The Spurs are returning to the Alamodome for one game to celebrate their 50th anniversary, but in a full-stadium configuration used by the NCAA Final Four. Its old basketball setup is used for the Texas high school tournaments. Kiel Auditorium was best known for the Veiled Prophet Ball, and its stage was shared with the adjourning Opera House. The Opera House still stands today, but the arena was replaced by Enterprise Center (originally called Kiel Center) for the St. Louis Blues, replacing the old St. Louis Arena (Checkerdome), where the Hawks played occasionally.
@Mr.Harland91 Жыл бұрын
The St.Louis Arena would have made a great historic Missouri landmark. But a certain group of politicians in St.Louis thought otherwise.
@kingturtle19 Жыл бұрын
Yep there was almost 70,000 people in attendance yesterday.
@1trl2 Жыл бұрын
I saw that Friday night. I remember when they used to cover some sections of the seats with big blue curtains when the spurs were regular tenants there til the now AT&T center opened 20 years ago
@ToofpickWill Жыл бұрын
68,323 were in attendance
@stephaniegormley9982 Жыл бұрын
I hate when they play basketball in an indoor football stadium. Ya got 80,000 seats but only about 10,000 are any good. I did like when they would 'half dome' it as they did in the 80's and 90's. 4:42 Those would have about 40,000 seats but probably 30,000 had a good view of the game.
@eriklakeland3857 Жыл бұрын
Couple small corrections: The Raptors arena isn’t just for them. They share it with the NHL’s Maple Leafs. The Indiana State Fair Coliseum’s main tenant nowadays is the Indy Fuel hockey team of the ECHL, essentially the equivalent of AA in baseball.
@sacvideo1998 Жыл бұрын
The Air Canada Centre started out as an arena just for the Raptors, but midway through construction they struck a deal with the Leafs to share it with them and modifications were made to accommodate hockey. As I recall, both the Leafs and the Raptors wanted to build new arenas in the 1990s, and there was kind of a competition to see which plan would prevail.
@KP-wt8qr Жыл бұрын
@@sacvideo1998 The building was also originally constructed in 1938 and served as the Toronto Postal Delivery Building, there is a lot of the original building they didn't tear down, namely the eastern and southern walls, they kept the facade and built the new arena behind it.
@TBtheking405216 Жыл бұрын
@@sacvideo1998 why didn’t they just play in Maple Leaf Gardens when they first started? Was it too small for nba standards?
@nyankittycharliedude Жыл бұрын
@@TBtheking405216 no but it’s used by Ryerson (Now TMU) University
@JasonRonimous Жыл бұрын
And also hosted NCAA Tournament games during the COVID Tournament.
@danw2112 Жыл бұрын
The Sonics also played in the Kingdome. The basketball court setup is very similar to Detroit, Toronto, and San Antonio.
@thomasmacon6661 Жыл бұрын
They did play at the king dome , but it was rained out...d&*n ceiling titles..
@BigSleepyOx Жыл бұрын
Yeah, when I saw the Sonics come up in this video, I figured an 80% chance it would be about the Kingdome, and a 20% chance it would be about the T-Dome. Turned out to be the latter. Which pleased me, actually.
@markyacoubian1911 Жыл бұрын
I always thought the Key Arena looked cool. Those older stadiums (built before the 80's/90's) seemed smaller and more manageable.
@PCSPounder Жыл бұрын
The Sonics played in Tacoma Dome one year only because Seattle Center Coliseum was being gutted and rebuilt within the existing roof… this became Key Arena. The Kingdome was used for full seasons from 1978-85, supposedly, and for select games before the Key renovation. Of course the Sonics and the Kingdome are gone, and Key Arena has been gutted and rebuilt within the existing roof as Climate Pledge Arena, as home for the NHL Seattle Kraken and awaiting what many believe to be new NBA expansion to Seattle.
@markyacoubian1911 Жыл бұрын
@@PCSPounder Ok, that's the name of the place before the rehab. Thanks.
@gregschmidt6227 Жыл бұрын
Cobo Arena after 2010 was no longer an arena, reopened in 2015 as a large banquet hall/event space for the adjacent convention center.
@johnfitzgerald7618 Жыл бұрын
The Raptors' original idea was for what is now the Scotiabank Arena was to build a stadium specifically for basketball, but then the Maple Leafs bought the Raptors after construction had begun and changed the design to a multi-purpose stadium.
@filanfyretracker Жыл бұрын
if there is one constant I have noticed is the most shared is Hockey and Basketball. Likely due to both being indoors and supporting similar audience sizes along with the seating layouts being extremely compatible. Compare to say the disaster that was trying to multi-purpose Football and Baseball which have totally different play area shape requirements.
@hwyfan Жыл бұрын
@@filanfyretracker The two sports don’t always fit neatly together in an arena. The New York Islanders moved to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn used by the relocated Brooklyn Nets. The seating at the venue was constructed with basketball sight lines in mind, not hockey. Fans attending Islanders games with second deck seats behind one of the goals could not see about a quarter of the ice (closest to them) due to the overhang of their deck. The main scoreboard was also positioned askew from center ice as it had been positioned originally with a basketball court only in mind.
