10 NBA Arenas That No Longer Exist

In this video we're taking a look at 10 famous NBA arenas that no longer exist, from Boston Garden to Chicago Stadium and more.
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[@TFCBasketball]

Which of these arenas was your favorite?

[@TY9941_]

The Palace. Beautiful, modern, state-of-the-art arena. But getting in and out of there was hell. Glad the pistons play downtown now.

[@jamesschock4296]

The Chicago Stadium. A great historic loud building. It also had the mighty Barton Organ the worlds largest pipe organ built into the walls and ceiling of the arena.

[@Fakename70]

Nothing beats Boston Garden.

[@bigbadredsox]

The Aud in Buffalo! Great bb and hockey venue!

[@emanuelvinas5454]

You forgot about a couple of arenas like the western forum and oracle arena too.

[@darrellhall6622]

I guess the Richfield Coliseum does not rank up there with the big boy. Home for the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1974 to 1994. It hosted one All-Star game in 1981. It was the site for Larry Bird's last professional game. The fight between Chuck Wepner vs. Muhammad Ali on 3-24-1975 was here which inspired the idea for "Rocky". It is an empty field now, part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

It was also cool looking.

[@jake-in_yt80]

Unfortunately Cleveland is the arm pit of the NBA. Loyal Fans but sports teams not so good. Only for Lebron they would winless in all Sports. Im suprised the Pacers made the list since we have no sports success only one Super Bowl win and one finals appearance in NBA

[@DeepInfernoRising]

No no it doesn’t…

[@michaelmccann3953]

The seminal moment at McNichols was probably the 1976 ABA All Star game, which featured the first slam dunk competition featuring Julius Erving and David Thompson. That was probably the beginning the skills competition that all leagues now feature even more than the game itself.

[@Fakename70]

I definitely remember watching that as a kid. Even though I grew up in an NBA city, I was a fan of the ABA for no particular reason. I think the Doc taking off from the line that year might be my earliest basketball memory, and, I don’t think I paid attention to the NBA at all until the merger. Specifically, because of the Doc.

[@zeldamenefee5008]

Man do i miss the old McNichols Arena

[@nickelasso]

The Palace only saw 1 NBA title happen "within its walls" - 2004. The '89 and '90 titles were both won on the road.

[@BIGGUY0683]

How can you mention the Palace without the ‘Malice At The Palace’?

[@rockvilleraven]

Also has the WNBA attendance record of 22000 for a Detroit Shock finals playoff game. Washington, DC has the regular season record of 20700 for the first Mystics game and Toronto sold out their preseason game this year at 19000.

[@lewisrodriguezespigares3325]

Amazing vid. I knew about all of them, but it's always a pleasure to see that pics again and it's really well narrated 💪

[@ChiGuy1837]

The Chicago Stadium was dope;It was so close to the court and loud. The nosebleeds would've been considered great seats compared to 300 section at the United Center

[@hectorlopez1069]

The beginning of the first 3-peat of the MJ era.

[@hectorlopez1069]

It was so epic when you watch the atmosphere of the bulls first 3-peat at that Chicago Stadium.

[@andrewdyke5561]

God i miss market square arena so many memories for me

[@TeamFish15]

I sure miss the Charlotte Coliseum. It was an amazing place to see games and concerts; and so easy to get in and out of. It was a cursed buidling though. The scoreboard fell onto the basketball court shortly after construction. They had to rush a replacement before the Hornets first game. Years later, Bobby Phils was killed in a car crash leaving practice when he was racing teammate David Wesley.

[@rockvilleraven]

I remember that was a USA Basketball exhibition and the had to get the old Coliseum court.

[@MiketheCabbie]

Location was a big minus. They put to old Coliseum out on the corner of, like, 276th Street and Plowed Ground. Kept Charlotte from really developing a downtown nightlife.

