I had alot of great memories at the Garden.from wrestling matches,to Celtics games and the ice shows.there will never be another arena that will ever duplicate this place.i also remember driving by when they had the inside halfway exposed .I honestly got choked up.Long live the Boston Garden .a true historical shrine.
No at the time when the Centrum opened it was a state of the art arena, it was air conditioned, had better accoustics, while the Garden was dirty run down, no AC , and reeked of stale beer and piss.
My dad said the same thing about Old Chicago Stadium that you did about Old Boston Garden, Andrew.; "Just thinking about Old Chicago Stadium literally gives me the chills because of how loud it was in there.", he once told me.
@@willisapril It probably was better in terms of innovation. However, I don't remember Larry Bird, Orr, Bourque, or anybody of great athletic worth making their names in the Centrum, which is what this show is about...
I love the end of the video when the credits start to roll and the camara man is actually at the front turn styles and then starts walking through the hallways and then out to the actual arena...its magical
The BG was truly a great venue especially for hockey but the undisputed greatest venue was Chicago Stadium. It was nicer and bigger than BG and had that great giant organ built into the building.
One of the greatest indoor arenas in the history of the U.S.A., in my opinion.; Another one that I hold in the same regard is from my home-state of Illinois: Old Chicago Stadium. As a fan of the Boston Celtics, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Chicago Bulls, the Boston Bruins & famous/"old" (if I can say that) arenas & stadiums, I don't think they should've torn down Old Chicago Stadium & Old Boston Garden.
Yes, Madison Square garden and The Rose Bowl in Pasadena's Arroyo Seco immediately came to mind when he said the "best known" But Boston Garden is right up there with any of them. Honorable mention list: 1. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (built for the 1932 Summer Olympics, and still magnificent enough to host the 1984 Summer Olympics forty eight years later) 2. Notre Dame Stadium (Just plain magical) 3. Luzhiniki Sports and Exhibition Complex (located in the middle of the city, and includes both the huge Moscow Olympic Stadium and the Sports Palace, site of the famous '72 Summit Series, and has many smaller fields and arenas, venues dedicated to athletics)
@@willisapril - The Garden (boston) blows away MSG. The Garden was smaller and was built for boxing. The balcony was essentially out over the ice. Greatest vantage point in sports history, really.
Watching this reminds me of historic Miami Hurricanes games in the old Orange Bowl! It was such a home field advantage. It was such a historically bad decision when the city of Miami decided to tear it down instead of refurbishing it. SMFH (the greatest college football stadium ever!
I remember all the times walking up that slanted hallway for events as a kid then getting hit with the smell of stale popcorn, beer cigarettes and the circus such fun times
It would have been cool to have just one yellow seat 💛 From that historic Boston Garden on Causeway. I won a white seat 🤍 from the old Montreal Forum with seat numbers and CH logo on it's front backing. won it on a radio sports talk show.
It’s where the Hub on Causeway is. The outline of the old hockey rink is seen today outside on the ground next to the Star Market. The Bobby Orr Statue is near the spot where he flew.
How do you go an entire hour talking about Boston Garden without even mentioning Bill Russell? Why were Russell and his Celtics so under appreciated in Boston?
Doug Harvey changed the game by being the first Defenseman to rush the puck up the ice. Bobby Orr idolized Doug Harvey, stole his style and never gave him an ounce of credit. Expansion era cups suck!
I had alot of great memories at the Garden.from wrestling matches,to Celtics games and the ice shows.there will never be another arena that will ever duplicate this place.i also remember driving by when they had the inside halfway exposed .I honestly got choked up.Long live the Boston Garden .a true historical shrine.
Loved the Boston garden
One of the all time great venues in sports. Hard to explain.
Greatest indoor arena in American history. I get chills just thinking about how loud that place got.
The Worcester Centrum was better
willisapril You're joking, right...? o_O
No at the time when the Centrum opened it was a state of the art arena, it was air conditioned, had better accoustics, while the Garden was dirty run down, no AC , and reeked of stale beer and piss.
My dad said the same thing about Old Chicago Stadium that you did about Old Boston Garden, Andrew.; "Just thinking about Old Chicago Stadium literally gives me the chills because of how loud it was in there.", he once told me.
@@willisapril It probably was better in terms of innovation. However, I don't remember Larry Bird, Orr, Bourque, or anybody of great athletic worth making their names in the Centrum, which is what this show is about...
