Why Are Arenas Called "Gardens"?

[@sportsmaster1364]

This is why I love you, Five. You know my city (Edmonton) once had a Gardens, even though they tore that place down over 40 years ago lol

[@gohawks3571]

Sports Gardens, where we grow athletes, fans, and exorbitant prices😂

[@groundedfalcon]

And what about Canadian arenas/stadiums with the name Place? BC Place, Rogers Place, TD Place.

[@guyfaux3978]

Playss/Plahss, that's why (no need to have TWO names, one English, one French_)

[@NathanSpies]

RIP Louisville Gardens 1905-2008 It’s now becoming a film soundstage

[@BrandanTheBroker]

Noooooooooooo 😢

[@_vikram]

"Why are arenas called Gardens?" Meanwhile, Sophia Gardens at Wales, UK: Am I a joke to you? Before anybody grills me, Sophia Gardens is an actual stadium. Look it up!

[@taylormills408]

Why is it called Madison Square Garden when the building is clearly in the shape of a circle?

[@guyfaux3978]

Neither is it on Madison Square.

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

@@guyfaux3978it used to be on Madison square. Just the newer iterations moved, so they kept the name.

[@joermnyc]

The first two were on Madison Square, but then they sold the land to the NY Life insurance company. Garden #3 was on 8th avenue and 50th street until they convinced the city to tear down the beautiful Penn Station to build what’s there now. It’s been renovated but there are proposals to put #5 somewhere (?) and replace the outside of the current Garden with glass, rip out the floor and have that be the new commuter side of Penn Station.

[@dk50b]

​@@joermnycThe City had no financial involvement in the demolition of Pennsylvania Station or construction of current Madison Square. Tetering on bankruptcy the Pennsylvania Railroad sold the air rights, including the above ground portion of the station, to developers Graham-Paige. The City greased the wheels in a more tradizional way. The City Planning Commissioner happend the President of GP's brother. He resigned right before they approved the project, to head up the new Madison Square Garden, Inc., 75% owned by GP and 25% by the Pennsylvania RR. They destroyed the station and built the Garden.

[@Aydin-Adam]

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[@klax2919]

im surprised you didn't mention the moda center in portland, oregon use to be called the rose garden

[@tylerbowling]

If you've been to hoods like Hook or Marcy, you'll understand why NYC calls them gardens. Atmosphere.

[@gmwdim]

I like how the video just abruptly ends at the word "Amway"

[@ZeusAmun-pt9dc]

I've always wondered about this

[@DanoFSmith-yc9tg]

...because that's where your childhood dreams either grow into fuition, or rot like tomatoes in hell. A garden none the less.

[@higgy04]

Calgary Flames future arena should be called 'Rogers Garden'. Update: Scotiabank keeps the naming rights and are calling the Flames new arena 'Scotia Place'.

[@kevingroulx9205]

what about forum?

[@Ic3525]

Or a fieldhouse

[@NathanMoist]

Can anyone name the one former NBA/NHL arena that was just a name and not followed by stadium, garden, arena, place, center?

[@FivePointsStadiums]

The Forum

[@NathanMoist]

@@FivePointsStadiums I guess it was called just The Forum for a little at first. I'm considering it The Great Western Forum, or now Kia Forum. But I also consider Forum the same as stadium, center, etc... So guess again. lol.

[@NathanMoist]

@@FivePointsStadiums The Spectrum

[@wendelwilliams1425]

???????

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

3rd comment!

[@lawrenced1422]

Fort William Gardens is still rocking hockey and curling en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_Gardens?wprov=sfla1