[@ZaeemKhanFL]

I visited Charlotte when I was a kid and I actually drove past the Coliseum I never realized it was totally demolished until I found out online out of curiosity

[@everythingcollectibles]

Other than the Boston Garden and Chicago Stadium, this video shows how wasteful we are with sports stadiums as a country. A stadium should last longer than 19-30 years, yet Charlotte and Miami are prime examples of a waste of people’s taxpayer dollars that helped pay for those one and dones in the first place!

[@retroguy1976]

its all about $$$ and how many luxury boxes they sell every season

[@rockvilleraven]

Capital One Arena just celebrated its 25th Birthday. The first two teams that opened up the Capital Centre on December 2, 1973 with the Seattle SuperSonics against the Washington Bullets were the same ones that opened up the then MCI Center on the same date in 1997. Abe Pollin who privately funded both arenas was the Senior Head of scheduling for the NBA and was able to pull that off.

[@everythingcollectibles]

@@rockvilleraven My Dad is a Bullets/Wizards hometown fan since his childhood and always loved Abe Pollin and how he brought an arena back to D. C and not a surrounding suburb.

[@rockvilleraven]

@@everythingcollectibles In defense of Pollin, he built two privately financed arenas in the DC area. The only public finding was infrastructure.

[@retroguy1976]

also forgot the spectrum in Philly it was demolished a long time after wells fargo center opened

[@hectorlopez1069]

The spectrum was awesome for basketball games, wrestling and other events.

[@ernokirnyan9984]

Great video, thanks! Pistons played at Joe Louis arena and at Silverdome too.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

10:05 Market Square Arena was the home of the Pacers from the second or third year of the ABA (1960s) to 1999 (they played games at the Indiana State Faregrounds before that, at least part of the time, and they may have played games at Butler University in that first ABA season). It was also the long-time home of "Hoosier Hysteria", the Indiana State High School Basketball championship and usually also hosted the playoffs for the Central Indiana area leading to that championship. Not to mention plenty of Globetrotter games, some College championship games and playoffs.... And like any basketball arena, LOTS of non-basketball events hosted, especially big concerts....

[@hamburghsteelers]

Btw. MSG IV wasn't built on the site of MSG III. MSG IV was built on the old main building of the Pennsylvania Station. The MSG 3 stood nearly a mile in the north of MSG IV

[@joezegers]

MSG 1 and 2 were on Madison Square, hence the name Madison Square Garden.

[@rockvilleraven]

You forgot the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. First they tried to build a shopping center on that site, now they’re building a hospital to replace Prince George’s Hospital Medical Center. Good riddance to a place where the only way to get there was drive and you were forced to pay extra to park and had to look forever for your car afterwards, give me Capital One Arena any day!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

MSG III was not far from Times Square, over a mile away from MSG IV…the name was like Polo Grounds, it’s more of a generic name for their arena than actually the location name

[@Gretri17]

Fun fact about the Bradley Center... it was one of the cheapest arenas made at the time, yet it held almost everything from monster truck shows, to concerts, to sports. The only reason this historic venue isn't around today is because of Adam Silver stating "the square footage was too small for an NBA team". Which is like wtf. But yeah, eventually Fiserv Forum was made, and it's literally identical to the Bradley Center in every way... except it's bigger

[@FAlynn92]

I was completely unaware that they had a new arena until I watched this video. I thought they just changed the naming rights to Fiserv Forum.

[@loganlloyd6930]

Fiserv is so much better. The seating at the Bradley used to be so steep and you felt like you were going to tumble down off the balcony if you stood up on one of the upper level…

[@rockvilleraven]

The Bradley center was also built with hockey in mind.

[@michaelhession2105]

Another thing to consider is that when the Bucks moved into Fiserv they came title contenders right away. I don't think the Bradley Center was that difficult a place to play for visiting teams, especially in the playoffs. It's just too bad that BMO never got to witness an NBA Finals although we were robbed in 01 of one.

[@jasonelliott7977]

They didn’t mention the Summit, which was taken over by Joel Osteen after Toyota Center was built and the Rockets and all other entertainment moved there.

[@hectorlopez1069]

The two titles Hakeem olajuwon brought to Houston.