@redpillfreedom669211 ай бұрын
@@hwyfan The Coyotes had the same issue when they played at America West Arena (now the Footprint Center)
@daviddemarchi9110 Жыл бұрын
Yeah the silverdome was a strange venue for an NBA arena, but it did set up some unique situations. I saw a playoff game of Detroit v Atlanta during the 'Bad Boys' era and it set an NBA attendance record, at the time of more than 63,000 fans, and that was pretty wild! Pistons had more attendance than the Lions.
@Rob2068 Жыл бұрын
Could go to any game, any time on the cheap with the third level.
@phattmama5368 Жыл бұрын
So the places wasn’t around in the 90s thought the sliver dome was for the lions
@JamieSmith-fz2mz Жыл бұрын
The palace was used from ‘88 to ‘17. I worked there briefly during the Bad Boys era. The pistons played at the silverdome from ‘78 to ‘88. The Palace had as much character as a KMart
@Rob2068 Жыл бұрын
@@phattmama5368 yes The silverdome was a football venue designed for the lions. It was also huge, even for a football stadium. So it was way too big for a basketball arena. But the pistons used it for a while, undoubtedly to save money. The Palace was completed in 1988 and the pistons used it for many years until the new owner wanted to move the team back to Detroit.
@davidwesley2525 Жыл бұрын
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@cfoster81 Жыл бұрын
The Alamodome was also used for Canadian Football and was built to fit the dimensions of a regulation CFL field with the full end zones. It was built to lure an expansion CFL team in 1993 during the first phase of the CFL expanding into the US. It was finally used for the CFL in 1995 when the Sacramento Gold Miners moved to San Antonio and became the Texans
@TBevill1231 Жыл бұрын
I think the NFL used it when the Saints went on the road for the 2005 season following Hurricane Katrina.
@aaronholcomb237 Жыл бұрын
The Pacers played at the Indiana State Fair during their ABA days. It would be interesting to talk about other ABA arenas. I heard that the Nets played at an armory in Teaneck, NJ for a time.
@rockvilleraven Жыл бұрын
The WNBAs Indiana Fever played one year at the Fairgrounds Arena and one at Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler while the Conseco Fieldhouse was being renovated. The early days on the ABAs New Jersey Americans, later known as the Nets, is when they played at the Teaneck Armory.
@steviesevieria1868 Жыл бұрын
The Denver Rockets (now Nuggets) played at the Auditorium Arena.
@cokesquirrel Жыл бұрын
67-68 in the armory
@redandbluebulldog1508 Жыл бұрын
I saw the Boston Celtics play the Raptors in the SkyDome. I don’t remember thinking that it seemed awkward or outrageous having hoops there. I do remember the Raptors playing the Kobe-Shaq Lakers in Maple Leaf Gardens one night because there was something going on at the SkyDome. I thought that was way rad. I remember a stranger feeling from when I saw the Tampa Bay Lightning play the Dallas Stars in what is now Tropicana Field back in the day.
@mangrove Жыл бұрын
@1:07 The Raps share the arena with the Maple Leafs. Also, Cobo Arena closed in 2010, and was renovated as apart of Cobo Center (now Huntington Place).
@JD200_ Жыл бұрын
The ACC was built specifically for the raptors
@LeanMrfuzzles Жыл бұрын
@@JD200_ When construction started on it it was, until the Leafs bought the Raptors halfway through construction because they wanted a new arena too.
@danlower7834 Жыл бұрын
The Sonics also played in KeyArena in Seattle, and the Kingdome. The Jazz played in the Salt Palace in Utah, and several interesting arenas in New Orleans as well.
@leonardweirich539 Жыл бұрын
The New Orleans Jazz probably played some basketball games in the Louisiana Superdome, but I could be mistaken
@danlower7834 Жыл бұрын
@@leonardweirich539 You are correct! Loyola Field House (1974-1975) Municipal Auditorium (1974-1975) Louisiana Superdome (1975-1979)
@lastrapsbaseball Жыл бұрын
FYI, in March of 1985 the Pistons returned to Cobo Hall for some regular season action. In March, the Pontiac Silver Dome was damaged because of a weather event. Pistons were forced to play home games at the Joe Louis Arena. Their return to Cobo was forced because of a scheduled rock concert at the JLA. Cobo was a cool venue to see basketball it was tight.
@ghostkodiak86 Жыл бұрын
You forgot the Timberwolves played at the metrodome before the target center was opened
@kevinbushracing58 Жыл бұрын
It says "10". Not all weird ones ever.
@Fakename70 Жыл бұрын
@@kevinbushracing58 The list itself is puzzling. There’s really nothing “weird” about the Tacoma Dome, and, the Sonics played only 1 regular season there.
@JasonL77 Жыл бұрын
The Timberwolves played their first few seasons in the HHH Metrodome in Minneapolis. That was a stadium that was built for the Twins, Vikings, and Gophers football team to play in. I had a friend that saw the Timberwolves play in their first season at “The Dome” (that’s what people who live in the area called it) and he said that from his seat, the court looked like a postage stamp.
