Sir with all do respect people don't pay attention to the ads on youtube. Actually people are more likely to not be interested just based on the interruption. And your voice is annoying. You have excellent videos but I can't deal with your voice. Please get a narrator.
You didn't mention the Chicago Stadium the original Madhouse on Madison. That was a really cool old building and had a lot of history. It was where MJ won his first 3 championships, it housed the Blackhawks and 3 Stanley Cup championship teams. It also hosted the first indoor NFL game back in the early 1930s. Its now a parking lot for the building that replaced it the United Center.
There's one arena left out, the veteran's memorial Coliseum. It was the Portland Trail Blazers' arena from 1970 to 1995. The blazers reached the finals three times in that arena, winning it once. It's kind of an important arena to leave out. It's still standing right next to the rose garden where a major junior league hockey team uses it.
3:57 - Another interesting thing about the Cincinnati Gardens was that it was originally built in 1949 as a 1:1 replica of Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
One you forgot was McNichols Sports Arena in Denver. The "Big Mac" hosted the Denver Nuggets until 1999 when they moved into the Pepsi Center, aka "The Soda Can." The arena is now part of the media parking lot for Empower Field at Mile High Stadium.
Update on the US Air Arena (originally the Capital Center) from 2023. In mid-2022, the University of Maryland Hospital System opened a hospital on the site to replace the defunct PG County Hospital.
*Office that lies where the Palace of Auburn Hills once stood:* Boss: "Jenkins, why do you keep taking selfies at the water cooler?" Jenkins: "Because the water cooler lies on the exact spot that Ron Artest once punched a fan in the _face!"_
Ah, the Izod Center. I've seen several shows there like Ringling Bros. and Smuckers Stars on Ice. Got great deals because we knew someone that worked there. It has an interesting history that I think is worth doing a whole vid about
Seen the nets, the devils, and ring a ling circus there as well. Great memories there for sure. It use to be called Brendan burn arena I think after the governer of nj at the time.
@@ssherrierableYes, it started as Brendan Byrne, after the Governor, then became Continental Airlines Arena, and finally Izod Center. I saw some great concerts there besides the sporting events.
I went to a couple Devils games there, an MISL indoor soccer game, and tagged along when my parents took my sister and her kids to Disney On Ice(we heckled the crap out of it).
The latter has since been remodeled as the UWM Panther Arena and hosts the minor league Admirals hockey team and the namesake college men’s basketball team.
And another Veterans Memorial Coliseum, this one in Phoenix AZ. It was the original home of the Phoenix Suns. The arena is still in use today-- as a concert venue for the Arizona State Fair.
My family and I were season ticket holders for the Kansas City Kings at Kemper Arena, it also housed the biggest BBQ competition in the midwest for many, many years and was where the Big 8 and Big 12 played their conference tourney's (until the Sprint Center was built, it also housed the defunct IHL team the Kansas City Blades.
4:02 I played hockey there for 4 years! That was my High school's home for years. We even had our alumni games there until they finally closed and demolished the site. That place was old and rundown but I proudly remember going to AHL games when the Ducks were in town, and my grandparents told me they often went on dates there. When they went to my hockey games at the Gardens, they said it felt like they were in their 20s again. So special to me, the Gardens was, but that place definitely had to go....sad
FivePoints Vids that was always a show. Now cincy has the cyclones. I went to the Kelly cup finals in 2008 when they won. Had seats right next to the boards at US bank arena!
Hy-Vee Arena is a good youth sports facility, I’ve been there since the renovation and it now hosts the Missouri USA State Wrestling Championships which is youth state so at least it’s a good facility since it succeeded Chaifetz Arena which is also a good facility
Lol so where US Air Arena was, youre right they put an outdoor mall there that was tore down but now a hospital is being build there! I’d say it’s about 60% complete
You left out the Met Center which had basketball for 2 years and was home of Minnesota Pipers (1967-1968) and Minnesota Muskies (1968-1969) of the NBA’s predecessor group the ABA which merged into the NBA in 1975. The stadium was demolished in a controlled demolition in 1994 after the Minnesota North Stars move to Dallas. The site is now overflow parking for the Mall of American, an IKEA store on west side of the property, and a rerouted and current alignment of American Blvd on east side of the property.