My grandfather boxed here several times in the late 40's
That sucks that he got his head bashed in for peanuts. The Mafia took most of his money.
I love the end of the video when the credits start to roll and the camara man is actually at the front turn styles and then starts walking through the hallways and then out to the actual arena...its magical
The BG was truly a great venue especially for hockey but the undisputed greatest venue was Chicago Stadium. It was nicer and bigger than BG and had that great giant organ built into the building.
I was there for the ice capades, the circus, some hockey games, and several rock 'n roll groups. Thanks for the great video.
So awesome to find this again
I watched this so many times as a four year old kid growing up in Quincy. Became the foundation of my B’s and Celtics education
Thanks for the upload. I did a rip on the VHS video about ten years ago.
One of the greatest indoor arenas in the history of the U.S.A., in my opinion.; Another one that I hold in the same regard is from my home-state of Illinois: Old Chicago Stadium.
As a fan of the Boston Celtics, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Chicago Bulls, the Boston Bruins & famous/"old" (if I can say that) arenas & stadiums, I don't think they should've torn down Old Chicago Stadium & Old Boston Garden.
I love the old Boston Garden but there is nothing like Madison Square Garden
Yes, Madison Square garden and The Rose Bowl in Pasadena's Arroyo Seco immediately came to mind when he said the "best known"
But Boston Garden is right up there with any of them.
Honorable mention list:
1. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (built for the 1932 Summer Olympics, and still magnificent enough to host the 1984 Summer Olympics forty eight years later)
2. Notre Dame Stadium
(Just plain magical)
3. Luzhiniki Sports and Exhibition Complex (located in the middle of the city, and includes both the huge Moscow Olympic Stadium and the Sports Palace, site of the famous '72 Summit Series, and has many smaller fields and arenas, venues dedicated to athletics)
@@willisapril - The Garden (boston) blows away MSG. The Garden was smaller and was built for boxing. The balcony was essentially out over the ice. Greatest vantage point in sports history, really.
I still have this VHS. I miss the obstructed view cheap seats at the Garden.
Great seats especially when Marchand skated off with six seconds left in the second period.
My grandfather was from Boston
Wish I could have experienced it.
Jackie is still doing the damn thing
Watching this reminds me of historic Miami Hurricanes games in the old Orange Bowl! It was such a home field advantage. It was such a historically bad decision when the city of Miami decided to tear it down instead of refurbishing it. SMFH (the greatest college football stadium ever!
Boston Garden legends:
1. Bill Russell
2. Larry Bird
3. John Havelick
4. Bobby Orr
5. David Cowens
6. Terry O'Reilly
I remember all the times walking up that slanted hallway for events as a kid then getting hit with the smell of stale popcorn, beer cigarettes and the circus such fun times
Its too bad the Boston Garden wasnt remodeled. TD Garden in my opinion even though its been 26 years. To me its The New Boston Garden.
"What a blazah, Wayne!"-------- "CHEEVAHS, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?!"I swear to you that was the same voice....
Im sure people laughed too.
Ya* mind
The Boston Garden is the best known arena in North America.
Madison Square Garden : Okay, Buddy.
legendary boston garden
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wheres the Boston Garden now?
Alive in our memories. I’m sorry it’s not in yours.
its in Building heaven along with the Twin Towers
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It would have been cool to have just one yellow seat 💛
From that historic Boston Garden on Causeway.
I won a white seat 🤍 from the old Montreal Forum
with seat numbers and CH logo on it's front backing.
won it on a radio sports talk show.
It’s where the Hub on Causeway is. The outline of the old hockey rink is seen today outside on the ground next to the Star Market. The Bobby Orr Statue is near the spot where he flew.
TD Garden way better. Boston garden looked pretty cool for its time.
Dewey was (and is) right...
How do you go an entire hour talking about Boston Garden without even mentioning Bill Russell? Why were Russell and his Celtics so under appreciated in Boston?
I thought this was supposed to be a doc about the Boston Garden?
No story of LED ZEPPELIN being banned in Boston because the fans trashed the Boston Garden?
It has a lot of hot.
Should have never destroyed it, fucking shitshow.
Doug Harvey changed the game by being the first Defenseman to rush the puck up the ice. Bobby Orr idolized Doug Harvey, stole his style and never gave him an ounce of credit. Expansion era cups suck!
Okay burp. Time to stop living in the past and join the rest of us in the 21st century.
The place was a dump
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Like most truly legendary places 😉
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