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TD Garden
Sign in to saveAlso known as Shawmut Center, FleetCenter, Fleet Center, TD Banknorth Garden, Boston Garden, The Garden
multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Former names
- Shawmut Center (during construction) FleetCenter (1995–2005) TD Banknorth Garden (2005–2009)
- Address
- 100 Legends Way
- Location
- Boston , Massachusetts, U.S.
- Owner
- Delaware North Companies
- Operator
- Delaware North
- Capacity
- Basketball : 18,624 (1995–2019), 19,156 (2019–present) Concerts : 20,000 Ice hockey : 17,565 (1995–2019), 17,193 (2019), 17,850 (2019–present)
- Surface
- Various
- Public transit
- Amtrak : Downeaster MBTA : , Green Line , Orange Line , Fitchburg Line , Haverhill Line , Lowell Line , Newburyport/Rockport Line , at North Station
- Groundbreaking
- April 29, 1993 ( 1993-04-29 )
- Opened
- September 30, 1995 ( 1995-09-30 )
- Renovated
- 2006, 2009, 2014, 2019
- Construction cost
- US$160 million ($338 million in 2025 dollars )
- Architect
- Ellerbe Becket , Inc.
- Project manager
- Upton & Partners
- Structural engineer
- LeMessurier Consultants
- Services engineer
- Flack + Kurtz
- General contractor
- Morse Diesel International
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Encyclopedic overview
TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. It is the most visited sports and entertainment arena in New England, with nearly 3.5 million people visiting the arena each year.
TD Garden is the home arena for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It is owned by food service and hospitality conglomerate Delaware North, whose CEO Jeremy Jacobs also owns the Bruins. It is the site of the annual Beanpot college hockey tournament, and hosts the annual Hockey East Championships. The arena has hosted many major national sporting events including various rounds of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, the 2014 United States Figure Skating Championships, and the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships. In addition, TD Garden hosted the 2021 Laver Cup, an international men's tennis tournament.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TD Garden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.