Lol@The Pyramid. The "Tomb of Doom" turned into a fishing store; I go there often. Everytime I see a middle aged black guy in Memphis with a tattoo of the Pyramid, and there are many, I ask when they're going to get the Bass Pro logo added to it.
Hey Five Points, love your videos. One idea would be to do a video on all the random football/baseball stadiums that hosted NBA teams for a while (the Kingdome, Rogers Centre, etc etc) such a weird trend in basketball. Also worth doing a video on arenas that lasted super short amounts of time before being torn down (like Miami Arena and the Pyramid)
Khristian James Calderon and at the same time you had a furniture salesman who doesn’t just give lip service to concepts like faith and community kept his stores open for use as shelters during Harvey. Those mega churches are such a joke.
You forgot to mention the Los Angeles Memorial Sport Arena where it became a heart break for the 60s Lakers and an embarrassment for the city cough cough Clippers to a promising rising soccer team with an awesome new stadium that needs an expansion real soon
Dyslex Official can you imagine if we did the promotion/relegation thing here? “After a horrible season the Cubs have been demoted to Triple A...” Then again it’s a good thing we don’t, the NY Knicks have been so awful for so long they’d be demoted all the way down to playing against the Harlem Globetrotters... (and the Generals might end up in the NBA!)
What about Miami Arena where the Heat and Panthers played until moving to American Airlines Arena and BB&T Center (then National Car Rental Center when first opened) respectively? Built in 1988 and demolished 20 years later for which the land was used to build a parking garage for the Lawson E. Thomas courthouse across the street.
I remember when the Palace of Auburn Hills opened - it was considered the crown jewel of NBA arenas and one of the most state-of-the-art arenas anywhere. I can't believe it didn't even last 30 years.
Memphis got its name from Memphis, Egypt which sat on the longest river in Africa (The Nile). Memphis, TN sits on the longest river in USA (Mississippi River). Just a little history lesson of my hometown. But yea Bass Pro taking over the 6th largest Pyramid in the world, tragic lol
Fun fact about the Seats at the Palace. The newer Lower Bowl seats were donated to McMorran Arena in Port Huron, home of the FPHL's Port Huron Prowlers
You left out the hemisphere area in San Antonio. According to my parents they had plenty of cheap obstructed view seats. The spurs played there before moving to the Alamo dome, then finally to the at&t center.
I watched my first NBA game at the Alamodome in the mid 90s. Just something glorious and horrific about those 100 foot tapestries of Silas and the Iceman lol
Highly interesting video. The one thing I would disagree with is the characterization of the Palace of Auburn Hills as obsolete. It had the highest seating capacity in the league and contained many luxury boxes and high end amenities. Tom Gores gave up a nice home for the Pistons in exchange for being the junior partner to the Red Wings in a smaller, taxpayer subsidized building in a declining city with an income tax that neither him nor his family lives in. On the bright side, the former site of the Palace has been transformed into other productive use relatively quickly compared to many other arenas in this video.
Man. Kemper Arena. I cannot stress enough how stuburn Kansas City was about letting that place go and finally building the Sprint Center, er, I mean T-Mobile Center. They just kept throwing tax dollars at it to renovate it, most of which went to improving the outer facade and not the insides, which felt like sitting in a huge basement. The design had the majority of the seats in the upper bowl and you always felt crowded. There was some charm to it, I guess, but it was beyond antiquated.
There is one former NBA arena that you forgot to mention...that is Matthews Arena in Boston where the Celtics first played in from 1946-55 when they moved to the Boston Garden. It is now property of Northeastern University and they play hockey and basketball there.
2:51. When the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas in 1993 and changed their name to the Dallas Stars, they used Reunion Arena until 2001 when they moved to American Airlines Arena with the Mavericks.
