыл бұрын

The old Orlando Arena aka O rena or Amway Arena

@lousanto1054

Жыл бұрын

Capital Centre in Landover, MD as well.

@Fakename70

Жыл бұрын

I wouldnt think the Salt Palace still exists. Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena is a goner (replaced by Banc of California Stadium, recently renamed BMO Field or Stadium. I don’t remember). The Kingdome, Pontiac Silverdome, Maple Leaf Gardens. Is The Meadowlands still up? I seem to recall that one and Arco were among the first to sell their naming rights.

@philtll

Жыл бұрын

It just says ten, it doesn't say all

The Summit/Compaq Center - Houston, Texas. Where the Rockets won the 94 and 95 NBA championships! Lakewood Church now resides there.

@ssherrierable

3 күн бұрын

The church with the highly questionable suspicious pastor that physically abuses members of the congregation?

Chicago stadium, the madhouse on Madison, loudest stadium in the history of the NBA that hosted the 🐐. Fun times boiiii lol

10:05 Market Square Arena was the home of the Pacers from the second or third year of the ABA (1960s) to 1999 (they played games at the Indiana State Faregrounds before that, at least part of the time, and they may have played games at Butler University in that first ABA season). It was also the long-time home of "Hoosier Hysteria", the Indiana State High School Basketball championship and usually also hosted the playoffs for the Central Indiana area leading to that championship. Not to mention plenty of Globetrotter games, some College championship games and playoffs.... And like any basketball arena, LOTS of non-basketball events hosted, especially big concerts....

Forgot The Summit/ Compaq Center. Now it’s Lakewood Church in Houston

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

it’s not demolished, but there’s multiple other places demolished that should be on this video

Main reason for Omni’s demise in addition to those stated was issues with the structure design

@ratesforless

8 күн бұрын

Never lied about that. The foundation was set near old train tracks, and the roof leaked on occasion. It also didn't help that the city didn't invest much into it while having all of these issues. The most ironic thing is that after renovations, State Farm Arena only seats a few hundred more folks than the Omni did (16,888 to 16,371), minus the standing room sections which pushes it to just over 18k...

Not only the celtics played at the Boston garden, the Boston bruins also played there.

Fun fact about the Bradley Center... it was one of the cheapest arenas made at the time, yet it held almost everything from monster truck shows, to concerts, to sports. The only reason this historic venue isn't around today is because of Adam Silver stating "the square footage was too small for an NBA team". Which is like wtf. But yeah, eventually Fiserv Forum was made, and it's literally identical to the Bradley Center in every way... except it's bigger

@FAlynn92

Жыл бұрын

I was completely unaware that they had a new arena until I watched this video. I thought they just changed the naming rights to Fiserv Forum.

@loganlloyd6930

Жыл бұрын

Fiserv is so much better. The seating at the Bradley used to be so steep and you felt like you were going to tumble down off the balcony if you stood up on one of the upper level…

@rockvilleraven

Жыл бұрын

The Bradley center was also built with hockey in mind.

@michaelhession2105

Жыл бұрын

Another thing to consider is that when the Bucks moved into Fiserv they came title contenders right away. I don't think the Bradley Center was that difficult a place to play for visiting teams, especially in the playoffs. It's just too bad that BMO never got to witness an NBA Finals although we were robbed in 01 of one.

What about the Spectrum?

What about The Spectrum in Philadelphia?

They forgot The Richfield Coliseum.

@Music2Die4

Жыл бұрын

The Richfield Coliseum was so ahead of its time, the arena that replaced it, now known as Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, was a major downgrade.......... (Most of the seats at Richfield Coliseum were great, most of the seats at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse are awful. RMF's only saving grace is the Cavs team winning a title in 2016 and the huge scoreboard.) The Richfield Coliseum was where Michael Jordan had his 69 point game, and also Larry Bird's last game..... Not to mention one of the loudest buildings in NBA history.

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

same for the LA Arena, Spectrum, Philadelphia Arena and a few others…

@stainshield

Жыл бұрын

@@Music2Die4 I agree with you, and I wish that they would have replicated the feel and tone of The Coliseum for RMF which is FKA The Gund Arena and The Q.

@ZaeemKhanFL

2 ай бұрын

Go to part 2 to find Richfield Coliseum

The Salt Palace: am I a joke to you 😢.

In addition, Market Square Arena was also the location of Elvis Presley’s final concert before his death

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

I believe it was 1977

I know it was only 10 on this list but expected to see Convention Center Arena (Spurs), Reunion Arena (Mavericks), and Nassau Coliseum (NY Nets)

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

Nassau Coliseum still stands and has a new Nets connection: their G-League team

The Omni also closed because of its roof. The weathered steel was designed to rust and form a protective layer for the structure. However, the architects forgot to account for Atlanta’s humid climate, which meant the steel never stopped rusting, resulting in gaping holes in the roof and the building. The Omni was in such poor shape by the 1990s that when the NHL awarded the Thrashers to Atlanta, they told the city that the Omni was not even acceptable as a temporary venue and required a new arena for the Thrashers to take the ice.

