Matthews Arena
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| Matthews Arena | |
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| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Broke ground | October 11, 1909 |
| Opened | 1910 |
| Owner | Northeastern University |
| Surface | 200x90 ft (hockey) |
| Former names | |
| Boston Arena | |
| Tenants | |
| Northeastern basketball and hockey programs (men's and women's) Boston Celtics (NBA) Boston Bruins (NHL) New England Whalers (WHA) |
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| Seats | |
| 5,900 (hockey) 6,000(basketball) |
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Matthews Arena, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the world's oldest indoor hockey arena. It opened in 1910 on what is now the east end of Northeastern University's campus, and is currently owned by the university. It is the original home of the NHL Boston Bruins, the NBA Boston Celtics and the WHA New England Whalers (now the NHL Carolina Hurricanes). It has hosted all or part of the America East Conference men's basketball tournament a total of eight times and hosted the 1960 Frozen Four.
The structure was more widely known as Boston Arena until 1979 when Northeastern alumnus George J. Matthews helped fund its refurbishment. Matthews is also the place where hockey programs at Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Tufts and Wentworth Institute of Technology all began.
Today, Matthews Arena is home to the Northeastern Huskies men's and women's hockey teams, and the men's basketball team as well as the Wentworth Institute of Technology's men's hockey team.
| Current Basketball Arenas in the Colonial Athletic Association |
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| Bob Carpenter Center (Delaware) • Daskalakis Athletic Center (Drexel) • GSU Sports Arena (Georgia State) • Hofstra Arena (Hofstra) • JMU Convocation Center (James Madison) • Kaplan Arena (William & Mary) • Matthews Arena (Northeastern) • Patriot Center (George Mason) • Stuart C. Siegel Center (Virginia Commonwealth) • Ted Constant Convocation Center (Old Dominion) • Towson Center (Towson) • Trask Coliseum (UNC-Wilmington) |
| Current Hockey East Arenas |
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| Agganis Arena (Boston University) • Alfond Arena (Maine) • Gutterson Fieldhouse (Vermont) • Kelley Rink (Boston College) • Matthews Arena (Northeastern) • Mullins Center (UMass-Amherst) • Schneider Arena (Providence) • Tsongas Arena (UMass-Lowell) • Volpe Complex (Merrimack) • Whittemore Center (New Hampshire) |
Categories: Colonial Athletic Association | Hockey East | College ice hockey venues | Northeastern University, Boston | Basketball venues in the United States | Sports venues in Boston | Indoor ice hockey venues in the United States | College basketball venues | NCAA Men's Frozen Four venues | America East Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Venues | National Hockey League venues | World Hockey Association venues