Honestly, I fuckin miss the palace First thing I saw there was the Harlem Globetrotters, then saw Rush of their final tour, I even got to witness them retire Chauncey Billips's jersey
I remember I saw a monster truck event at the Cincinnati Gardens with my dad. They also had a monster truck that you could ride the back on which I rode
Sleep Train Arena March 2022 Update: In June 2021, the arena's site was donated to California Northstate University. The arena was reverted back to its original name, Arco Arena, and hosted its final event on March 19, 2022, which was a free farewell event featuring Kings personal/alumni, where fans were allowed to enter the arena to say their goodbyes. The arena is slated to be demolished in 6 months make way for a medical school and hospital.
Should have mentioned the MECCA in Milwaukee. It is still in operation today as the home to the Milwaukee Panthers, called Milwaukee Panthers Arena, and has actually outlasted the building that replaced it in the 1980's. the Bradley Center. AS Fiserv Forum was being built, you had all 3 arenas side by side by side.
Also left out, the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City where the Jazz played from 1979-1991. The arena was demolished in 1994 after the team moved to the newly built Delta Center, but the original site of the arena is still used as a convention center. It was also home to the Utah Stars of the ABA from 1970-1975 and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles minor league hockey team from 1969-1991.
I'm not sure if you mentioned this one, but the Indiana Farmers Coliseum, formerly used by the Indiana Pacers from 1967-1974, is currently used by the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Jaguars of the Horizon League, and is now the current venue for the Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, as of 2020. Edit* Also one of the venues of the First and Second rounds of the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Mens Basketball Tournament
Also some facts on the old Amway Center. Most of the site is now the University of Central Florida/Valencia College Downtown Campus and the old basketball flooring is now used as sliding doors inside the campus building.
Jeff Bezos is definitely the kind of guy who buys an arena and would name it that just so dumb and lazy people don't think too hard about his company's true motivations. Trust me, it's the one thing people on both sides can agree on hating.
FPV, your vids are great. But you forgot about a stadium. The Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse. (Yes, Syracuse used to have an NBA team. Fun fact: it was the 76ers, or as they were known in the 'Cuse: the Nationals)
As someone who studied urban planning I find this fascinating how things have evolved, especially with the Washington and Orlando examples. Now with the pandemic shaking up everything, things are likely to take an even different direction than just a year ago.
Charlotte Coliseum was actually a noteworthy arena in its first few years. It was the largest NBA Arena for a number of years and had a reputation for being lit. Charlotte Coliseum had a lengthy sellout streak for Hornets games which considering its almost 24,000 initial seating capacity is no small feat.
Another interesting tidbit about the Coliseum is that the overhead scoreboard crashed to the floor the morning of a game between the US Olympic team and some NBA stars.
Glad I'm not the only arena/stadium nerd in Alabama. Geeked out when I passed then Pensacola Bay Center, and Blue Wahoos Stadium this weekend...keep up the great videos, sir!!!
Probably could have mentioned the Piston's other homes; the Silverdome and before that Cobo Arena. We all know about the Silverdome's fate. There's currently an Amazon warehouse on the property. Cobo Arena continued for years to be a home for U of D Mercy Bball and was a famous concert venue. (Bob Seger's Live Bullet was recorded there) Several years ago the building was gutted and was converted to more convention space for the adjoining Cobo Hall. (Recently renamed TCF center and then Huntington Place after Huntington bank bought TCF bank)
Fun one ya missed: market square arena was the indiana pacers place until 99? I think. It was a parking lot for 15 or 20 years, but is now cummins headquarters
All I know is, the old arenas had WAY better names that sounded cooler than all of the company sponsored names today. Also, the old arenas not only had a personal and intimate feel with the game, but they held a ton of seats, yet, were relatively small buildings. Unlike the ones today that feel so cavernous and disconnected at times.
9:16 - Philadelphia Arena was part-time home to the Philadelphia Warriors from 1946-62 & then part-time home to the 76ers from 63-67 when the Spectrum was built
No mention of The Omni in Atlanta or The Bradley Center in Milwaukee?? You may have to do a part 2 video on this mentioning some of the other arena's left out.
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Sir with all do respect people don't pay attention to the ads on youtube. Actually people are more likely to not be interested just based on the interruption. And your voice is annoying. You have excellent videos but I can't deal with your voice. Please get a narrator.
