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21 Boston Celtics. . . . . TD BankNorth Garden . . . . . . . . 1995 . .18,624 tickets google link directions location build cost operators naming rights (picture) TD Banknorth Garden, formerly called FleetCenter, is a sports arena in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the home arena for the Boston Bruins, an NHL team, and the Boston Celtics, an NBA team. Like most sports arenas, it also hosts other events, such as concerts, shows, conventions, graduations, wrestling matches, seminars, ice shows, and circuses. [edit] History When constructed to replace the aging Boston Garden as the home of the Boston Bruins hockey team and the Boston Celtics basketball team, the arena was called FleetCenter. The arena opened on September 30, 1995. As suggested by its original name, the arena was largely privately sponsored, mainly by Fleet Bank of Boston. When construction started, it was intended to be called the Shawmut Center, after the original private sponsor, Shawmut Bank. During the course of its construction, Shawmut Bank was bought by Fleet Bank, and the partially completed building was renamed. The name of the arena was expected to change as a result of the April 1, 2004 merger of FleetBoston Financial Group with Bank of America. On January 5, 2005, Bank of America and FleetCenter's owner, Delaware North Companies, announced an agreement under which the bank made a payment to be released from the remaining six years on the naming rights agreement. The agreement left Delaware North free to sell the naming rights to another sponsor. On March 3, 2005, Maine-based TD Banknorth, the U.S. subsidiary of Toronto-Dominion Bank, announced its purchase of the naming rights. The company named the facility "TD Banknorth Garden" in honor of the original Boston Garden. The name officially became the TD Banknorth Garden on July 1, 2005. Before then, it went under the name "YourGarden". In 2005, while still searching for a long-term corporate sponsor, the FleetCenter conducted auctions on eBay for the one-day naming rights for each day in the last two weeks of February, with the proceeds donated to charity. It also made private arrangements with a few companies for one-day naming rights, and offered one day's rights in an employee raffle. One notable occasion occurred when Kerry Konrad, a New York City lawyer, won naming rights for March 1st and proposed the name the DerekJeter Center, after the New York Yankees shortstop, as a tease on fellow Harvard alum. Being in the heart of Red Sox Nation, this did not sit well will with the executives, and an agreement was reached to call it the New Boston Garden, Home of the The Jimmy Fund Champions'. One-day names that were in effect are listed here. TD Banknorth Garden, under the name FleetCenter, hosted the 2004 Democratic National Convention. [edit] Facilities TD Banknorth Garden (still named the FleetCenter at the time of this photograph) and Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge in BostonTD Banknorth Garden is built on top of Boston's North Station, a major transportation hub. The Commuter Rail waiting area becomes crowded during events due to this design. Connections to the Orange Line and Green Line are a block away. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Opened: September 30, 1995 Size: 755,000 square feet (70,000 mē) on 3.2 acres (13,000 mē) Cost: $160 million Structured Steel: 8,100 tons Concessions: 36 permanent stands Restrooms: 17 men's, 17 women's Escalators: 13 Elevators: 7 General Contractor: Morse Diesel International Designers: Ellerbe Becket, Inc. Owner: New Boston Garden Corporation Subsidiary of Delaware North Companies Home Teams: Boston Bruins, NHL hockey team Boston Celtics, NBA basketball team Capacity: 18,624 (basketball) 17,565 (hockey) Height: Ten stories 162 feet (49 m) high Length and width: 468 feet (143 m) long (east-west) 300 feet (91 m) wide (north-south) Parking garage Five levels 1150 spaces Website: http://www.fleetcenter.com The Boston Garden was an arena built in 1928 and demolished in 1997 after the completion of its new sister arena, FleetCenter, now called TD Banknorth Garden. The Garden sat on top of North Station, a train station, which is a hub for MBTA Commuter Rail trains and Amtrak trains. Over the years the Garden was home to the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins. It hosted many events, including rock concerts, amateur sports, circuses & ice shows. It was a major boxing arena. It was also used as a exposition hall for political rallies such as the famous speech by John F. Kennedy in November, 1960. The last NHL hockey game played there took place on Sunday, May 14, 1995. It was game 5 of an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series between the Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils. The Devils edged the Bruins, 3-2, winning the series 4 games to 1. The Garden is famous for its parquet floor that the Boston Celtics would play on; however, the parquet floor was not originally part of the Garden. The parquet floor was built and installed in the Boston Arena, but was moved to the Garden in 1952. When TD Banknorth Garden was completed, the floor was moved there, but was soon replaced by a replica floor when the old floor became too old to play on. -------------------- << Clippers Celtics Spurs >> Back to Arenas list © 2001, 2005 H o o p s C o r n e r . c o m, All rights reserved Terms Of Service Privacy policy Contact |
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