[@mattwhitten4296]

"Compaq center"

[@kranzandstern]

Forgot about the Salt Palace.

[@Thederanged1]

The Salt Palace: am I a joke to you 😢.

[@alexanderbrik6162]

Missing Philadelphia, Miami, Dallas and perhaps few others

[@ryanreagan9049]

Hemisfair in San Antonio as well.

[@csms1989]

The old Orlando Arena aka O rena or Amway Arena

[@lousanto1054]

Capital Centre in Landover, MD as well.

[@Fakename70]

I wouldnt think the Salt Palace still exists. Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena is a goner (replaced by Banc of California Stadium, recently renamed BMO Field or Stadium. I don’t remember). The Kingdome, Pontiac Silverdome, Maple Leaf Gardens. Is The Meadowlands still up? I seem to recall that one and Arco were among the first to sell their naming rights.

[@philtll]

It just says ten, it doesn't say all

[@sjcflawless]

The Summit/Compaq Center - Houston, Texas. Where the Rockets won the 94 and 95 NBA championships! Lakewood Church now resides there.

[@ssherrierable]

The church with the highly questionable suspicious pastor that physically abuses members of the congregation?

[@tylerclabey7026]

Main reason for Omni’s demise in addition to those stated was issues with the structure design

[@ratesforless]

Never lied about that. The foundation was set near old train tracks, and the roof leaked on occasion. It also didn't help that the city didn't invest much into it while having all of these issues. The most ironic thing is that after renovations, State Farm Arena only seats a few hundred more folks than the Omni did (16,888 to 16,371), minus the standing room sections which pushes it to just over 18k...

[@peeg100]

You forgot the Salt Palace in Utah

[@Drawnswordz]

Chicago stadium, the madhouse on Madison, loudest stadium in the history of the NBA that hosted the 🐐. Fun times boiiii lol

[@lukeskywalker6338]

Not only the celtics played at the Boston garden, the Boston bruins also played there.

[@loganball7517]

Really upset that Malace at the Palace was not mentioned when talking about The Palace

[@retroguy1976]

cant forget that night

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

He left out a LOT of history from all of these buildings, of the ones I know any of the history about.

[@mattwilliam5522]

So sexual and erotic

[@alanoranday4448]

I remember their being another‘Malice in the Palace’ back with the ‘bad boys’ in the 80s, but the Artest one is the more infamous one!

[@ethanellis4662]

In addition, Market Square Arena was also the location of Elvis Presley’s final concert before his death

[@hectorlopez1069]

I believe it was 1977

[@danangell5482]

The Omni also closed because of its roof. The weathered steel was designed to rust and form a protective layer for the structure. However, the architects forgot to account for Atlanta’s humid climate, which meant the steel never stopped rusting, resulting in gaping holes in the roof and the building. The Omni was in such poor shape by the 1990s that when the NHL awarded the Thrashers to Atlanta, they told the city that the Omni was not even acceptable as a temporary venue and required a new arena for the Thrashers to take the ice.

[@stainshield]

They forgot The Richfield Coliseum.

[@Music2Die4]

The Richfield Coliseum was so ahead of its time, the arena that replaced it, now known as Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, was a major downgrade.......... (Most of the seats at Richfield Coliseum were great, most of the seats at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse are awful. RMF's only saving grace is the Cavs team winning a title in 2016 and the huge scoreboard.) The Richfield Coliseum was where Michael Jordan had his 69 point game, and also Larry Bird's last game..... Not to mention one of the loudest buildings in NBA history.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

same for the LA Arena, Spectrum, Philadelphia Arena and a few others…

[@stainshield]

@@Music2Die4 I agree with you, and I wish that they would have replicated the feel and tone of The Coliseum for RMF which is FKA The Gund Arena and The Q.

