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Boston Garden

Boston Garden is a arena in Boston, United States that opened in 1928. Its recorded capacity is 14,448.

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Boston Garden
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Key facts

Boston Garden is a arena in Boston, United States that opened in 1928. Its recorded capacity is 14,448. It is owned by Boston and Maine Railroad and Boston and Maine Railroad. It is operated by Madison Square Garden and Boston Garden-Arena Corporation and Storer Broadcasting and Delaware North and Madison Square Garden. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics.

Location
Boston, United States
Type
Arena
Capacity
14,448
Opened
1928
Status
Demolished
Current owner
Boston and Maine Railroad, Boston and Maine Railroad
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
0
Playing surface
Hardwood, Ice
Location of Boston Garden
Boston Garden

Boston Garden is at latitude 42.365697, longitude -71.061717, in Boston, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

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Recorded location of Boston Garden
FieldValue
Latitude42.365697
Longitude-71.061717
CityBoston
RegionBoston
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Boston Garden
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceHardwoodWikipedia infoboxSource
SurfaceIceWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

Naming history of Boston Garden

Boston Garden has carried 1 recorded name. Boston Madison Square Garden (no sponsor) ran Present.

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Every recorded name of Boston Garden, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
Boston Madison Square GardenNonePresentNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Boston Garden, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerBoston and Maine Railroad1928 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OwnerBoston and Maine RailroadPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorMadison Square Garden1928 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OperatorMadison Square GardenPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorBoston Garden-Arena CorporationPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorStorer BroadcastingPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorDelaware NorthPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Boston Garden and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Boston BruinsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Boston CelticsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Boston BruinsNot mapped1928 to presentCurrentSource
Boston CelticsNot mapped1928 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

39 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Boston Garden
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
2 October 2026venue_features(created)not set23212026-10
2 October 2026venue_features(created)not set23202026-10
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set417282026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Boston Blazersnot set2026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Boston Bravesnot set2026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Boston Blazersnot set2026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)New England Whalersnot set2026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Boston Bravesnot set2026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Delaware Northnot set2026-09
24 September 2026venue_roles(deleted)34661not set2026-09
24 September 2026venue_roles(deleted)34660not set2026-09
24 September 2026venue_roles(deleted)34659not set2026-09
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23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set346612026-09
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23 September 2026org_aliases(created)not set32442026-09
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23 September 2026org_aliases(created)not set28912026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13748612322026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleBoston_GardenBoston Garden2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setBoston Madison Square Garden2026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set218682026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set218672026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set218662026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set218652026-09
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20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set136522026-09

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Boston Garden (revision 1374861232). Wikidata item: Q894567.

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