@chrisjamesr77 Жыл бұрын
5:27 "The setup looks like it would great for concerts..." Oh yes indeed! Bob Seger's "Live Bullet" album and most of "Kiss Alive" was recorded there!
@tperk Жыл бұрын
Multi-purpose arenas are making a comeback. Chicago's NOW arena (formerly Sears Center) and Orleans Arena in Las Vegas feature a stage or a wall at one end where they can hang a scoreboard for basketball or hockey. Basketball has also been arranged for the stage itself at Radio City Music Hall, but it was for WNBA.
@PCSPounder Жыл бұрын
I will gladly call Orleans an amphitheater that hosts occasional basketball games, even if it was originally built with hockey somewhat in mind. Sears Center… hasn’t that been too far away from Chicago proper for any sport team to survive there? Guess I reject the premise.
@gregsells8549 Жыл бұрын
The New York Liberty played at Radio City while the Democratic National Convention was at Madison Square Garden.
@jefferyduplessis1577 Жыл бұрын
Good list. You missed the New Orleans Jazz (now in Utah) when they played in the Super Dome and before that the played in Loyola Field House before the Super Dome opened.
@stephenburrow9946 Жыл бұрын
My father took me to a Jazz game at the Superdome in 1977. I needed binoculars to watch.
@russwetzel1972 Жыл бұрын
New Orleans Jazz played in the Louisiana Superdome. Among other places.
@PCSPounder Жыл бұрын
Remember watching the Blazers on TV in New Orleans the first year of the Jazz. The Superdome wasn’t completed yet, and IIRC, they played in 5 different arenas their first season. The game I saw, it was maybe a college arena that had netting surrounding the court. I sort of remember a player or two flying into the netting chasing after loose balls.
@eternal1blue Жыл бұрын
@@PCSPounder Loyola field house
@admirals818 Жыл бұрын
1:07 Raptors: "Just for them". And some little team called the Toronto Maple Leafs.
@admirals818 Жыл бұрын
... and the Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum's main tenant now is the Indy Fuel of the ECHL.
@JD200_ Жыл бұрын
The arena was built specifically for them
@Staszu13 Жыл бұрын
That was a weird story. Steven Stamkos, the Raptors owner, didn't want to play at Maple Leaf Gardens because they had a justified reputation for high rents. He was going to build his own new arena, which did become Air Canada Arena/Scotiabank Arena/whoever it is this year. The Leafs intended to build their own new Gardens, on the site of the Coliseum at the CNE grounds, but when Maple Leaf Gardens bought into the Raptors, the new Raptors arena was hastily redesigned to accommodate hockey and the Leafs. The Coliseum was renovated and became home to the Leafs AHL team, the Marlies
@admirals818 Жыл бұрын
@@JD200_ Sounds like that was only the initial plan. In the end, it was built for both the Raptors and Leafs, and both have been tenants since its construction.
@chrisjamesr77 Жыл бұрын
I saw a Pistons game at the Silverdome when I was maybe 9 or 10 years old, and the one thing I remember about the stadium particularly was that they had a giant white curtain set up to block off the unused areas, lol. Also I remember reading somewhere that the Pistons once set a record for attendance there, something like 63000, if I am remembering correctly!
@mangrove Жыл бұрын
Big blue curtain behind one of the baskets. My older brother’s high school graduation was held there, and they used only the section where the basketball court was . The curtain was still up!
@ThePhenomm Жыл бұрын
I remember 93,173 for Wrestlemania 3 at the silverdome
@Ryan999tx Жыл бұрын
Spurs breaking that record tonight
@kevinjoy7728 Жыл бұрын
@@Ryan999tx took away my bragging rights for being at the most attended nba game in history
@Ryan999tx Жыл бұрын
@@kevinjoy7728 I’m sorry man
@twiggy45713 Жыл бұрын
Timberwolves played in the metrodome when they first came into the league.
@FirearmofMutiny Жыл бұрын
Year 1: Set an attendance record Year 5: Attempt to move to New Orleans
@Jarekthegamingdragon Жыл бұрын
The sonics "moved" to okc in the same way a child is kidnapped, completely illegally. Screw the thunder. Any way the tacoma dome is interesting. I occasionally attend events there, mostly monster truck shows, and the ceiling is massive.
@modjohnsenglishdisco Жыл бұрын
The Jazz played at the cavernous Superdome, and before that, some of their inaugural season at Loyola Field House. Both strange places. I was just a kid, but I vividly remember the field house's raised floor and netting to keep players such as Pistol Pete from falling off. Cramped, hot, steamy, smoky. Then to see them at the Dome was quite a switch.
@tommyparkerparker Жыл бұрын
I remember when the Jazz played at the Superdome and like you said similar to the Pistons at the Pontiac Silverdome.
@gregsells8549 Жыл бұрын
The Jazz also played part of the first season at Municipal Auditorium, where a stage could be brought down with ropes into the middle of the arena, so center-court seats in the balcony had obstructed views. I saw the Shrine Circus from one of those seats one Thanksgiving. During January and February the Auditorium was used for Carnival balls (most famously the meeting of Rex and Comus that closed out Mardi Gras), so the Jazz went to Loyola. Municipal's been abandoned since Hurricane Katrina.