Really upset that Malace at the Palace was not mentioned when talking about The Palace

@retroguy1976

Жыл бұрын

cant forget that night

@bricefleckenstein9666

Жыл бұрын

He left out a LOT of history from all of these buildings, of the ones I know any of the history about.

@mattwilliam5522

Жыл бұрын

So sexual and erotic

@alanoranday4448

3 ай бұрын

I remember their being another‘Malice in the Palace’ back with the ‘bad boys’ in the 80s, but the Artest one is the more infamous one!

I was at the last Celtics game at the old garden Kissed the mid court leprechaun Good times

Can you do ranking best nba arenas when it comes to Looks and size plz

How about the old Cleveland Arena? That was the original home of the Cavaliers - and was the sometimes home of the Cincinnati Royals. :-)

@billcouch8308

Жыл бұрын

Was there many times i.e.: barons,Cavs, wrestling-johnny powers a great arena. I can still hear the organ!

I’m glad I went to the Sleep Train Arena in 2014 before its gone.

The Spurs first played at the Hemis Fair arena in 75-76 the attendance grew so fast that the arena had it's roof raised to ad another 5-6k seats making it around 15-16 k. It was demolished, dimantled and reconstructed in Mexico as a bull fighting ring , I guess.

Philadelphia. Convention Hall and Spectrum missing. Also, current MSG replaced the grandiose Penn Station in 1968 and not the old Garden (demolished) which was about a dozen blocks away. There are many other NBA arenas not covered in the video, including Miami, Orlando, Seattle, Washington and others …

@ZaeemKhanFL

2 ай бұрын

He has a part 2 to this series so it may be there

forgot the izod center/continental airlines arena/ brendan bryne arena at the meadowlands when the nets were in NJ. its still standing but used as a film set for nbc shows. NJ is gonna turn into a east coast hollywood with netflix building studios on what was fort monmouth and lions gate may build a studio in Newark

Market Square Arena foi onde foi realizado o programa de basquete dos jogos Panamericano de 1987, na qual o Brasil venceu os EUA na final.

@creamcitysista1970

Жыл бұрын

Oscar Schmidt

@nothanksguy

Жыл бұрын

Pan am plaza is still next to the new arena downtown, and hosts events regularly

Even though true about the Boston Garden and the lack of amenities, the main reason that it came down was because of the “Big Dig” project that put Interstate 93 as an above ground highway that split the city to an underground highway. Gave the owners an excuse to have the new arena. Another little known fact, the new Garden was originally going to be named the Shawmut Center (local bank Shawmut Bank bought the rights) then changed to the FleetCenter when Fleet Bank bought Shawmut. Then when Fleet Bank got bought out, it eventually became known as the TD Banknorth Garden.

To give a mention, Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California

@caseysmith544

Жыл бұрын

LA Fourm where the Lakers played for years.

@ericrizojkd

Жыл бұрын

@Casey smith the Forum is still there. It's called Kia Forum and it's mainly used for concerts

Madison Square Garden is still goin strong.

Lol. 3:04 that’s the 1987 ASG in the Kingdome. Why is that photo being used to reminisce about Chicago Stadium? 🤣🤣

another one the old capital center/us air arena in landover md before moving to dc with mci arena/verizon center/capital one arena

You forgot the old Miami Arena. Its demolition started in September 2008. Oops!

@everythingcollectibles

Жыл бұрын

It bothers me that it only lasted 20 years! We are definitely a wasteful society money wise and building wise! Smh!

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

@@everythingcollectibles funny, that sums up the rich folks of Miami!

@everythingcollectibles

Жыл бұрын

@@bostonrailfan2427 Don’t worry, it will be all for nothing when Miami is underwater someday in the future! 😂

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

@@everythingcollectibles considering I’m from Boston, that’s a moronic statement.

@everythingcollectibles

Жыл бұрын

@@bostonrailfan2427 I actually commented this days ago: “Other than the Boston Garden and Chicago Stadium, this video shows how wasteful we are with sports stadiums as a country. A stadium should last longer than 19-30 years, yet Charlotte and Miami are prime examples of a waste of people’s taxpayer dollars that helped pay for those one and dones in the first place!”

You forgot to mention The Orlando/Amway Arena … Amazing memories there …

Seattle center coliseum then 🗝️ arena now known as the climate pledge arena the former supersonics gym

Wrong info on market square arena that is not the site at all I live Indianapolis and use to go to market Square arena

@bricefleckenstein9666

Жыл бұрын

It's the right place - but from a weird angle most folks never saw it from. Appears to be looking SouthEast more or less in the opening shot, with Washington Street in the background from top-center to center-right.

