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/ October 19, 2026
Staley Field was a small company athletic ground in Decatur, Illinois, owned by the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company. In 1920 it served as the home turf of the Decatur Staleys, a team of company employees coached, managed, and played for by a young George…
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/ October 19, 2026
Long before Lambeau Field became the Green Bay Packers’ legendary home, the team played its games in a modest wooden-bleacher venue called City Stadium, built in 1925 on the grounds of Green Bay East High School. What started as a roughly 5,000-seat facility for high…
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/ October 19, 2026
Stampede Corral was a multi-purpose arena on the grounds of Stampede Park in Calgary, Alberta, that opened on December 15, 1950. Built for about C$1.25 million, it was described at the time as the largest arena in Canada west of Toronto and one of the…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Ottawa Civic Centre opened on December 29, 1967, tucked beneath the north grandstand of the football stadium at Lansdowne Park as part of the city’s Canadian Centennial building projects. The arena’s debut was an exhibition game pairing the brand-new Ottawa 67’s, bolstered by loaned…
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/ October 19, 2026
Memorial Coliseum opened on November 3, 1960, in Portland’s Rose Quarter as a tribute to local veterans of World War II and the Korean War. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the arena’s signature feature was its striking gray glass-and-aluminum curtain wall wrapped around an…
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/ October 19, 2026
Edmonton Gardens began life in 1913 as the Edmonton Stock Pavilion, a dual-purpose building at the city’s fairgrounds meant to host both livestock shows and hockey games. The arena opened with an exhibition match between the Edmonton Eskimos and Edmonton Dominions on Christmas Day 1913…
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/ October 19, 2026
Long Beach Arena opened in October 1962 as the entertainment centerpiece of what is now the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, rising on the downtown waterfront site once occupied by the old Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. For decades it has flexed between sports, touring…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Salt Palace was an indoor arena in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, that opened on July 11, 1969, after groundbreaking in March 1967. Built at a cost of about $17 million, the venue took its name from an earlier 1899 attraction, a salt-crystal-covered amusement…
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/ October 19, 2026
Amway Arena was the longtime downtown Orlando home of the Orlando Magic, standing at 600 West Amelia Street from its January 29, 1989 opening until its final game on September 30, 2010. Fans and locals nicknamed it “The O-Rena,” and over its 21-year run the…
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/ October 19, 2026
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum opened on February 11, 1972, in Uniondale, New York, built on the former grounds of Mitchel Air Force Base. For decades it served as the beating heart of Long Island sports and entertainment, best known as the home rink of the…
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/ October 19, 2026
Meadowlands Arena opened on July 2, 1981, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, as Brendan Byrne Arena, part of the broader Meadowlands Sports Complex alongside Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack. Over its operating life it carried three names while active, also serving time as Continental…
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/ October 19, 2026
Milwaukee Arena opened downtown on April 9, 1950, built at a cost of about $7.6 million from a design by the local firm Eschweiler & Eschweiler. For decades it served as the city’s primary indoor venue, drawing crowds of up to 12,700 for sports, concerts…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Cow Palace is an indoor arena and events center in Daly City, California, sitting right on the San Francisco border. Opened on April 20, 1941, as the California State Livestock Pavilion, it earned its nickname from the Grand National Rodeo, Horse & Stock Show…
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/ October 19, 2026
Boston Arena opened on April 25, 1910, at 238 St. Botolph Street in Boston, a 5,000-seat hall built for ice skating, curling, and the growing sport of hockey. After a 1918 fire destroyed much of the building, it reopened in 1921 and went on to…
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/ October 19, 2026
Philadelphia Municipal Stadium opened on April 15, 1926, as Sesquicentennial Stadium, built in South Philadelphia for that year’s Sesquicentennial Exposition. Designed by the architecture firm Simon & Simon in a classic 1920s horseshoe shape reminiscent of Harvard Stadium, the massive open-air bowl could hold more…
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/ October 19, 2026
Marquette Stadium opened on October 18, 1924, at North 36th Street and West Clybourn Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with Marquette University’s football team defeating John Carroll College 10-3 in the dedication game. Built for about $175,000, the horseshoe-shaped grandstand quickly became one of the city’s…
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/ October 19, 2026
Hagemeister Park was a sandlot field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that became the first home of the Green Bay Packers when the team was founded in 1919. Named for the Hagemeister Brewery that owned the land along the East River, the park had no seating…
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/ October 19, 2026
Ralph Wilson Stadium was the name carried from 1998 to 2015 by the Buffalo Bills’ home venue in Orchard Park, New York, a building that first opened on August 17, 1973, as Rich Stadium. Erie County renamed the facility in honor of Ralph Wilson, the…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Georgia Dome opened in downtown Atlanta on September 6, 1992, as one of the largest cable-supported domes in the world, instantly becoming the home of the Atlanta Falcons. Its teflon-coated fiberglass fabric roof gave the building a distinctive low, taut profile that stood out…
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/ October 19, 2026
The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum opened on September 28, 1952, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as a tribute to local veterans. Since its opening night, it has served as the home ice for the Fort Wayne Komets, making it one of the longest continuously used…
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