Island Garden
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Island Garden is an indoor arena in West Hempstead, New York, USA. The arena was built in 1998, and has a seating capacity of 5,000 people. It hosts a local youth basketball league. It was named for the original Island Garden, which stood just south of the present site.
The Original Island Garden Arena was built in 1957 by Arnold "Whitey" Carlson[1] a descendent of Swedish Immigrants, Mr. Carlson's grandfather was Henrik Carlson, a noted San Diego sculptor who was the Foreign Art Director for the San Diego Exposition (now Balboa Park). Over the years many concert acts such as Cream, Dave Clark Five, Tiny Tim, Louis Armstrong, The Dave Brubeck Quartet and Bob Dylan performed at the venue. In addition to concerts there were also boxing matches, circus, rodeos, stamp shows, midget car racing, and boat shows. The 5,200 seat arena also hosted the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association from 1969 to 1972.[2] One of the odd aspects of this arena was that the Nets were unable to play any home playoffs games in 1971 because the arena was booked. The arena was partially demolished in 1973, due to its inability to compete with the larger Nassau Coliseum. A shopping center is currently at the site of the original Island Garden Arena.[1]
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- ^ a b Winzelberg, David (November 8, 1998). "At Island Garden, New Life for Old Arena". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/08/nyregion/at-island-garden-new-life-for-old-arena.html. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
- ^ Hassan, John (1997). The 1998 ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac. New York: Hyperion Press. p. 552. ISBN 0786882964.
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| Preceded by Long Island Arena |
Home of the New York Nets 1969 – 1972 |
Succeeded by Nassau Coliseum |
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Coordinates: 40°42′26″N 73°39′24″W / 40.70722°N 73.65667°W
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