Favorite Arena for a Live Event

[Guest Grenouille]

My favorite places...

 

Cumberland County Civic Center(Portland, ME)-Small arena that has held many events in the past 20 years. Since this was the closest to my home going to house shows and every two comths back in the late 80s-early 90s were common. Later as the WWF got bigger Portland only got 1 house show a year, but we did get a RAW in '97.

 

Now that I've been driving for 3 years I'd add these...

 

Fleet Center(Boston, Mass)-Awesome arena for wrestling and hockey. Great atmosphere in the place, but it will never match the Garden.

 

Verizon Wireless Arena(Manchester, NH)-I believe this arena is under two years old. After attending a house show and a RAW, I'd say there's not a bad seat, everything seemed close with no obstruction. The only minor complaint is that the seats aren't padded.

 

How about your favs?

 

Scott

[Guest RetroRob215]

Nassau Coliseum, 15 minutes from my house. What more can you ask for?

[Guest papacita]

The First Union Center in Philly for obvious reasons. Honorable mention goes to the Convention Center in Atlantic City, because even if your seats are in the Mezzanine you're still very close to the action.

[Guest bob_barron]

MSG all the way- you get to see RVD and Eddy kill each other in ladder matches

[Guest AM The Kid]

The Calgary Sattledome!

[Guest Hitman Jebus]

Well, I can't really compare but...

 

Molson Centre (Montreal)

 

Not a bad seat in the whole place and great wrestling crowds (remember the Hulk Hogan ovations in March and May...I still don't have 100% of my hearing back!)

[Guest kingkamala]

My favorite places...

 

Cumberland County Civic Center(Portland, ME)-Small arena that has held many events in the past 20 years. Since this was the closest to my home going to house shows and every two comths back in the late 80s-early 90s were common. Later as the WWF got bigger Portland only got 1 house show a year, but we did get a RAW in '97.

Yeah I'd have to agree since I am a Portlander myself I find the Civic Center great, not just because it's less then ten minutes from my house it always provides a super hot crowd. Even at the last show were the arena was half filled the crowd was hot for every match even Funaki Vs Rico. I wouldn't knock Portland for having a lack of big events cause in Portland: The first ladder match occured, Owen Hart almost won the heavyweight title, "Macho Man" Randy Savage became The Macho King, Degeneration X played Strip Poker and beat the crap out of the Headbangers and in the only WCW event in Portland ever(A WCWSN taping) we saw Booker T battle Benoit in the third match of there best of seven series.

[Guest Austin3164life]

Blue Cross Arena- Two minutes away from my house, and there's a restaurant near there that most wrestlers go to before and after events.

 

Madison Square Garden- What can I say? It's the Garden. I went to Survivor Series 1996 there and it was a lot of fun (especially the Austin/Bret spectacle).

[Guest HartFan86]

My favorite places...

 

Cumberland County Civic Center(Portland, ME)-Small arena that has held many events in the past 20 years. Since this was the closest to my home going to house shows and every two comths back in the late 80s-early 90s were common. Later as the WWF got bigger Portland only got 1 house show a year, but we did get a RAW in '97.

Yeah I'd have to agree since I am a Portlander myself I find the Civic Center great, not just because it's less then ten minutes from my house it always provides a super hot crowd. Even at the last show were the arena was half filled the crowd was hot for every match even Funaki Vs Rico. I wouldn't knock Portland for having a lack of big events cause in Portland: The first ladder match occured, Owen Hart almost won the heavyweight title, "Macho Man" Randy Savage became The Macho King, Degeneration X played Strip Poker and beat the crap out of the Headbangers and in the only WCW event in Portland ever(A WCWSN taping) we saw Booker T battle Benoit in the third match of there best of seven series.

Indeed. As a Westbrook...ie...I go here mostly for wrestling when it's around.

 

Fleet is my favorite place to go, though.

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Madison-Square-Garden:The-World's-Most

Famous-Arena.

10-Minutes-away-from-my-House.

[Guest 4Life]

Independence Arena, Charlotte North Carolina

 

Wooooooooooo No better place to watch wrestling especially Ric Flair. I was there when Ric Flair came back and reformed Four Horsemen. Remember that shoot promo he did on Eazy E? Flair will always get the biggest pop in Charlotte. It doesn't matter if he's a heel or face.