Marie Surles marie, i say this respectfully, nobody cares about your asinine opinion.
@@FivePointsVids lol the fact you take the time out of your day to reply says otherwise.
Marie Surles No, i had to put an idiot in their place.
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You didn't mention the Chicago Stadium the original Madhouse on Madison. That was a really cool old building and had a lot of history. It was where MJ won his first 3 championships, it housed the Blackhawks and 3 Stanley Cup championship teams. It also hosted the first indoor NFL game back in the early 1930s. Its now a parking lot for the building that replaced it the United Center.
It’s fate wasn’t “sad.” It saw many good teams and MJ even kissed it goodbye. It was a happy ending for the old Chicago Stadium.
@@DDog52 True -- but the ONE thing the old Chicago Stadium had that no other arena did was that HUGE five manual Barton pipe organ.
@@richardsantalone9380 It was also the first to sound a horn for home team goals in hockey games
There's one arena left out, the veteran's memorial Coliseum. It was the Portland Trail Blazers' arena from 1970 to 1995. The blazers reached the finals three times in that arena, winning it once. It's kind of an important arena to leave out. It's still standing right next to the rose garden where a major junior league hockey team uses it.
There’s also Chicago stadium and the Great Western Forum, where the showtime lakers played
Good one dude.
@@DASCO2136 the LA Clippers owner bought The Forum from Madison Square Garden. Plus, Steve Ballmer is building his own basketball arena.
You can rent the Memorial for events. People have even rented it for large weddings!
@@scottlarson1548 Also will be a temporary home for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury.
Now NHL. Tropicana Field used to be the home of the Lightning.
Yep, the thunderdome
@@stevenloeffler1266 As opposed to WWE's "Thunderdome" in Amway Center.
yes
7:40 RIP Owen Hart.
Truly one of the greatest to ever step between the ropes
Charlotte may be a joke in the NBA but we had two players that had their powers stolen by the MonStars
The new Hornets are a joke , the old Hornets always made the playoffs
you guys have Lamelo now he's good
I’ve been to the Bass Pro Shop at the Memphis Pyramid it’s actually pretty awesome.
A great entertainment, shopping and lodging destination.
3:57 - Another interesting thing about the Cincinnati Gardens was that it was originally built in 1949 as a 1:1 replica of Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
One you forgot was McNichols Sports Arena in Denver. The "Big Mac" hosted the Denver Nuggets until 1999 when they moved into the Pepsi Center, aka "The Soda Can." The arena is now part of the media parking lot for Empower Field at Mile High Stadium.
Nikola Jokic > Joel Embid
Update on the US Air Arena (originally the Capital Center) from 2023. In mid-2022, the University of Maryland Hospital System opened a hospital on the site to replace the defunct PG County Hospital.
The Scottrade Center changed to the Enterprise center in July 2018 , just in time for the Blues to win their first Stanley Cup! Great video too!
Yeah and Peabody is now Stifel Theatre also renamed the same time as Scottrade became Enterprise.
*Office that lies where the Palace of Auburn Hills once stood:*
Boss: "Jenkins, why do you keep taking selfies at the water cooler?"
Jenkins: "Because the water cooler lies on the exact spot that Ron Artest once punched a fan in the _face!"_
First NBA game I ever attended was at the Alamodome. Those 100 foot tall tapestries of Paul Silas and the Iceman were, well, something.
Ah, the Izod Center. I've seen several shows there like Ringling Bros. and Smuckers Stars on Ice. Got great deals because we knew someone that worked there. It has an interesting history that I think is worth doing a whole vid about
Maybe bright sun films should do a abandoned vid on izod too
Seen the nets, the devils, and ring a ling circus there as well. Great memories there for sure. It use to be called Brendan burn arena I think after the governer of nj at the time.
@@ssherrierableYes, it started as Brendan Byrne, after the Governor, then became Continental Airlines Arena, and finally Izod Center. I saw some great concerts there besides the sporting events.
