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/ June 16, 2026
Tucked into the heart of Hammersmith in West London, the Eventim Apollo stands as one of Britain’s most storied live music venues. Designed by architect Robert Cromie and opened on 28 March 1932 as the Gaumont Palace cinema, the building’s sweeping Art Deco facade and
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/ June 16, 2026
The Wiltern is a celebrated concert venue and Art Deco landmark at 3790 Wilshire Boulevard in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1931 as the Warner Bros. Western Theatre, the 12-story Pellissier Building was designed by architect Stiles O. Clements of Morgan,
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/ June 16, 2026
White Hart Lane was the cherished home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for 118 years, from its opening on 4 September 1899 until its final match on 14 May 2017. Located in Tottenham, North London, the ground grew from a modest venue on a former
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/ June 16, 2026
Highbury — officially Arsenal Stadium — was the home of Arsenal Football Club for 93 years, from its opening on 6 September 1913 until the club’s final match there on 7 May 2006. Designed originally by Archibald Leitch and set in the North London district
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/ June 16, 2026
Built in just 300 days by Sir Robert McAlpine and formally opened on 28 April 1923, the original Wembley Stadium — officially named the Empire Stadium — stood as England’s premier sporting arena for eight decades. Designed by architects Sir John William Simpson and Maxwell
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/ June 16, 2026
The Colisée de Québec stood for 66 years as the sporting heart of Quebec City, opening on December 8, 1949 on the site of an earlier arena that had burned down the year before. Designed with an International Style exterior and an Art Deco interior
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/ June 16, 2026
Cincinnati Gardens was an indoor arena located at 2250 Seymour Avenue in the Bond Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Built for approximately $3 million, it opened on February 22, 1949, and its original seating capacity of more than 11,000 ranked it the seventh-largest indoor arena
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/ June 16, 2026
War Memorial Stadium, nestled inside Little Rock’s scenic War Memorial Park, opened on September 18, 1948, as a $1.2 million tribute to Arkansans who gave their lives in the two World Wars. Designed by architect Bruce R. Anderson in an Art Deco style and formally
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/ June 16, 2026
The Grand Olympic Auditorium at 1801 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles was one of America’s most storied arenas — a concrete bowl at the corner of 18th Street and Grand Avenue where Olympic athletes, boxing world champions, wrestling showmen, roller derby queens, punk
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/ June 16, 2026
Gator Bowl Stadium stood in Jacksonville, Florida, as one of the South’s most storied football venues for nearly seven decades. Originally opened in 1927 as Fairfield Stadium — built to serve Jacksonville’s high schools — it grew from a modest 7,600-seat facility into a massive
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/ June 16, 2026
The Summit opened on November 1, 1975, at 3700 Southwest Freeway in Houston, Texas, serving as the home of the NBA’s Houston Rockets for nearly three decades. Built for roughly $18–27 million, the glass-enclosed arena represented a new generation of American sports venues — spacious,
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/ June 16, 2026
Seals Stadium stood at the corner of Bryant and 16th Streets in San Francisco’s Mission District from 1931 to 1959, serving as the heart of West Coast professional baseball for nearly three decades. Built at a cost of $1.25 million in concrete and steel, the
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/ June 16, 2026
Madison Square Garden III stood on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan, opening on December 15, 1925. Designed by theater architect Thomas W. Lamb and financed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard—who rallied wealthy backers known as his ‘600 millionaires’—the arena cost $4.75
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/ June 16, 2026
Wrigley Field in Los Angeles was a Spanish-style baseball stadium that stood at 425 E. 42nd Place in South Central Los Angeles from 1925 until its demolition in March 1969. Built by chewing-gum magnate and Chicago Cubs owner William Wrigley Jr. for $1.5 million, it
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/ June 16, 2026
The St. Louis Arena opened on September 23, 1929, at 5700 Oakland Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, immediately claiming its place as the second-largest indoor entertainment center in the United States, surpassed only by New York’s Madison Square Garden. Designed by architects Gustel R. Kiewitt
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/ June 16, 2026
The Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland was the beating heart of professional sports in the Washington, D.C. region for nearly three decades. Built by sports entrepreneur Abe Pollin at a cost of $18 million and opened on December 2, 1973, the arena—known locally as the
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/ June 16, 2026
Reunion Arena was the beating heart of Dallas sports and entertainment for nearly three decades. Located at 777 Sports Street in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas, this $27 million indoor arena opened on April 28, 1980, and quickly became one of the most
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/ June 16, 2026
Market Square Arena was a multipurpose indoor arena located at 300 East Market Street in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Opened on September 15, 1974, at a construction cost of $23 million, it seated 16,530 fans for basketball (up to 18,178 with festival seating) and ranked as
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/ June 16, 2026
Opened on October 18, 1955, the Winnipeg Arena stood at 1430 Maroons Road in the city’s Polo Park district and served as the heart of Manitoba hockey for nearly five decades. Designed by architects Moody and Moore and built by Bird Construction at a cost
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/ June 16, 2026
Northlands Coliseum opened on November 10, 1974 in Edmonton, Alberta, and quickly became one of the most storied arenas in North American hockey history. Built at a cost of C$17.3 million, the venue served as the home of the Edmonton Oilers through their formative years
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