[Guest TheDames7]

Madison-Square-Garden:The-World's-Most

Famous-Arena.

10-Minutes-away-from-my-House.

Where do you live, cousin?

 

Dames

[Guest TheHulkster]

I always go to the Pepsi Arena in Albany, NY since it's the closest. The arena kinda sucks, but it's had it's moments (HBK winning the IC Belt at a House show, Flair winning the Royal Rumble, Spike and Rhyno debut in the same night, Xpac debuts and a new DX is formed, Kurt Angle wins the world title, Stone Cold's first match back from surgery, Paul Heyman shoots on Vince, The first night of the draft Stone Cold makes his return from exile to sign with Raw). I've been to too many WWF shows.

[Guest RepoMan]

Another vote for Blue Cross Arena. It's small enough so even the cheap seats are good and the crowd's been hot every time I've went. The only other place i've been is HSBC in Buffalo last summer for Raw and the crowd was dead being stuck in the upper deck sucked.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

but it's had it's moments

You forgot Shane McMahon & the Mean Street Posse squashing X-Punk in a "Greenwich Street Fight."

[Guest Frankie Williams]

MSG baby!! Although tonight I head out to Jersey for another "spectacular" Raw.

[Guest TheSmarkzone]

Since I live in the Tri-State area, I frequent The Garden, the FleetCenter, the Hartford Civic Center, the Worcester Centrum, the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, the Pepsi Arena in Albany, the First Union Center in Philly, and the Meadowlands. But I don't really care for any of those venues.

 

My favorites thus far have been the Astrodome in Houston, the SkyDome in Toronto, and the Sports & Entertainment Complex in Raleigh.

 

The Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport is the WORST. So ghetto.

[Guest Zack Malibu]

Providence Civic Center, Providence RI. A 10 minute drive for me, the crowd is typically hot, and the shows can either be really good (DX reformation in 1999, Jericho/Booker T. WCW Title Match last summer) or crappy (Austin vs. Hennig this past Spring).

 

Fleetcenter was great for Wrestlemania 14. I've also been to King Of The Ring 2000, but we won't mention that show.

 

Worcester Centrum I've been to once, and it was the night Michaels made Foley commisioner.

 

But the best arena, with the best crowd I've ever been too:

 

Wrestlemania X-7, Houston Astrodome.

[Guest dreamer420]

MSG baby!! Although tonight I head out to Jersey for another "spectacular" Raw.

you don't sound optimistic. why waste your money if you don't want to be there.

 

anyway like gm place in vancouver. i have only been there once but it was a really memorable trip.

[Guest TheSmarkzone]

The Worcester Centrum is a shit-pit. There are birds flying around in the rafters. The only building in Mass. that's worse is the Springfield Civic Center...it's about the size of a shoe-box. Seriously, you could be sitting in the last row of the upper level and it's like sitting in the first row of the lower level at a 20,000-seat arena.

[Guest swan]

Rockford, IL Metro Centre. Seats about 7-8000 for wrestling and doesn't matter where you sit you can see it all. Home of many Raw, Smackdown, Superstars and Challenge tapings. Also the AWA use to roll through in the early to mid 80's, as did WCW before they died out.

[Guest Frankie Williams]

you don't sound optimistic. why waste your money if you don't want to be there.

Good question. Last night Iwas watching Heat and I saw a commercial for tonights show. I totally forgot it was gonna be in this area. I called a friend and we decided to make a night out of it. Actually the real reason is that we get to see Heat that isnt going to be aired on Sunday here in the US!!

[Guest dreamer420]

cool. from what i read of the spoilers there was hardly any *** matches though.

[Guest realworldschampion]

The First Union Center is always loud when I'm there, but I also went to the ECW Arena a couple of times, and while it may have reasons for being a shitty place(long lines for bathrrom,no air conditioing,some of the weirdest people you will ever meet in line) the atmosphere of the Bingo Hall more than makes up for it.

[Guest packwingfn7]

Providence Civic Center, Decent Arena, usually hot crowd, good shows usually come there, even House Shows, went to the June 29th show, not a bad show, Saw Rey put on a unbelieveable performace and very good main event, Angle vs Edge

[Guest Ravenbomb]

Savvis Center (used to be Keil Center)