I went to a couple Devils games there, an MISL indoor soccer game, and tagged along when my parents took my sister and her kids to Disney On Ice(we heckled the crap out of it).
You forgot the Bradley center and the MECCA in Milwaukee
The MECCA's court was still one of the coolest looking courts in history.
As well as the old Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio
@@edwardlozano8807 @converse_craig And the old Chicago Stadium
The latter has since been remodeled as the UWM Panther Arena and hosts the minor league Admirals hockey team and the namesake college men’s basketball team.
He also forgot the omni coliseum in Atlanta
Dam Son! You forgot the two LA Arenas: The Forum and Sports Arena.
The Forum is a historical landmark, there will a new arena in Inglewood which will be home to the LA Clppers.
The sports arena got demolished and now it's the Banc of California stadium.
And another Veterans Memorial Coliseum, this one in Phoenix AZ. It was the original home of the Phoenix Suns. The arena is still in use today-- as a concert venue for the Arizona State Fair.
My family and I were season ticket holders for the Kansas City Kings at Kemper Arena, it also housed the biggest BBQ competition in the midwest for many, many years and was where the Big 8 and Big 12 played their conference tourney's (until the Sprint Center was built, it also housed the defunct IHL team the Kansas City Blades.
Watched a ton of future San Jose Sharks play for the Blades while I was in college!
The last time I was so early, the blue jackets were still in the playoffs
Y you gotta do me like that 😭
Ouch
I still go past Kemper Arena & was there the night Owen died. Thanks for not forgetting about the precious Arena
:( RIP
4:02 I played hockey there for 4 years! That was my High school's home for years. We even had our alumni games there until they finally closed and demolished the site. That place was old and rundown but I proudly remember going to AHL games when the Ducks were in town, and my grandparents told me they often went on dates there. When they went to my hockey games at the Gardens, they said it felt like they were in their 20s again. So special to me, the Gardens was, but that place definitely had to go....sad
Yes!! The Mighty Ducks !
FivePoints Vids that was always a show. Now cincy has the cyclones. I went to the Kelly cup finals in 2008 when they won. Had seats right next to the boards at US bank arena!
5:18 fun fact, Us Air Arena was the first sports venue in the united states to have color video replay screens aka the jumbotron
I thought it was Richfield Coliseum
@@bryantmoore2696 us air opened one year before richfield
Hy-Vee Arena is a good youth sports facility, I’ve been there since the renovation and it now hosts the Missouri USA State Wrestling Championships which is youth state so at least it’s a good facility since it succeeded Chaifetz Arena which is also a good facility
From College Basketball to Monster trucks. I don't even remember how many times I was there. Glad to see it still stands in KCMO
As far as rec/competitive basketball in the KC area. Any given time you can play with the best hoopers in the city there.
I LOVE the wrestling references. You should do a Wrestlemania venue rank. Also you should do videos on CFB stadiums based on conferences
Five points vids X wrestling would be mind blowing
Lol so where US Air Arena was, youre right they put an outdoor mall there that was tore down but now a hospital is being build there! I’d say it’s about 60% complete
You left out the Met Center which had basketball for 2 years and was home of Minnesota Pipers (1967-1968) and Minnesota Muskies (1968-1969) of the NBA’s predecessor group the ABA which merged into the NBA in 1975. The stadium was demolished in a controlled demolition in 1994 after the Minnesota North Stars move to Dallas. The site is now overflow parking for the Mall of American, an IKEA store on west side of the property, and a rerouted and current alignment of American Blvd on east side of the property.
Lol@The Pyramid. The "Tomb of Doom" turned into a fishing store; I go there often. Everytime I see a middle aged black guy in Memphis with a tattoo of the Pyramid, and there are many, I ask when they're going to get the Bass Pro logo added to it.
You forgot Indianapolis' Market Square Arena (Home to Elvis' last live concert).
Hey Five Points, love your videos. One idea would be to do a video on all the random football/baseball stadiums that hosted NBA teams for a while (the Kingdome, Rogers Centre, etc etc) such a weird trend in basketball. Also worth doing a video on arenas that lasted super short amounts of time before being torn down (like Miami Arena and the Pyramid)
9:55 he's a jerk. He closed the church during hurricane Harvey.