[@ZaeemKhanFL]

Go to part 2 to find Richfield Coliseum

[@dannylopez7411]

Forgot The Summit/ Compaq Center. Now it’s Lakewood Church in Houston

[@bostonrailfan2427]

it’s not demolished, but there’s multiple other places demolished that should be on this video

[@ImEmpath]

Can you do ranking best nba arenas when it comes to Looks and size plz

[@rolandsanchez665]

I know it was only 10 on this list but expected to see Convention Center Arena (Spurs), Reunion Arena (Mavericks), and Nassau Coliseum (NY Nets)

[@bostonrailfan2427]

Nassau Coliseum still stands and has a new Nets connection: their G-League team

[@MichaelSeaBelA]

I’m glad I went to the Sleep Train Arena in 2014 before its gone.

[@leighwright7642]

What about the Lakers former home arena, The Fabulous Forum in Inglewood CA???

[@bostonrailfan2427]

it’s not demolished, it became a megachurch and reverted back to a performance arena you’d be better off asking about the LA Arena which was demolished recently to make way for a soccer stadium

[@ravivaithinathan1222]

Even though true about the Boston Garden and the lack of amenities, the main reason that it came down was because of the “Big Dig” project that put Interstate 93 as an above ground highway that split the city to an underground highway. Gave the owners an excuse to have the new arena. Another little known fact, the new Garden was originally going to be named the Shawmut Center (local bank Shawmut Bank bought the rights) then changed to the FleetCenter when Fleet Bank bought Shawmut. Then when Fleet Bank got bought out, it eventually became known as the TD Banknorth Garden.

[@eduardorodriguesalves2708]

Market Square Arena foi onde foi realizado o programa de basquete dos jogos Panamericano de 1987, na qual o Brasil venceu os EUA na final.

[@creamcitysista1970]

Oscar Schmidt

[@nothanksguy]

Pan am plaza is still next to the new arena downtown, and hosts events regularly

[@Jiltedin2007]

What about The Spectrum in Philadelphia?

[@edlesnick]

Philadelphia. Convention Hall and Spectrum missing. Also, current MSG replaced the grandiose Penn Station in 1968 and not the old Garden (demolished) which was about a dozen blocks away. There are many other NBA arenas not covered in the video, including Miami, Orlando, Seattle, Washington and others …

[@ZaeemKhanFL]

He has a part 2 to this series so it may be there

[@jarvisfamily3837]

How about the old Cleveland Arena? That was the original home of the Cavaliers - and was the sometimes home of the Cincinnati Royals. :-)

[@billcouch8308]

Was there many times i.e.: barons,Cavs, wrestling-johnny powers a great arena. I can still hear the organ!

[@gregsells8549]

Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio

[@retroguy1976]

forgot the izod center/continental airlines arena/ brendan bryne arena at the meadowlands when the nets were in NJ. its still standing but used as a film set for nbc shows. NJ is gonna turn into a east coast hollywood with netflix building studios on what was fort monmouth and lions gate may build a studio in Newark

[@bnx200]

What about the Spectrum?

[@miguelcantu579]

The Spurs first played at the Hemis Fair arena in 75-76 the attendance grew so fast that the arena had it's roof raised to ad another 5-6k seats making it around 15-16 k. It was demolished, dimantled and reconstructed in Mexico as a bull fighting ring , I guess.

[@HalyxNowAppearing]

Lol. 3:04 that’s the 1987 ASG in the Kingdome. Why is that photo being used to reminisce about Chicago Stadium? 🤣🤣

[@josephconsuegra6420]

You forgot the old Miami Arena. Its demolition started in September 2008. Oops!

[@everythingcollectibles]

It bothers me that it only lasted 20 years! We are definitely a wasteful society money wise and building wise! Smh!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@everythingcollectibles funny, that sums up the rich folks of Miami!

[@everythingcollectibles]

@@bostonrailfan2427 Don’t worry, it will be all for nothing when Miami is underwater someday in the future! 😂

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@everythingcollectibles considering I’m from Boston, that’s a moronic statement.

