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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 8, 2026
3Arena rises on North Wall Quay in Dublin’s Docklands, built on the footprint of the old Point Theatre and transformed into Ireland’s premier indoor entertainment venue when it opened on 16 December 2008. It first carried the name The O2, switching to 3Arena in September…
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/ October 5, 2026
OVO Hydro is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the Scottish Event Campus beside the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Designed by Foster + Partners and built at a cost of around £125 million, the distinctive domed venue opened on September 30, 2013, with an inaugural…
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/ October 4, 2026
Hallenstadion is a multipurpose indoor arena in the Oerlikon district of northern Zurich, Switzerland. Designed by architect Bruno Giacometti, it opened on November 4, 1939, making it one of the longest-running large indoor venues in Europe. A major renovation completed in 2004-05, costing roughly 145…
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/ September 23, 2026
The Mediolanum Forum is an indoor arena in Assago, a town about 3 km south of Milan, Italy. Opened on October 26, 1990 as the Forum di Assago and designed by architects Giuseppe and Luca Cabassi, the venue has carried several sponsor names over the…
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/ September 23, 2026
Altice Arena rises beside the Tagus River in Lisbon’s Parque das Nacoes, its shell-like roof one of the most recognizable silhouettes to come out of the 1998 Lisbon World Expo. Designed by Portuguese architect Regino Cruz working with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the building was…
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/ September 22, 2026
WiZink Center stood as one of Europe’s busiest concert arenas, rising along Avenida Felipe II in Madrid, Spain. Originally opened in 1960 as the Palacio de Deportes, the building was destroyed by a fire in 2001 and rebuilt in a striking High-Tech style, reopening in…
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/ September 22, 2026
Oslo Spektrum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Oslo, Norway, standing beside Oslo Central Station in the heart of the city. Opened in December 1990 and designed by LPO Arkitektkontor, the venue is instantly recognizable for its exterior mosaic of nearly 400,000 tiles incorporating…
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/ September 21, 2026
Royal Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in the Ørestad South district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built to fill a long-standing gap between the city’s smaller halls and its outdoor stadiums. Designed by architecture firm 3XN with arena specialists HKS Inc., the building opened on February…
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