@DanoFSmith-yc9tg2 ай бұрын
I went to the raptors at skydome with my late grandfather when I was kid. Even as a kid I thought it was weird, but looking back Im glad i got that weird rare experience, with someone I miss dearly.
@rustyshackleford1842 Жыл бұрын
The coliseum at the fairgrounds in Indianapolis is probably more known for being the home of the Indy Fuel hockey team. That venue doesn't currently host any roller derby, but the IUPUI basketball team does play there too. It is a very nice venue after the renovations!
@admirals818 Жыл бұрын
For now, until the Fuel get their new arena. I did take a road trip to a Fuel game at the Coliseum a few years ago, and it's not bad for being as old as it is. Before that, the last time I went to a hockey game in Indianapolis was for the Ice at Market Square Arena (which of course is long gone).
@csnide6702 Жыл бұрын
I remember going to the Silverdome for basketball quite a few times.... it WAS odd , but kind of cool at the same time. they hung a HUGE curtain across part of it - That was probably the largest curtain I ever saw. You could wrap your house in it !
@ThunderSims Жыл бұрын
Crazy
@Rob2068 Жыл бұрын
I went to many games there back in the day. Including when the pistons finally ousted Boston in 1988.
@csnide6702 Жыл бұрын
@@Rob2068 a VERY cool game !
@1xXxJetLifexXx7 Жыл бұрын
Crazy how some are so old yet still look really modern some architects we’re highly skilled making some of these arenas timeless
@garyskadra5236 Жыл бұрын
The Cleveland Cavaliers used to play in a coliseum out in the middle of nowhere. Richfield, OH the Richfield Coliseum. It's long gone now I think the last year there was '93-'94 season. It was demolished and now it's just an open field.
@admirals818 Жыл бұрын
Also home of the Lumberjacks for a few seasons. A Lumberjacks game was my only time there. Definitely out in the middle of nowhere.
@patrickmackin3579 Жыл бұрын
The Richfield Coliseum was in the middle of nowhere, (my friend Paul said it was the only NBA arena where you had to worry about hitting a deer while driving to or from it) but it was a conventional arena, home to the Cavs, NHL Barons, WHA Crusaders, IHL Lumberjacks, MISL Force and many great concerts.
@dogcowrph Жыл бұрын
The Boston Garden was built to host boxing matches, not hockey or basketball.
@truealphafaith Жыл бұрын
Ike, you forgot one of the weirdest NBA arenas ever. In 1987 Commercial Developer Joseph Benvenuti purchased the NBA's Kansas City Kings. The team played in KC for one more season before moving to Sacramento. However, Sacramento did not have an NBA arena for the Kings to play games. Benvenuti owned numerous buildings and he converted one of his buildings into a Kings practice facility. The Sacramento City Council would not approve the building for NBA games but Benvenuti was able to receive the approval as a "practice facility" and he was able to sell tickets to visitors. For the first season, the King's games were listed as practices and visiting teams could come and "practice" with the Kings. The facility had temporary seating for just over 10,000 seats. later Benvenuti add four small corner boxes that hung from the ceiling as VIP and owners boxes. The next season the city council approved the King's "arena" which they used until the Arco Arena was constructed down the street. I still have ticket stubs from those original games at what was known as the original Arco Arena. BTW: Benvenuti was the first team owner to sell stadium naming rights.
@UltraClassicGaming Жыл бұрын
Why did the King's ever leave Arco Arena again? That place was awesome
@mjdntn Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing 1 game at the Silverdome. If you were in the cheap seats far away, you'd see the ball bounce and hear it a second later.
@scotttild Жыл бұрын
One correction, Sonics played for a year in Tacoma Dome it was not their main arena, They played at Key Arena in Seattle which underwent renovations at time. They would play a few pre seasons games at the Tacoma Dome after that. Boston Garden has been my nostalgic stadium. One you left out was the Cow Palace for the Warriors, it was a very odd building for basketball.
@srbmod93 Жыл бұрын
The Cow Palace is an odd building for hockey as well. The NHL rejected it as a venue when the California Seals joined the NHL, but had no issues with the San Jose Sharks using it while their arena in San Jose was being built.
@elizabethpolito7589 Жыл бұрын
@@srbmod93his is because the Seals merged with the north stars due to a financial collapse and the seating capacity was far too inadequate even for expansion standards. Plus, the Seals struggled in the revenue department as the Cow Palace isn't very kind for hockey fans and the players who had to play on the surface and Oakland made no attempt to seek out land to break ground. So, you're skipping out on a few key details there. I love hockey btw.
@erinmsomers Жыл бұрын
I was at the Tacoma Dome last weekend for the high school basketball tournament..the season the Sonics played there was famous for Seattle choking again in the 1st rd against the Lakers...
@StageRight123 Жыл бұрын
@@elizabethpolito7589 The Cow Palace is in Daly City (San Francisco), not Oakland.
@neilwhitaker6284 Жыл бұрын
I really like the look of the Indiana Fairgrounds and the Chicago Amphitheatre. I love most of the old arenas, almost always each one looks really different from one another. Each had their own character.
