Now that the NBA finals are headed back to the West Coast, are you missing Boston’s parquet floor already? It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. At least it wasn’t when the Celtics played in the original Boston Garden, a sort of museum for the sweat set.
I’m a fan of old stadiums and arenas, so when TBS Sports sent me to do a story on the old Boston Garden in 1988, that was a treat. But make no mistake, for all their glamour and romantic past, the old stadiums are not without their flaws.
I grew up going to games at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, the worst possible venue for watching a baseball game. Braced against bone-chilling winds, every game was an adventure, not only for hapless outfielders trying to chase wayward fly balls, but fans who had to endure those same elements with no chance of relief. And I loved it.
What stadium or arena was the site of your earliest sports-watching memories? Has time painted over the bad parts?