[@everythingcollectibles]

@@bostonrailfan2427 I actually commented this days ago: “Other than the Boston Garden and Chicago Stadium, this video shows how wasteful we are with sports stadiums as a country. A stadium should last longer than 19-30 years, yet Charlotte and Miami are prime examples of a waste of people’s taxpayer dollars that helped pay for those one and dones in the first place!”

[@Penfold497]

I was at the last Celtics game at the old garden Kissed the mid court leprechaun Good times

[@danrhone9756]

Madison Square Garden is still goin strong.

[@retroguy1976]

another one the old capital center/us air arena in landover md before moving to dc with mci arena/verizon center/capital one arena

[@FloridaManPat]

You forgot to mention The Orlando/Amway Arena … Amazing memories there …

[@JP-os4zo]

That’s arco arena too you lol but even though it was a small arena when the fans would go they were one of the loudest fans Let’s Go Kings

[@PhatMon920]

I remember the Cowbell Hell days in the early 2000’s. Im a Blazers fan but those Kings teams were fun to watch and I wished they had won a championship

[@ericrizojkd]

To give a mention, Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California

[@caseysmith544]

LA Fourm where the Lakers played for years.

[@ericrizojkd]

@Casey smith the Forum is still there. It's called Kia Forum and it's mainly used for concerts

[@andrewdyke5561]

Wrong info on market square arena that is not the site at all I live Indianapolis and use to go to market Square arena

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

It's the right place - but from a weird angle most folks never saw it from. Appears to be looking SouthEast more or less in the opening shot, with Washington Street in the background from top-center to center-right.

[@coryspang7548]

Indiana Farmers Colussium used to host the Indiana Pacers in the 50s, but it is now the home of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Jaguars of the Horizon League.

[@mohammedkhaleel7542]

The palace of auburn hills was better than the replacement arena

[@gemnifan6045]

Agree the seating at LCA in the upper bowl is horrible

[@SerialGrunt]

Richfield Coliseum. Miracle at Richfield. The Shot. Bird’s final game.

[@wendelwilliams1425]

You forgot Reunion Arena, Capitol Center , The Orlando Arena, The Salt Palace and the original home of the Portland Trailblazers!

[@fc1984fc]

As well as the Arizona Veterans Coliseum in Phoenix.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

LA Arena and the Spectrum too…hell, no Spectrum no 76ers!

[@jasonelliott7977]

He also forgot The Great Western Forum in Inglewood, CA and Hemisfair in San Antonio

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@jasonelliott7977 the Forum is still standing, it just gets blocked from minds because it became a megachurch

[@rockvilleraven]

@@bostonrailfan2427 It’s also a historical landmark.

[@rollotomossie4351]

You missed the L.A Sports Arena. Old home of the Los Angeles, Clippers....

[@TiltBrook]

…AND the original Los Angeles home of the Lakers!!!…which hosted The NBA Finals!!!

[@brandedmcgowan9414]

Seattle center coliseum then 🗝️ arena now known as the climate pledge arena the former supersonics gym

[@alexpadilla7272]

What about the Miami Arena, the LA memorial sports arena, the rose garden, US Air arena?

[@worldtexmexjj82jr]

Great Western Forum

[@timkasansky2528]

interesting how a lot of these late 80s arenas got outdated pretty quickly as they did not anticipate the surge in popularity the league was already experiencing at the time. only the Palace got it right but its location was not ideal.

[@markianavila840]

how about the nba g league arenas. can you make a video about it

[@rockvilleraven]

The Entertainment and Sports Arena in DC is part of the State of the Art practice facility for Monumental Sports Basketball Division. Wizards, Mystics and G League Capital City GoGo. It’s part of the St. Elizabeth’s East Redevelopment and holds 4200 fans, the GoGo and the Mystics play their home games there and is a 8 minute walk to the Congress Heights Metro Station.

[@AdmiralsKing8510]

8:25 EXCUSE ME?, QUIT TALKING TRASH AT MY HOUSE!

[@brandedmcgowan9414]

3:06 that's the Kingdome in Seattle not the madhouse

[@dixonmixin10]

Oh shit I thought Fisev Forum WAS the Bradley Center, they look super similar.