@tomservo5607 Жыл бұрын
I went to a restaurant in the Sky Dome in Toronto, there was a live event taking place in the stadium. We were so psyched that there was a table available right in the middle by the windows. Was quite a let down when we sat down and had a perfect view of the Dog Show that was taking place.
@neilwhitaker6284 Жыл бұрын
lol. The German Shepperd won I bet!
@scottcostello1786 Жыл бұрын
Raptors have never had an arena just for them. Since moving out of the Skydome they have shared the Air Canada Centre (now Scotiabank Arena) with the Toronto Maple Leafs
@JD200_ Жыл бұрын
It was built specifically for them though
@JD200_ Жыл бұрын
The ACC was built specifically for them
@scottcostello17863 ай бұрын
@@JD200_no it wasn’t. The initial plans were designed just for them. There were changes to the original design to accommodate hockey before the build.
@JD200_3 ай бұрын
@@scottcostello1786 i know they moved in together at same time but didn’t realize they changed up the plans. Thanks for the reply! Meet back in a year? Hahah
@FormulaMeme Жыл бұрын
Nowadays, the Tacoma Dome is used for concerts and the high school basketball state championships. A curtain is put up to separate the stadium into 2 courts I believe. It's a pretty cool thing. I think they also had high school football games there too. I saw a concert there and it has a really cool vibe to it.
@gregsells8549 Жыл бұрын
The Tacoma Dome was only a temporary home when the Seattle Center Coliseum was being renovated into Key Arena. Key was again rebuilt into Climate Pledge Arena for the NHL Kraken, also home of the WNBA Storm.
@@gregsells8549 Then owner Abe Pollin in 1982 considered selling the Capital to a group that would have moved them to the Tacoma Dome. Other options we’re selling it to a group that would have moved them to Regina Sasatuwan or merge with the Colorado Rockies and move the New Jersey. In the end he got a tax break on admissions, and 10 guaranteed sellout thanks to corporate Washington and the team stayed in DC and finally made the postseason that year.
@BigSleepyOx Жыл бұрын
Saw Prince in 1984, I think. HIs Purple Rain tour. And saw Trever Noah there in 2019, which was my most recent Tacoma Dome attendance. Yeah, cool vibe.
@PCSPounder Жыл бұрын
The high school football championships (all levels) used to be played there, too, but recent adjustments made the seating for football quite awkward and WIAA eventually pulled the games out. Tacoma Dome was really interesting for trying to be a truly flexible facility that would look like an arena for indoor sports and a stadium for field sports, but that was still only half-realized. I’ve seen hockey, indoor soccer, basketball, and full field soccer there. I have a couple stories. A concert promotion firm has the run of the place now, hence less sports, and probably for the better.
@MegaSwiming Жыл бұрын
I’ve been to the Memphis Pyramid as a basketball arena and bass pro both are very cool
@Rob2068 Жыл бұрын
I used to go to pistons games at the silverdome. And lions games. Yes it was strange for basketball but it had its advantages. I’d usually go with a big group of friends and sit in the third level. Tickets were like $3 and general admission so we’d get there as early as possible so we could sit in the first row. And since there were so many seats it never sold out so you could go to any game, any time including the playoffs. The best was game 6 of the eastern conference finals in 1988 when the pistons finally ousted the Celtics. Wow what a party that was! Also, Cobo arena is gone. More than ten years. The convention center is still there and has been remodeled.
@nickypowers2335 Жыл бұрын
The Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum is still in fantastic condition and hosts a hockey team as well now. I go there all the time to watch some on ice action. It's always cool when a historic sports facility is able to be used and changed to fit modern needs yet maintaining the classic original look.
@UnSpartanCualquiera11787 Жыл бұрын
Bro please make the weirdest nhl stadiums
@geralddavenport1182 Жыл бұрын
I went to several Pacers games at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum. Unless during the first year there were no seats near the court, both the end and side areas had folding chairs for games. Also, pre renovation, the capacity was over 9,000, with many standing room only games it over 10,000. Capacity was reduced to under 7,000 during the last renovation.
@PCSPounder Жыл бұрын
The Indy Fuel of the ECHL are the primary beneficiaries of the last renovation.
@markfroman738 Жыл бұрын
The windows gave it such a cool old school field house type vibe.
@tylermcintyre1454 Жыл бұрын
Tyler Mac aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now your Torontooooooooooooooooooooh raptors
@SammysmSoulGlow Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Denver and used to listen to Rockets- Pacers games on the rodeo. That place was loud. Pacers were very good.
@1000canoes Жыл бұрын
FYI.. the name of the football team that played at the Skydome in Toronto was The Toronto Argonauts of the CFL who now play at the same stadium as Toronto FC of the MLS. The Skydome was conceived because of them. The Raptors move to the new arena built for the NHL team the Toronto Maple Leafs which they still share today. One ownership group now owns all but the Toronto Blue Jays. The Alamodome had a CFL team briefly in 1995 known as the San Antonio Texans.
@KardiFan2000 Жыл бұрын
Scotiabank Arena construction was actually started by the Raptors ownership group in 1997...midway through construction, the Leafs bought Raptors, which allowed them to share the arena.
