Home > FleetCenter
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| Location: |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| Opened: |
September 30, 1995 |
Size: |
755,000 square feet (70,000 mē) on 3.2 acres (13,000 mē) |
Cost: |
$160 million |
Structured Steel: |
8,100 tons |
Concessions: |
36 permanent stands |
Restrooms: |
17 men's, 17 women's |
Escalators: |
13 |
Elevators: |
7 |
General Contractor: |
Morse Diesel International |
Designers: |
Ellerbe Becket, Inc. |
Owner: |
- New Boston Garden Corporation
- Subsidiary of Delaware North Companies
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| Home Teams: |
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| Capacity: |
- 18,624 (basketball)
- 17,565 (hockey)
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Height: |
- Ten stories
- 162 feet (49 m) high
| Length and width: |
- 468 feet (143 m) long (east-west)
- 300 feet (91 m) wide (north-south)
| Parking garage |
| Website: |
http://www.fleetcenter.com |
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The FleetCenter is a sports arena in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the home arena for the Boston Bruins, an NHL team, and the Boston Celtics, an NBA team. Like most sports arenas, it also hosts other events, such as concerts, shows, conventions, graduations, wrestling matches, seminars, ice shows, and circuses.
1 History
FleetCenter was constructed to replace the aging Boston Garden as the home of the Boston Bruins hockey team and the Boston Celtics basketball team. The arena opened on September 30, 1995. As suggested by the name, the arena was largely privately sponsored, mainly by Fleet Bank of Boston.
The name of the FleetCenter is in doubt due to the April 1, 2004, merger of FleetBoston Financial Group with Bank of America.
FleetCenter hosted the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
2 Facilities
FleetCenter is built on top of Boston's North Station, a major transportation hub. There is direct access from the station.
The Fleet Center and Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge in Boston
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Indoor arenas
Indoor ice hockey venues
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