For the second year in a row, the NBA and Stanley Cup finals play out in entirely different worlds. (more…)
Archive | History
Oldest NHL Arenas in Use
When the NHL expanded in 1967, the six new teams featured home arenas of varying ages. Since that halcyon event, only one arena is still in NHL use from that era. We look at the oldest NHL arenas still in use. (more…)
Birmingham Bulls Set for New Era
What’s old — or perhaps what once was put on ice – is new again in Birmingham. (more…)
The Teams That Shaped Las Vegas Hockey
When the Vegas Golden Knights take to the ice for their inaugural NHL season later this year, it will be unlike any hockey experience Las Vegas has ever seen. And in some ways, that will be a shame. (more…)
NHL Homes Away from Home
When the Hartford Civic Center roof went south in 1978, the New England Whalers went north. (more…)
Sports Arena Makes Quiet Departure
In Los Angeles, the arrival of the new state-of-the-art soccer stadium is overshadowing the bygone arena whose place it is taking. (more…)
20 Years Later, Hartford Whalers Resonate
They still mourn in Hartford. (more…)
Space Age Arenas Withstand Time
One of the coolest things about the 1950s and 1960s was the emergence of Space Age design that made its way into every corner of the culture. Looking back fifty years or so, we can see that futuristic vision had a big impact in arena design in the 1960s and 1970s—and some of those great […]
Fifty Years of Arena Action on the Duluth Waterfront
In the early 1960s, college hockey was barely a thing, with most programs housed in small facilities or in off-campus rinks. With the opening of the Duluth Arena fifty years ago, that status changed, with the bar dramatically raised for what fans and players can expect from a college-hockey facility. (more…)
For Oracle Arena, Life Begins at 50
Talk about a late bloomer. In 2016, there is no more famous home court in the NBA than Oracle Arena in Oakland. The home of the Golden State Warriors, Oracle Arena not only hosted an NBA championship in 2015 — and nearly did it again in ’16 — it is now home to the reigning […]
Joe Louis Arena’s Final Act
If you’re going to name your arena after Little Caesars pizza, then you really have to love topping out. No, we’re not talking about pepperoni and sausage. (more…)
Winnipeg’s Queen Portrait for Sale
You could own a piece of Winnipeg sports lure, as the Queen portrait from Winnipeg Arena is available via online auction. (more…)