[@kmhoefs]

How does FIserv look anything like Bradley Center?

[@rockandrollstar6393]

the spectrum? that place was legendary

[@hectorlopez1069]

For rocky balboa fights

[@5hane05]

How can you leave out the Spectrum

[@hectorlopez1069]

The Seattle center coliseum of the Seattle supersonics, the former NBA team.

[@alexlee5891]

The former Key Arena is still around and was renovated extensively for the Kraken

[@maryannm4588]

They say it’s Madison Square Garden, but it’s a circle

[@roddlaflare]

Do Royce White or Mehmet Okur

[@tarnel9]

I think the Bulls won 3 NBA championships at Chicago Stadium. 1991-93

[@joezegers]

It was Adam Silver who realized the Bradley Center lacked modern amenities, leading to the construction of the Fiserv Forum.

[@creamcitysista1970]

Silver basically put an ultimatum to the Bucks at that time: Build a new stadium, or risk losing the team. We all know what happened afterwards.

[@iemsquarebabeh]

No Reunion Arena?

[@aj41926]

Any of the really old ones, back when sports venues actually had character and charm. Chicago stadium, Boston garden, old Madison square gardens. When the reasons given are things like it's outdated and lacks Some amenities, those are just BS reasons because they want some new trendy hideous buildings with no character or charm

[@getx1265]

No mention of The Summit in Houston? Became a church rather than being torn down!

[@MrG2U73]

Kareem DID NOT play at the Bradley Center!! Get your facts straight!

[@j0rd4n07]

8:46 Karim Abdul-Jabbar 💀

[@mattwhitten4296]

No Compaq center in Houston? Hosted 2 NBA champion rockets and how many comets championships?!

[@bossplayagaming5254]

Wat about old Miami heat arena

[@williejuarezjr967]

Forgot the LA Sports Arena

[@jamarerashaanmcdonald187]

The Spectrum in Philly , Last place the 76ers won a NBA championship

[@zsoren42]

Arcoooo

[@anthonyherrera30]

Forgot the spurs hemisfair arena

[@glenb1426]

How the hell could you mention the Palace and NOT mention Malice at the Palace?!

[@trevornelson1209]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5umeol9d5prg7s what happened to the ushers pants!?

[@cdwardlaw]

Missing the Capital Centre.

[@conorgilles81]

Uh-zuy-uh Thomas. Hall of famer.

[@master-kq3nw]

Boston garden rip miss chicago stadium

[@brianpack5479]

Do you not have an editor to fact check your posts? MSG IV is on the site of Penn Station. This and how wrong you got Memorial Stadium in Baltimore in another video makes me sad.

[@marvinjungco5422]

You forgot the summit arena formerly the home of the Houston rockets

[@hectorlopez1069]

It is now a church

[@AB365_Official]

Hemisfair Arena?

[@thegoat7594]

Pelicans need to take notes a bulldoze Smoothie King Center

[@beatsbyjxyn]

Oracle??!

[@terrantheblack6587]

Reunion arena…. That’s all I’m going to say

[@myspacerocks1]

Amway arena Orlando

[@boblester8641]

I guess he forgot the 1960s Celtics

[@undergroundflow]

You forgot to add that the reff cheated the kings out of a championship

[@csnide6702]

Boston Garden was a dump. the reason it was such a tough place to play was NO A/C- Horrible locker rooms- terrible court with dead boards (where only Celtics knew where they were) with terrible lighting and refs were either bribed or so intimidated by the fans that the refs would NOT call anything on Celtics. The fact that old Chicago Stadium was abandoned is a travesty.

[@user-fr2xo6sd6p]

#SomeWhereAPieceOfCrapAnywaysWerentThey?

[@215_Philly_4for4]

Forgetting the spectrum

[@salgado1601]

Great Western Forum????

[@michaelmeyer4497]

Is anyone else getting sick of AI voiceovers?

[@jonpike9991]

You forgot the Malice at the Palace