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/ October 19, 2026
The Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum has anchored the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis since it opened in August 1939, replacing an earlier livestock pavilion on the same site. Over more than eight decades the arena has carried several names, including Pepsi Coliseum and Indiana Farmers…
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/ October 19, 2026
Hofheinz Pavilion opened on December 1, 1969 on the University of Houston campus, launching a 48-season run as home court for the Houston Cougars men’s and women’s basketball teams. The arena was named for UH alumnus and former Houston mayor Roy “Judge” Hofheinz and his…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Rochester Community War Memorial opened on October 18, 1955, in downtown Rochester, New York, as a tribute to the city’s World War II veterans. Designed by architect Leonard A. Waasdorp, the arena quickly became the region’s premier gathering place for sports and entertainment, hosting…
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/ October 19, 2026
ARCO Arena opened on November 8, 1988, in the Natomas neighborhood of Sacramento, California, replacing a smaller temporary arena the Kings had used since relocating from Kansas City in 1985. Built for about $40 million, a modest price even by late-1980s NBA standards, the arena…
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/ October 19, 2026
Cole Field House opened on December 2, 1955 on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, built as the William P. Cole Jr. Student Activities Building at a cost of $3.3 million. For nearly half a century it served as the home court of…
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/ October 19, 2026
Baltimore Arena opened its doors on October 23, 1962, as the Baltimore Civic Center, a downtown multipurpose venue designed by A.G. Odell Jr. and Associates at a construction cost of about $14 million. Over six decades it carried several names, including Baltimore Arena, 1st Mariner…
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/ October 19, 2026
Arena Gardens opened on October 7, 1912, on Mutual Street in downtown Toronto, billed at the time as the largest indoor arena in Canada. Built with an early mechanically frozen ice surface, just the third of its kind in the country, the rink quickly became…
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/ October 19, 2026
HemisFair Arena opened on April 6, 1968, in downtown San Antonio as part of the HemisFair ’68 world’s fair, rising near the newly built Tower of the Americas. What began as an exposition venue soon became the beating heart of the city’s pro sports scene…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Bradley Center was a multi-purpose arena in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that served as the home of the Milwaukee Bucks and Marquette Golden Eagles men’s basketball from 1988 until 2018. Formally known as the BMO Harris Bradley Center after a later naming-rights deal, the arena…
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/ October 19, 2026
Pyramid Arena, originally called the Great American Pyramid, opened on November 9, 1991, on the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown Memphis. Rising 321 feet with 591-foot base sides, the steel-framed pyramid was built as a 20,142-seat arena and instantly became one of the…
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/ October 19, 2026
Met Center, originally known as Metropolitan Sports Center, opened on October 21, 1967, in Bloomington, Minnesota, built just north of Metropolitan Stadium at a cost of about $5.8 million. The arena was constructed specifically to give the expansion Minnesota North Stars an NHL home, and…
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/ October 19, 2026
Oakland Arena opened on November 9, 1966, as the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena, part of the same sports complex that houses the Coliseum stadium. Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, it became one of the Bay Area’s primary venues for sports and live entertainment for…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Philadelphia Arena opened on February 14, 1920, at 4530 Market Street in West Philadelphia, originally built as the Philadelphia Auditorium and Ice Palace. Constructed by George F. Pawling, it debuted with a college hockey game between Yale and Princeton before a crowd of over…
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/ October 19, 2026
Miami Arena opened on July 13, 1988, in downtown Miami as the city’s first modern multipurpose venue, built at a cost of about $52.5 million. Designed by Lloyd Jones Fillpot Associates, the arena gave Miami its own home for major league sports after decades of…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Chicago Coliseum was a cavernous arena at 1513 South Wabash Avenue on Chicago’s Near South Side, built in 1899 by candy magnate and museum promoter Charles F. Gunther. Its most unusual feature wasn’t a scoreboard or grandstand but its walls: a castellated stone facade…
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/ October 19, 2026
Charlotte Coliseum opened on August 11, 1988, as a $52 million, state-of-the-art home for the expansion Charlotte Hornets, and for a stretch it was the largest arena in the country built primarily for NBA basketball. Fans packed in by the tens of thousands, turning the…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Hartford Civic Center opened its doors on January 9, 1975, as the centerpiece of a downtown Hartford revitalization project that also included a mall, convention space, and a hotel. It quickly became home to the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association, who…
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/ October 19, 2026
Jeppesen Stadium began life as Public School Stadium, opening on September 18, 1942, as a 14,500-seat venue built by the Houston Independent School District with help from the Works Progress Administration. In 1958 the district renamed it Jeppesen Stadium in honor of school board member…
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/ October 19, 2026
Pitt Stadium stood on Terrace Street in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood from 1925 until 1999, serving as the home field for University of Pittsburgh football across nearly eight decades of program history. Designed by Pitt graduate W. S. Hindman and built for about $2.1 million, the…
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/ October 19, 2026
Edward Jones Dome was the name carried by downtown St. Louis’s domed stadium from 2002 to 2016, during the heart of the building’s run as home to the NFL’s St. Louis Rams. Opened in 1995 as the Trans World Dome, the venue took on the…
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