@alexjones3511 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Cobo Center was also where Martin Luther King first delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Yep, he first gave it in Detroit before he gave it in D.C.
@anglobostonian Жыл бұрын
You forget to mention with regards to the Boston Garden that it was originally built not with basketball, not even with hockey, but with boxing in mind. Hence why the seats were so close.
@jamielumm9583 Жыл бұрын
The Seattle SuperSonics also played at the Kingdome in the late 70s and early 80s.
@brianfergus839 Жыл бұрын
How could the Seattle Kingdome not be on this list? I saw a game there in the early 90s. Giant domed stadium, much stranger than the Tacoma dome.
@JamesDavidWalley Жыл бұрын
Yep -- saw the Sonics take on the Lakers from the nosebleed seats back in '83.
@t0eknee959 Жыл бұрын
Spurs are going back to the ‘Dome tomorrow. Full stadium this time, not just the north end. Trying to beat the NBA attendance record.
@rayspooner1982 Жыл бұрын
The way they set up that seating in Toronto makes me think that they should do an outdoor game similar to what the NHL does. That would be cool to watch.
@spanishsupafly Жыл бұрын
They could set up a game at the BMO field where the Toronto FC play. (Soccer team). It would do nicely for an outdoor basketball game I think, though it would probably have to be an exhibition game since the weather in Toronto during the course of the regular NBA season is not basketball friendly, at least not until the postseason.
@BurritoKingdom Жыл бұрын
The raptors share the arena with the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs. The only reason they didn't move into the Maple Leafs old arena was because it didn't meet NBA standards.
@Yoyoyojohn Жыл бұрын
Shoulda included the Blazers original memorial coliseum! It’s a bowl inside of a big glass box. It’s seen as architecturally significant now.
@KyleWattsTV Жыл бұрын
When the timberwolves debuted they played at the Metrodome. They held and still might home the record for attendance for a regular season in the NBA. It was super weird seeing them play in the dome
@DwightKShrute0 Жыл бұрын
They've got a couple games from 1990 in the top ten largest crowds for a regular season game.
@chocolatechipslime Жыл бұрын
The Spurs just broke the record for a single game attendance, they packed the Alamodome against GSW with 68,000 fans
@BigGamePlayer101 Жыл бұрын
The Indiana Farmers Coliseum is also used for hockey, the Indy Fuel of the ECHL have played there since the team started playing in the 2014-15 season
@scarpfish Жыл бұрын
I find it weird that the Cobo Hall (famously pictured on the back cover of the KISS Alive! album) is still standing in some capacity, but both the Silverdome and the Palace of Auburn Hills arena that the Pistons moved to afterwards have since been demolished. A fun fact about the Tacoma Dome. Some of the timbers in the dome's roof are salvaged wood from what Mt. St. Helens blew down when it erupted in 1980.
@DaveHogg Жыл бұрын
The Pistons played in five arenas that no longer exist: the Olympia, Cobo, the Silverdome, the Palace and (very briefly) Joe Louis Arena.
@ThePhenomm Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t call Boston Garden weird the parquet floor made it look interesting
@marksnyder8189 Жыл бұрын
When the Raptors got to Toronto, an anxious stadium manager met them and said, "Honest, guys, we had no idea basketball courts were so small!"
@elibaumann9718 Жыл бұрын
Where is the Metrodome? The Timberwolves still hold the NBA single-season attendance record from when they played there
@infxctxd39992 ай бұрын
Had to rewind because Im so used to stupid KZfaqr intros and missed the first one 😂. Thank u for getting straight to it 👏🏼
@Edwards-Videos Жыл бұрын
1:08 The Toronto Raptors do NOT have a stadium to their own. They have ALWAYS shared it with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL.
@vasacca Жыл бұрын
The Alamodome was originally marketed to us San Antonians as the home for the Spurs after they wanted to leave Hemisfair Arena. After the Spurs complained enough, the SBC Center (now AT&T Center) was built for them by Bexar County leaving this eyesore downtown and millions wasted by the city of San Antonio. Good ol’ Henry Cisneros got his dream stadium built though.
@KeepAGod100 Жыл бұрын
I like the Alamodome, it’s great for football, I’ve seen several games there. A city the size of SATX needs a big stadium so I would gently push back and say it’s not a waste. The stadium is also within walking distance of the Riverwalk and other attractions.
@briankady1456 Жыл бұрын
I am really surprised that the Alamodome has not attracted an NFL team, although I think San Antonio keeps trying to land one.
@KeepAGod100 Жыл бұрын
@@briankady1456 The owner of the Cowboys has something to say about it and he and majority of NFL owners would have to vote yes. I don't think he wants another team in his backyard.
@bossfan49 Жыл бұрын
No mention of the Boston Garden's iconic parquet floor.
@Outta-hz1ej Жыл бұрын
So strange that the Raptors didn't play in Maple Leaf Gardens primarily. Originally the plan for the Air Canada Center was that it was the Raptors only and the Leafs would stay in Maple Leaf Gardens. But the Gardens were getting old so the entire Air Canada Center plans were shifted to accommodate the Leafs.
