Eastern Hockey League Arenas
BALTIMORE CLIPPERS
Carlins's Iceland - Baltimore, MD
(Baltimore Clippers 1954-56)
Carlin's Park, where Iceland was located, opened in 1919 and closed
in 1955.
Iceland was destroyed by fire January 23, 1956
CAPE COD CUBS
Cape Cod Coliseum - South Yarmouth, MA (Cape Cod Cubs 1972-73)
Location: White's Path off Route 6 in South
Yarmouth, MA
Opened: 1972
Seating: 5000
In the 1992 the building became a distribution center for the Christmas
Tree Shops and expanded to three times its size.
Current: Distribution Center for Mid Cape
Home Centers and Dennis East International.
CHARLOTTE CLIPPERS
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS
Charlotte Coliseum - Charlotte,
NC (Charlotte Clippers/Checkers 1956-1973)
Opened: 1955
Named changed to Independence Arena in 1988, when new Charlotte
Coliseum opened.
Renamed Cricket Arena in 2001.
Renamed Bojangles Coliseum in November 2008.
Current: Bojangles
Coliseum
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CLINTON COMETS
Clinton Arena - Clinton, NY
(Clinton Comets - 1954-1973)
Opened: 1954
Current: Town
of Kirkland Parks & Recreation
GREENSBORO GENERALS
Greensboro Coliseum - Greensboro,
NC (Greensboro Generals 1959-1973)
Opened: 1959
Has undergone two major renovations since the 1970s.
Current: Greensboro
Coliseum
JACKSONVILLE ROCKETS / FLORIDA ROCKETS
Jacksonville Coliseum - Jacksonville,
FL (Jacksonville/Florida Rockets 1964-1972)
Opened: 1960
First Game: Dec 1, 1960 - Charlotte Checkers
3 - New York Rovers 1, Attendance: 8,609
"First hockey game in Florida" (since the Tropical Hockey
League of 1938-39)
Arena Desgregated: Jan 10, 1961 - Charlotte
Checkers vs. Jersey Larks.
Demolished: 2003
Bringing
Down the House - Florida Times-Union June 22, 2003
Hope
and Hype Greeted the New Coliseum in 1960 - Florida Times-Union
June 22, 2003
Implosion
World - Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
Video: Boom!
JVMC Implosion
Video: Junior
Barracuda Night
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West Palm Beach Auditorium
- West Palm Beach, FL (Florida Rockets 1966-68)
Nickname: "The Leaky Teepee"
Opened: 1965
Current: West Palm Beach Christian Convention
Center (Sold to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Florida, June
1998.)
Capacity: 5000 Size: 27,600-square-foot
Macon Coliseum - Macon, GA (Jacksonville
Rockets 1968-?)
Opened: 1965.
First Game: October 1968, Jacksonville
(home) vs. Nashville at Macon - First Professional Hockey Game in Georgia.
Current: Macon
Centreplex
JERSEY LARKS
JERSEY DEVILS
Cherry Hill Arena - Cherry
Hill, NJ (Jersey Larks 1960-61, Jersey Devils 1964-1973)
Built: ?
(Haddonfield applied for EHL membership in 1956.)
Names: Initially known as the Haddonfield
Ice House Arena.
Renamed the Delaware Valley Garden in 1962.
Delaware Township became Cherry Hill in 1961. The Arena was renamed
the Cherry Hill Arena in 1964.
By 1975 it was renamed The Cherry Hill Centrum.
Current: A
strip mall across the sreet from The Centrum Shoppes. The anchor store,
ShopRite supermarket, is closed.
Valley Forge Country Club
(2 games 1961) - Audubon,
PA
The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA
(Charlotte vs. Jersey Devils, Dec 28, 1972)
Built: 1967
Demolished after 2008-9 season.