Coming from a Christian...Osteen is a joke.
Khristian James Calderon and at the same time you had a furniture salesman who doesn’t just give lip service to concepts like faith and community kept his stores open for use as shelters during Harvey. Those mega churches are such a joke.
Joel Osteen isn't even a real Christian. He's only in it for the money.
He has a book titled "Your best life Now" which is an odd title for someone who preaches about an eternal afterlife...
You forgot to mention the Los Angeles Memorial Sport Arena where it became a heart break for the 60s Lakers and an embarrassment for the city cough cough Clippers to a promising rising soccer team with an awesome new stadium that needs an expansion real soon
Lakers will come back to the Fourm soon once Staples expires
@@therealjaystone2344 wrong. The Clipper owner bought The Forum
It was also home to... Wrestlemania 7, lmao
Perfect viewing after a hard day of work. Appreciate it dude!
Thanks Alex!
Critique every premier league stadium
2019/20 premier league or the 2020/21 premier league?
I would go a step further and do the Championsip, League 1 and League 2 the more stadium videos the better
@@sokonek1 that would be great. It might require multiple parts to prevent being super long.
Dyslex Official can you imagine if we did the promotion/relegation thing here? “After a horrible season the Cubs have been demoted to Triple A...” Then again it’s a good thing we don’t, the NY Knicks have been so awful for so long they’d be demoted all the way down to playing against the Harlem Globetrotters... (and the Generals might end up in the NBA!)
@@joermnyc dude the browns lol
I miss the Palace. I just saw it all torn apart and it brings back memories
I love these types of videos with stadiums. Keep up the great work
What about Miami Arena where the Heat and Panthers played until moving to American Airlines Arena and BB&T Center (then National Car Rental Center when first opened) respectively? Built in 1988 and demolished 20 years later for which the land was used to build a parking garage for the Lawson E. Thomas courthouse across the street.
I remember when the Palace of Auburn Hills opened - it was considered the crown jewel of NBA arenas and one of the most state-of-the-art arenas anywhere. I can't believe it didn't even last 30 years.
Because it's in Michigan 😂
Memphis got its name from Memphis, Egypt which sat on the longest river in Africa (The Nile). Memphis, TN sits on the longest river in USA (Mississippi River). Just a little history lesson of my hometown. But yea Bass Pro taking over the 6th largest Pyramid in the world, tragic lol
Thankful for another FivePoint stadium video
The Magic didn’t sell their souls to Amway. They were owned by the founder of Amway and now owned by his so. Or their company rather.
Fun fact about the Seats at the Palace. The newer Lower Bowl seats were donated to McMorran Arena in Port Huron, home of the FPHL's Port Huron Prowlers
you forgot the oracle arena aka oakland collisuem in oakland ca former home of the warriors. The arena has yet to be demolishede and it still standing
The US Air Arena/Cap Center spot in Landover (which sits across a bridge over i95 to FedEx Field) is home to a future hospital.
Surprisingly you didn't include The Forum in Ingelwood, CA home of the Los Angeles Lakers and also LA Sports Arena.
It’s not the scottrade center anymore, it’s been the Enterprise center for a bit of time.
Hell, it was Enterprise Center during the Blues Stanley Cup run. That's the second-easiest naming sponsor re-buy I've ever seen.
You need to do NHL next! And I love Space Jam
I was expecting to see the Hemisphere Arena in San Antonio
Coby Dietrick!
Alamodome
This list was amazing minus it not having the Omni Coliseum
The area and opera house in St. Louis are call the Enterprise Center(home of the Blues) and the Stifel center as of 2018
Love the fact that a church which was a former arena can get more people to go their than an NHL team
10:18 American Dream Mall behind Izod Center
Dude I enjoy your videos keep it up
You left out the hemisphere area in San Antonio. According to my parents they had plenty of cheap obstructed view seats. The spurs played there before moving to the Alamo dome, then finally to the at&t center.
