The Hub on Causeway (née TD Garden Towers) | 80 Causeway Street | West End

The TD Garden looks so much better with those black seats. I always thought the yellow seats looked tacky.
 
One of the best evolutions has been the new Garden's integration into the fabric of the Bruins. It's not, and never will be, the old Garden, but they've done a great job of turning it into the B's true home, even if I personally miss the extremely mid-90s concourse signage.

Incredible to think that the building is almost 30 years old already.
 
For some reason on the sports hub and a few other places theres been talk of possibly trying to build a new stadium near encore for a celtics only stadium. Sounds like a massive waste of money, time, and space. I dont see it happening and I’m not sure where the rumors are coming from, but moving the celtics out of the garden would be blasphemy.
 
stick n move said:
For some reason on the sports hub and a few other places theres been talk of possibly trying to build a new stadium near encore for a celtics only stadium. Sounds like a massive waste of money, time, and space. I dont see it happening and I’m not sure where the rumors are coming from, but moving the celtics out of the garden would be blasphemy.
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It's all about controlling the revenue. The Celtics are tenants in the Garden and the Bruins make the lion's share of the money there. If it penciled out for the Celtics to build their own arena (without public subsidy, of course), a new ownership group might well consider it. A lot of shared arenas - MSG, United Center, DC, SLC... - have the teams either under the same ownership or engaged in a joint venture for the venue. When that doesn't happen (in Phoenix or Brooklyn, for example) it can be very difficult to get teams to share. Heck, in LA it's proven difficult to keep two teams in the same sport in the same venue, with every team wanting its own bespoke thing (one unexpected exception: the Lakers, which like the Celtics play in the NHL owner's venue).

I don't think Everett is where I'd put it, though.
 
Equilibria said:
It's all about controlling the revenue. The Celtics are tenants in the Garden and the Bruins make the lion's share of the money there. If it penciled out for the Celtics to build their own arena (without public subsidy, of course), a new ownership group might well consider it. A lot of shared arenas - MSG, United Center, DC, SLC... - have the teams either under the same ownership or engaged in a joint venture for the venue. When that doesn't happen (in Phoenix or Brooklyn, for example) it can be very difficult to get teams to share. Heck, in LA it's proven difficult to keep two teams in the same sport in the same venue, with every team wanting its own bespoke thing (one unexpected exception: the Lakers, which like the Celtics play in the NHL owner's venue).

I don't think Everett is where I'd put it, though.
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I've had the thought that the Jacobs would be good buyers for the Celtics, if only for that reason. I'm sure Celtics fans would flip out but it's not like the Bruins issues have been their doing in the salary cap era. I do think Boston is somewhat under-arena'd compared to other similar markets, but I also don't see how a dedicated building for basketball helps anyone.
 
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