We often look back at past major stadiums and wonder: Whatever happened to it?
Long-ago venues are well visited by fans with long memories in many major cities. We chronicle them in our series on Past Stadiums.
Joe Louis Arena served as the home of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings for nearly 40 years. That’s not all that long as arena lifespans go, but it still managed to achieve legendary status in that time. Red Wings fans … Continue reading
If you’re a Toronto Metropolitan University student attending an activity at the school’s Mattamy Athletic Centre, or if you’re a downtown resident shopping at the local Loblaws grocery store, you might not know that you’re within the walls of Maple … Continue reading
The latest in our Venues Past series looks at Arco Arena in Sacramento, aka Sleep Train Arena, home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings from 1988 to 2016. For more Venues Past posts, click here. For nearly 30 years, the Sacramento … Continue reading
The latest in our Venues Past series looks at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, home of the Minnesota Twins until 2009 and the Minnesota Vikings until 2013, and site of a famous roof collapse in 2010. For more … Continue reading
Mention Veterans Stadium to any Philadelphia sports fan with a long memory, and you’ll get a range of emotions. It’s likely that not all of them will be good, but you can bet that nostalgia will factor greatly into how … Continue reading
The first time I visited Jack Murphy Stadium — also known for some time during its history as Qualcomm Stadium — in San Diego, it wound up on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Not due to anything I did, of … Continue reading
Note: The latest in our series on sports venues no longer in use looks at The Forum in Inglewood, California. For more entries, click here. For sports fans of a certain age in Los Angeles, the Forum was a special … Continue reading
Note: The latest in our series on sports venues no longer in use looks at Munich Olympic Stadium, used for the 1972 Summer Olympics. For more entries, click here. During our recent trip to Europe for the Winter Olympics, we … Continue reading
Note: This is the first entry in a series we’re calling “Venues Past” — our way of honoring the stadiums and arenas of yore that hosted historic moments and entertained millions before being resigned to either tumbleweeds or the wrecking … Continue reading