I watched my first NBA game at the Alamodome in the mid 90s. Just something glorious and horrific about those 100 foot tapestries of Silas and the Iceman lol
Highly interesting video. The one thing I would disagree with is the characterization of the Palace of Auburn Hills as obsolete. It had the highest seating capacity in the league and contained many luxury boxes and high end amenities. Tom Gores gave up a nice home for the Pistons in exchange for being the junior partner to the Red Wings in a smaller, taxpayer subsidized building in a declining city with an income tax that neither him nor his family lives in. On the bright side, the former site of the Palace has been transformed into other productive use relatively quickly compared to many other arenas in this video.
Arco Arena 1 - '85 to '88 - Office building for a long time, including government offices.
Man. Kemper Arena. I cannot stress enough how stuburn Kansas City was about letting that place go and finally building the Sprint Center, er, I mean T-Mobile Center. They just kept throwing tax dollars at it to renovate it, most of which went to improving the outer facade and not the insides, which felt like sitting in a huge basement. The design had the majority of the seats in the upper bowl and you always felt crowded. There was some charm to it, I guess, but it was beyond antiquated.
I live in the DMV and had no idea the mall that replaced the DC factory of sadness was demolished as well! Guess nothing can be successful there.
There is one former NBA arena that you forgot to mention...that is Matthews Arena in Boston where the Celtics first played in from 1946-55 when they moved to the Boston Garden. It is now property of Northeastern University and they play hockey and basketball there.
I like these videos about abandoned stadiums.
2:51. When the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas in 1993 and changed their name to the Dallas Stars, they used Reunion Arena until 2001 when they moved to American Airlines Arena with the Mavericks.
Honestly, I fuckin miss the palace
First thing I saw there was the Harlem Globetrotters, then saw Rush of their final tour, I even got to witness them retire Chauncey Billips's jersey
I remember I saw a monster truck event at the Cincinnati Gardens with my dad. They also had a monster truck that you could ride the back on which I rode
Sleep Train Arena March 2022 Update: In June 2021, the arena's site was donated to California Northstate University. The arena was reverted back to its original name, Arco Arena, and hosted its final event on March 19, 2022, which was a free farewell event featuring Kings personal/alumni, where fans were allowed to enter the arena to say their goodbyes. The arena is slated to be demolished in 6 months make way for a medical school and hospital.
Should have mentioned the MECCA in Milwaukee. It is still in operation today as the home to the Milwaukee Panthers, called Milwaukee Panthers Arena, and has actually outlasted the building that replaced it in the 1980's. the Bradley Center. AS Fiserv Forum was being built, you had all 3 arenas side by side by side.
The Key arena was never abandoned. It was still used for a concerts, college teams, and festivals.... Very much in use. Wtf is this guy taking about.
Hey! Thx for doing a video of this! (I was the one who requested it first btw.) Next up will be former NHL arenas.
Cool vid yet again. Surprised you didn't include Chicago Stadium on this list.
Also left out, the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City where the Jazz played from 1979-1991. The arena was demolished in 1994 after the team moved to the newly built Delta Center, but the original site of the arena is still used as a convention center.
It was also home to the Utah Stars of the ABA from 1970-1975 and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles minor league hockey team from 1969-1991.
No Chicago Stadium? Also can you do a video on old comiskey?
Found out recently the IZOD is where the wrestling scene in the first Highlander film took place. Badass!
I'm not sure if you mentioned this one, but the Indiana Farmers Coliseum, formerly used by the Indiana Pacers from 1967-1974, is currently used by the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Jaguars of the Horizon League, and is now the current venue for the Horizon League Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, as of 2020.
Edit* Also one of the venues of the First and Second rounds of the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Mens Basketball Tournament
These can be used for hockey arenas and host tornaments
Also some facts on the old Amway Center. Most of the site is now the University of Central Florida/Valencia College Downtown Campus and the old basketball flooring is now used as sliding doors inside the campus building.
"Climate Pledge Arena", only a hipster town like Seattle could pull that off, surprised Portland didn't do it first.
You wish you could live here. But keep believing what Fox tells you and stay away.
Jeff Bezos is definitely the kind of guy who buys an arena and would name it that just so dumb and lazy people don't think too hard about his company's true motivations. Trust me, it's the one thing people on both sides can agree on hating.