JOHNSTOWN JETS
KNOXVILLE KNIGHTS
LONG ISLAND DUCKS / NEW YORK ROVERS (1959-61)
Long Island Arena - Commack,
NY (New York Rovers/Long Island Ducks 1959-1973)
Built: 1954-59
Long
Island Arena at Ballparks.com
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NASHVILLE DIXIE FLYERS
Nashville Municipal Auditorium
- Nashville, TN (Nashville Dixie Flyers - 1962-1971)
Opened: 1962
Current: Nashville
Municipal Auditorium
NEW ENGLAND BLADES
Eastern States Exposition
Coliseum - West Springfield, MA (New England Blades: 1972)
Opened for hockey: 1929
Current: Mass.
Twisters Indoor Soccer
Seating: 5600
NEW HAVEN BLADES
New Haven Arena - New Haven, CT (New Haven Blades 1954-1972)
NEW YORK ROVERS (1964-65)
Madison Square Garden - New
York (New York Rovers 1964-65)
Opened: 1925
Closed: 1968
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Crystal Rink - Norwalk, CT
(New York Rovers 1964-65)
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Three shots of Crystal Rink, Norwalk, CT, in 1966. The independent Connecticut based HomeOilers are playing. The New York Rovers played several home games at Crystal Rink in 1964-65. The referee in each shot is EHL official Neil Moran. Photos courtesy Chris Moran |
PHILADELPHIA RAMBLERS
Philadelphia
Arena - Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Ramblers 1955-1964,
New York Rovers 1964-65)
Opened: Feb 14. 1920
Destroyed by Arson: August 24, 1983.
Notable Tenants: Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)
1930-31, Philadelphia Warriors (NBA) 1946-62, Philadelphia 76ers (NBA)
1963-67
RHODE ISLAND EAGLES
Mount Saint Charles Arena (Brother
Adelard Arena) - Woonsocket, RI (Rhode Island Eagles 1972-73)
Opened: 1963
Current: Mount
Saint Charles Academy Hockey
SALEM REBELS / ROANOKE VALLEY REBELS
Salem Civic Center - Salem,
VA (Salem Rebels -1967-1971 Roanoke Valley Rebels 1971-73)
Opened: 1967
Current: Salem
Civic Center
Salem
Civic Center 2008 Division III Basketball Finals Photostream
Roanoke Civic Center - Roanoke,
VA (Roanoke Valley Rebels 1971-73 some games)
Opened: 1971
Current: Roanoke
Civic Center and VT
Hokie Hockey
ST. PETERSBURG / SUNCOAST SUNS
Bayfront Center - St. Petersburg,
FL (Suncoast Suns 1971-73)
Dedicated: May 1, 1965
First Game: Greensboro defeats Jacksonville,
November 12, 1965 (5 more Jacksonville "home" games this season.)
Capacity: 5800
Demolished: 2004
SYRACUSE BLAZERS
Syracuse Onadaga War Memorial
Arena- Syracuse, NY (Syracuse Blazers 1967-1973)
Built: 1951
Seating: 7,000
Current: On
Center Complex - War Memorial and Syracuse
Crunch (AHL)
WASHINGTON LIONS
Uline Arena - Washington, DC
(Washington Lions 1954-1957, Washington Presidents 1957-1959)
Built: 1941. Name Changed to Washington
Coliseum in 1959.
Current: A Waste Management facility.
Seating: 9000
llyaymans
Uline Photo Stream
As
decades pass, a coliseum's glory days go to waste - Washington Business
Journal
Convention Hall - Atlantic City, NJ
(Washington Lions 1954-55)
Lions played 4 games in AC - Jan 14, 29 & Feb 5 vs. Baltimore and
Jan 22 vs. Worcester.
Misc: Home of the world's largest and loudest pipe-organ.
Seating 10,500
WORCESTER WARRIORS
Worcester (Webster Square)
Arena - Worcester, MA (Worcester Warriors 1954-55)
Seating: 1014-1500
Used one of the first "Zamboni
Model A"s