That’s arco arena too you lol but even though it was a small arena when the fans would go they were one of the loudest fans Let’s Go Kings

@PhatMon920

Жыл бұрын

I remember the Cowbell Hell days in the early 2000’s. Im a Blazers fan but those Kings teams were fun to watch and I wished they had won a championship

The palace of auburn hills was better than the replacement arena

@gemnifan6045

Жыл бұрын

Agree the seating at LCA in the upper bowl is horrible

Indiana Farmers Colussium used to host the Indiana Pacers in the 50s, but it is now the home of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Jaguars of the Horizon League.

interesting how a lot of these late 80s arenas got outdated pretty quickly as they did not anticipate the surge in popularity the league was already experiencing at the time. only the Palace got it right but its location was not ideal.

How can you leave out the Spectrum

You missed the L.A Sports Arena. Old home of the Los Angeles, Clippers....

@TiltBrook

Жыл бұрын

…AND the original Los Angeles home of the Lakers!!!…which hosted The NBA Finals!!!

how about the nba g league arenas. can you make a video about it

@rockvilleraven

Жыл бұрын

The Entertainment and Sports Arena in DC is part of the State of the Art practice facility for Monumental Sports Basketball Division. Wizards, Mystics and G League Capital City GoGo. It’s part of the St. Elizabeth’s East Redevelopment and holds 4200 fans, the GoGo and the Mystics play their home games there and is a 8 minute walk to the Congress Heights Metro Station.

3:06 that's the Kingdome in Seattle not the madhouse

What about the Miami Arena, the LA memorial sports arena, the rose garden, US Air arena?

@worldtexmexjj82jr

Жыл бұрын

Great Western Forum

Richfield Coliseum. Miracle at Richfield. The Shot. Bird’s final game.

You forgot Reunion Arena, Capitol Center , The Orlando Arena, The Salt Palace and the original home of the Portland Trailblazers!

@fc1984fc

Жыл бұрын

As well as the Arizona Veterans Coliseum in Phoenix.

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

LA Arena and the Spectrum too…hell, no Spectrum no 76ers!

@jasonelliott7977

Жыл бұрын

He also forgot The Great Western Forum in Inglewood, CA and Hemisfair in San Antonio

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonelliott7977 the Forum is still standing, it just gets blocked from minds because it became a megachurch

@rockvilleraven

Жыл бұрын

@@bostonrailfan2427 It’s also a historical landmark.

I think the Bulls won 3 NBA championships at Chicago Stadium. 1991-93

The Seattle center coliseum of the Seattle supersonics, the former NBA team.

@alexlee5891

10 ай бұрын

The former Key Arena is still around and was renovated extensively for the Kraken

Arcoooo

the spectrum? that place was legendary

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

For rocky balboa fights

8:25 EXCUSE ME?, QUIT TALKING TRASH AT MY HOUSE!

Kareem DID NOT play at the Bradley Center!! Get your facts straight!

Oh shit I thought Fisev Forum WAS the Bradley Center, they look super similar.

@kmhoefs

Жыл бұрын

How does FIserv look anything like Bradley Center?

No Compaq center in Houston? Hosted 2 NBA champion rockets and how many comets championships?!

Do Royce White or Mehmet Okur

No Reunion Arena?

8:46 Karim Abdul-Jabbar 💀

Wat about old Miami heat arena

Forgot the LA Sports Arena

Forgot the spurs hemisfair arena

Hemisfair Arena?

Boston garden rip miss chicago stadium

It was Adam Silver who realized the Bradley Center lacked modern amenities, leading to the construction of the Fiserv Forum.

@creamcitysista1970

Жыл бұрын

Silver basically put an ultimatum to the Bucks at that time: Build a new stadium, or risk losing the team. We all know what happened afterwards.

Amway arena Orlando

No mention of The Summit in Houston? Became a church rather than being torn down!

They say it’s Madison Square Garden, but it’s a circle

Missing the Capital Centre.

Oracle??!

The Spectrum in Philly , Last place the 76ers won a NBA championship

kzread.info/dash/bejne/c553q7iAcpiefbw.html what happened to the ushers pants!?

You forgot the summit arena formerly the home of the Houston rockets

@hectorlopez1069

Жыл бұрын

It is now a church

Uh-zuy-uh Thomas. Hall of famer.

Do you not have an editor to fact check your posts? MSG IV is on the site of Penn Station. This and how wrong you got Memorial Stadium in Baltimore in another video makes me sad.

Reunion arena…. That’s all I’m going to say

I guess he forgot the 1960s Celtics

Pelicans need to take notes a bulldoze Smoothie King Center

#SomeWhereAPieceOfCrapAnywaysWerentThey?

How the hell could you mention the Palace and NOT mention Malice at the Palace?!

Forgetting the spectrum

Great Western Forum????

You forgot to add that the reff cheated the kings out of a championship

Boston Garden was a dump. the reason it was such a tough place to play was NO A/C- Horrible locker rooms- terrible court with dead boards (where only Celtics knew where they were) with terrible lighting and refs were either bribed or so intimidated by the fans that the refs would NOT call anything on Celtics. The fact that old Chicago Stadium was abandoned is a travesty.

Is anyone else getting sick of AI voiceovers?

You forgot the Malice at the Palace