@ThomasJM Жыл бұрын
They didn't play in maple leaf gardens because at the time they came into the league they were owned by a separate ownership group. During the time when the then Air Canada Centre, now Scotiabank arena was being built the original owners of the Raptors couldn't afford them and were bought out by the Leafs or rather MLSE or Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment mainly because they were also looking for somewhere for a new arena as well. In the season that the Raptors and Leafs moved into the ACC the Raptors did end up playing the first part of their season in Maple Leaf gardens though, because they didn't renew the agreement for the SkyDome because of only needing it for part of the season.
@kasperdon Жыл бұрын
Nobody believes me that Raptors tickets used to be $7. They even advertised it on the Subway trains
@touchdown62 Жыл бұрын
The Indiana State Fair Coliseum is also home to the Indy Fuel hockey team, the ECHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks.
@PaTcHiZzEl Жыл бұрын
It's also used for many high school graduation ceremonies for schools around the Indianapolis area
@BirdGang6 Жыл бұрын
I’m from Washington State, the Tacoma Dome is definitely still used for sports. High school football and basketball play their state championship games at the Dome. They do high school wrestling there as well!
@briankady1456 Жыл бұрын
I am from Tacoma and remember when they were building the Tacoma Dome. It was something to see. Went to its grand opening; my mother was hoping to see Ricky Nelson perform (he was supposed to do a set for the opening), but he never showed up, which pissed a lot of people, including my mother, off. I have been back a handful of times over the years. It is the perfect venue for concerts.
@rylandspencer Жыл бұрын
"They got their own stadium, just for them" about the Raptors is an interesting way to put it. Let's be real, the Maple Laughs are the real reason they got that arena built.
@sportsmaster1364 Жыл бұрын
The arena (I still call it the ACC- Air Canada Centre) was actually originally supposed to be just for the Raptors. About midway through the construction process, the Leafs decided they wanted to move out of Maple Leaf Gardens and into the ACC, which resulted in some last-minute alterations. So no, actually it is a fact that it was the Raptors that got the ball rolling on the ACC.
@rylandspencer Жыл бұрын
@@sportsmaster1364 😂😂😂😂 no
@strudelninja Жыл бұрын
The Kiel Theater was actually called the Kiel Auditorium. There was also an attached Opera House that still stands attached to the Enterprise Center that replaced it (originally called the Kiel Center). It seems that there are actually 7 theaters of various sizes inside that building. Lots of stages on that block of the city!
@kdaphi9928 Жыл бұрын
I'm from St. Louis and I remember the Wrestling matches their in the 70s-80s era.
@cardsfan-ym1bj Жыл бұрын
@@kdaphi9928 hell yeah,wrestling at the chase,rember going to lots of stuff at the checkerdome as a kid
@GrumpyWolfTech Жыл бұрын
As a Sonics fan in the 90s and early 2000s, it still hurts to be reminded that they are in Oklahoma now :(
@7879obarber2 ай бұрын
Why
@KardiFan2000 Жыл бұрын
I saw my first NBA game at Skydome when I was 8 years old, the Raptors vs. the Washington Bullets (at the time). I sat way up in the 5th deck in those $5 seats as described in the video (I sat around the same section as shown in this video's thumbnail). The Raptors lost, but oh well...good times.
@oldeenglishd45 Жыл бұрын
The Raptors played at Maple Leaf Gardens, too.
@NightRangerBlue Жыл бұрын
The Alamo Dome also hosted a Canadian Football League team, too.
@leonardweirich539 Жыл бұрын
That's right - the San Antonio Texans
@seanwebb605 Жыл бұрын
They also played some games at Maple Leaf Gardens. Scotiabank Centre or what opened as the Air Canada Centre was never just for the Raptors. Both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors were planning to build their own arenas but eventually plans changed to share a facility and later both teams were owned by the same company.
@jfchonors8873 Жыл бұрын
How about the Hershey Sports Arena where Wilt scored his famous 100 points
@Holden308 Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: The largest arena used in the Australia/New Zealand National Basketball League (NBL) would only rank it 20th in current NBA arena size. That arena is the Sydney SuperDome (Qudos Bank Arena), the same main venue used for basketball and gymnastics at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. It seats 18,200 in basketball setup.
@yeaok4159 Жыл бұрын
San Francisco Warriors - The Cow Palace
@chriswahl4139 Жыл бұрын
The Keil Auditorium is probably most notable for NWA pro wrestling where under promoter Sam Mushnick it was a Friday might staple for years and years with basically anyone who was anyone in pro wrestling working those shows
@flxgld7096 Жыл бұрын
5:35 The cobo center in Detroit looks like one of the places they would host Ping Pong/Table tennis events in the 70's 😅
@Namath1000 Жыл бұрын
Disappointing that there was no mention of the "Cow Palace." If nothing else, it's the most unusual name for an Arena.
@PCSPounder Жыл бұрын
It’s true… another ag display arena eventually used for pro sports. There wasn’t an upper deck, but apparently to maximize capacity, there are seats above the concourse in the corners (not the sides or ends, no room for them). Between that and the synchronized flying bug air show over the press area in the concourse, I’d definitely say it was unique.