Sounds like some sort of “green” furniture polish to me... “New Climate Pledge, save the planet and your wooden decor!”
Ok man, I found myself stuck watching your videos. You got a new subscriber!
no love for the Chicago Stadium?? it was right across the street from where the United Stadium sits now on Madison Ave.
FPV, your vids are great. But you forgot about a stadium.
The Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse.
(Yes, Syracuse used to have an NBA team. Fun fact: it was the 76ers, or as they were known in the 'Cuse: the Nationals)
Still in use as the home of the AHL's Syracuse Crunch.
Sleep Train rebranded as The Mattress Firm about 4 years ago. At least here in PDX they did.
Man all these arenas and you forgot the hemisfair arena for the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas chaparrals.... in. The aba to nba
As someone who studied urban planning I find this fascinating how things have evolved, especially with the Washington and Orlando examples. Now with the pandemic shaking up everything, things are likely to take an even different direction than just a year ago.
You don't have Chicago Stadium on this list? The original The Madhouse on Madison!
Charlotte Coliseum was actually a noteworthy arena in its first few years. It was the largest NBA Arena for a number of years and had a reputation for being lit. Charlotte Coliseum had a lengthy sellout streak for Hornets games which considering its almost 24,000 initial seating capacity is no small feat.
Another interesting tidbit about the Coliseum is that the overhead scoreboard crashed to the floor the morning of a game between the US Olympic team and some NBA stars.
Glad I'm not the only arena/stadium nerd in Alabama. Geeked out when I passed then Pensacola Bay Center, and Blue Wahoos Stadium this weekend...keep up the great videos, sir!!!
No love for Indiana?Market Square Arena?
Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum? (still in use btw)
18th and These stadiums will eventually be torn down for malls and weed dispensaries
RIP The Palace of Auburn Hills
Hemisphere Arena in San Antonio has an interesting past as well.
Not a famous arena but The Salt Palace that housed the Utah Jazz from 1979-1991. It is now known as the Salt Palace Convention Center
What stadiums/arenas are still around that were built in the 80s. The era of shoulda lasted longer but was built for the 70s
you forgot the orgonal spectrum in in philadlepiha that hosted the 76rs and flyers !
The mlm devil is the best description i have ever heard for amway
Space jam 3? Where’s the second one? I didn’t think they made a sequel yet
Probably could have mentioned the Piston's other homes; the Silverdome and before that Cobo Arena. We all know about the Silverdome's fate. There's currently an Amazon warehouse on the property. Cobo Arena continued for years to be a home for U of D Mercy Bball and was a famous concert venue. (Bob Seger's Live Bullet was recorded there) Several years ago the building was gutted and was converted to more convention space for the adjoining Cobo Hall. (Recently renamed TCF center and then Huntington Place after Huntington bank bought TCF bank)
One of my goals in life is to go to Memphis and see the Bass Pro Shops pyramid.
2 notable places left out from the area I live, Memorial Coliseum & the Kingdome
Eh? You do theColiseum was renamed as Key Arena after it's 1995 renovation?
@@BagoPorkRinds (Veterans) Mrmorial Coliseum, in Portland
@@Isaac-od4rm Ohhhh
@@Isaac-od4rm The Winter Hawks still use it.
@@roguelead72 that's true, but only part time
Fun one ya missed: market square arena was the indiana pacers place until 99? I think. It was a parking lot for 15 or 20 years, but is now cummins headquarters
All I know is, the old arenas had WAY better names that sounded cooler than all of the company sponsored names today. Also, the old arenas not only had a personal and intimate feel with the game, but they held a ton of seats, yet, were relatively small buildings. Unlike the ones today that feel so cavernous and disconnected at times.
9:16 - Philadelphia Arena was part-time home to the Philadelphia Warriors from 1946-62 & then part-time home to the 76ers from 63-67 when the Spectrum was built
No mention of The Omni in Atlanta or The Bradley Center in Milwaukee?? You may have to do a part 2 video on this mentioning some of the other arena's left out.