@abrahamramirez7239 Жыл бұрын
Y’all should have seen the Alamodome yesterday for the spurs 50 year anniversary game ! 68,000 people and the court configuration was crazy weird 😂
@JH-qi7fz Жыл бұрын
This is actually very sad to see how greed has created an environment where teams no longer want to share stadiums. Sharing venues seems beneficial for the communities they serve by ensuring a better utilization rate for the building.
@Fakename70 Жыл бұрын
It’s not cost-efficient for an NBA franchise to lease a city or county-owned NFL stadium for a full season. Plus, the sight lines are obviously not going to provide the best value for the consumer. Granted, I loved seeing the SuperSonics at the Dome as a kid/preteen, but, as an adult, it doesn’t attract my attention ($$$) at all. It’s good to see the newer NBA gyms built with fan intimacy in mind. 18,000 seats seems about right. Anything above that just seems too big.
@patrickgarcia1588 Жыл бұрын
I like this this guy's videos he gets right into the content no 2-minute intro or anything
@InfectiousGroovePodcast Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, the Detroit Pistons shared the Pontiac Silverdome with the Lions. They had a very unique set up for NBA games seeing as the Silverdome was like 5 times the size of an NBA arena.
@InfectiousGroovePodcast Жыл бұрын
Haha, I left my comment before I got to the part in the video where you covered the SIlverdome. My bad lol
@CountryViewMeadows Жыл бұрын
Great video!!! Love learning about these stadiums
@onlyone23km Жыл бұрын
Shoutout to all these arenas for being creative with housing their NBA teams! Think outside the box!
@jasonjackson1100 Жыл бұрын
Cobo center in Detroit is still there ....but the Arena has been torn down
@ChadBest-ug8uo Жыл бұрын
Those livestock conventions were rowdy times. I remember a few brawls broke out in the upper deck. Most fans were drunk and out of control!
@bigxboomxbruh9964 Жыл бұрын
The seating in the Alamodome for the back home in the dome game for the spurs was very unique with over 68,000 people there. My plaza level seats were still a mile away from the court and I was like the 13th row
@diauntefather Жыл бұрын
How about the Old Barn aka Hershey Arena. It was one of the home stadiums of the Philadelphia Warriors. It's where Wilt scored the famous 100pts.
@TechniSean1 Жыл бұрын
The Pontiac Silverdome also used the Piston's setup to host a round of NCAA mens basketball tournament in the late 80's or early 90's. I think it was for the Sweet 16. They were able to fit a lot of fans in there. My Boy Scout troop ran a concession stand as a fundraiser is the only reason I remember it. Got to watch it for free while working. Miss the Silverdome, a bunch of memories there.
@chevy4x466 Жыл бұрын
In high school we could get upper deck tickets for $5. We would love to go to games there.
@jmc3172 ай бұрын
The Boston Garden was originally built for boxing, which is why the upper levels hung over and were so close to the court.
@seanwebb605 Жыл бұрын
Capacity for baseball was about 52,000 when it opened in 1989. Modifications that removed obstructed seats happened at various times over the years.
@ronsal5968 Жыл бұрын
Sat in the upper deck at Raptors games as a kid. Slam seats! The view was awful, but being able to see an NBA game as a kid for that price was amazing.
@RageyRage82 Жыл бұрын
The Toronto Raptors shared their arena with The Toronto Maple Leafs(NHL), after they moved from the Sky Dome.
@briankady1456 Жыл бұрын
The Sonics also played home games in the cavernous Kingdome during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It had the same kind of set up like the SkyDome and the Silverdome.
@jenhaley Жыл бұрын
The temporary grass during the 1994 World Cup at the Silverdome was cool.
@Mister__Jey Жыл бұрын
0:35 That's how they did it in 1998 was done in Atlanta back then, when the attendance record of 62,000 for an NBA game was reached and then of course against Chicago with Michael Jordan, now the record was set by the Golden State Warriors with 68,000 spectators, however, they actually used the WHOLE stadium and not just such a small part like Bulls in 98
@TheRaginCajun63 ай бұрын
One of the biggest ones you forgot was the Louisiana Superdome which has hosted six Final Four's, NCAA Regionsl, New Orleans Jazz and Pelicans along with Tulane Basketball. The 1982 Final Four was with Michael Jordan.
@justing.8593 Жыл бұрын
5:54 The second photo shown for what is supposed to be the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum is actually Ahearn Fieldhouse on the campus of Kansas State University 🤔
@Liggie55821 Жыл бұрын
Seattle's Kingdome in the late '70s and early '80s hosted four pro trams: the Seahawks, Sonics, Mariners and NASL-era Sonics. I wonder if that's a record for primary sports tenants in one building.
@aSome125 күн бұрын
in Brazil, they once hosted a volleyball game in the Maracanã stadium, Brazil x USSR, in 1983, it rained during the match! it's weird to use stadiums to host indoor arena designed sport events
@101kmontgomery Жыл бұрын
I was at the Silverdome in 1991 for the NCAAM Midwest Regional with UConn, Ohio State, St. John's and Duke. It was the home court for Detroit Mercy at the time.