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95-746: The majority of Boston University's teams compete as members of the Patriot League , with the ice hockey teams competing in Hockey East and rowing competing in the EARC . On July 1, 2013, Boston University left the America East Conference and joined the Patriot League . Boston University is one of 4 NCAA Division I schools to not sponsor at least one of women's volleyball or baseball (The other 3 being Detroit Mercy , Drexel , and Vermont ). Boston University's ice hockey team

190-800: A bronze statue of Bruins defenseman Bobby Orr , in a flying pose celebrating "The Goal" , was unveiled outside the stadium. Located in TD Garden is The Sports Museum (also known as "The Sports Museum of New England "). The museum's exhibits focus on the history of various sports in the Boston area, including the Boston Bruins, the Boston Celtics, the New England Patriots, the Boston Red Sox and many more. Just as

285-511: A concert venue for numerous nationally touring acts in music and comedy. The naming rights deal for the arena is scheduled to continue through June 2045, with TD Bank and Delaware North extending the agreement in January 2023. As early as the late 1970s, the Bruins were looking for a new arena. The Boston Garden was approaching 50 years old at the time. The Jacobs family, who had bought

380-557: A "Chapter 15" piece of legislation that included a "Section 7" that explicitly required Delaware North to "administer, produce, promote and sponsor no less than three charitable events per year at the New Boston Garden" and pay the proceeds from such events to the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), today known as the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation . Two weeks later, after

475-664: A 25-year-old rivalry. With the arena located in the home city of the Red Sox, the name did not sit well with the executives and was rejected. An agreement was reached in which Rappaport added $ 6,300 for a total bid of $ 8,600, representing the 86 years of the Curse of the Bambino , and named the arena "New Boston Garden, Home of the Jimmy Fund Champions". Fark.com founder Drew Curtis held a contest on his website to name

570-618: A 3:49.44 mile to become the second-fastest indoor mile runner of all-time. Soccer and lacrosse are played on the artificial surface of Nickerson Field . Field hockey competes at New Balance Field. Rhett the Boston Terrier is the official costumed mascot of Boston University and the Boston University Academy . In November 1922, the Boston Terrier dog breed was chosen as the university's mascot in

665-515: A Cell in 2016 , and Clash of Champions in 2017 . In addition, rival promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held their Blood & Guts and Royal Rampage special episodes of Dynamite and Rampage respectively at the Garden in 2023 , as well as Big Business , another special episode of Dynamite , in 2024. From July 26 to 29, 2004, the TD Garden (then the FleetCenter) was the host of

760-611: A bill approving construction of the new arena was killed in the Massachusetts Senate by Senate President William M. Bulger . Legislative leaders and Delaware North attempted to reach an agreement on plans for the new arena, but in February 1993 Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs announced that he was backing out of the project as a result of the legislature's demand that his company pay $ 3.5 million in "linkage payments". Massachusetts governor Bill Weld lent strong support to

855-414: A combination of old and new sections, was then unveiled during the 1999–2000 season , before it was replaced with a new floor prior to the 2015–16 season . Since the 2007–08 season , a signature of long-time Celtics coach Red Auerbach was added to the floor, and prior to the 2022–23 season , Bill Russell 's jersey #6 was also added. The Celtics are also the only NBA team to use an oak floor, whereas

950-552: A committee to consider renaming the mascot based on complaints that Rhett Butler's character associated with the Confederate States of America and sexual assault . Patriot League The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States . Except for

1045-402: A conference tournament until the 2016–17 season) and functions as a place for student-athletes rather than a de facto minor professional circuit with players not representative of their student bodies. The book is Feinstein's chronicle of all seven of the league's men's basketball teams at the time during the 1999–2000 season. TD Garden Downeaster TD Garden (named

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1140-537: A few companies for one-day naming rights, and offered one-day rights in an employee raffle . During the name auction, only twice were names reported to have been rejected. Kerry Konrad, a New York City lawyer and Yankees fan, won naming rights for March 1 with a bid of $ 2,300. He proposed the name "Derek Jeter Center" after the New York Yankees shortstop , a stab at fellow Harvard College alumnus and Boston Red Sox fan Jerry Rappaport Jr., with whom he had

1235-493: A multi-purpose 3 tower structure on the former site of the original Boston Garden . The complex would encompass 1.87 million square feet (174,000 m ), of which 300,000 square feet (28,000 m ) will be allotted for retail space and 600,000 square feet (56,000 m ) for commercial offices. It will also include 500 residential units, a 200-room hotel ( CitizenM Boston North Station ), and an 800-space underground parking garage. Construction began in late 2015. The project

1330-424: A new series of negotiations, the two sides finally came to an agreement, and on February 26 the legislature passed a bill that allowed for construction of a new sports arena. Construction began on April 29, 1993. Though the new arena was intended to be situated slightly north of the old facility, there were only nine inches (23 cm) of space between the two buildings when construction was completed. The site for

1425-419: A number of sports, and Bucknell only granted them in basketball prior to the addition of football scholarships in 2013. In the spring of 2009, Fordham University announced that it would start offering football scholarships in the fall of 2010. This action made Fordham ineligible for the league championship in that sport, but it also prompted a league-wide discussion on football scholarships. On February 13, 2012,

1520-442: A pool and diving well for the swim teams. The 200-meter indoor track is modeled on the previous high-banked Armory track, which attracted programs looking to run fast times. The turns, banked up to 18.5 degrees help runners push through turns at normal speed and rhythm, and can produce many personal indoor bests. The Track and Tennis Center hosts the annual BU Invitational. At the 2018 BU Valentine Invitational, Edward Cheserek ran

1615-514: A result of the April 1, 2004 merger of FleetBoston Financial with Bank of America . On January 5, 2005, Delaware North announced an agreement under which the bank made a payment to be released from the remaining six years on the naming rights agreement. The agreement left Delaware North free to sell the naming rights to another sponsor. On March 3, 2005, Maine-based TD Banknorth , a U.S. subsidiary of Toronto-Dominion Bank , announced its purchase of

1710-550: A rivalry with the Albany Great Danes and the Vermont Catamounts. The program is notable for grooming big name college coaches such as Rick Pitino , Mike Jarvis , and Patrick Chambers . The Terriers also have a history of national success in men's and women's soccer , women's tennis, field hockey , and women's lacrosse . The men's and women's rowing teams compete in the EARC and EAWRC respectively,

1805-651: A similar competitive level on a regular basis for each team's three nonconference games, the league contacted two university presidents, the Reverend John E. Brooks , S.J. , of Holy Cross , and Peter Likins of Lehigh, about forming a new conference that also prohibited athletic scholarships . The result was the Colonial League , a football-only circuit that began competition in 1986. Its six charter members were Holy Cross, Lehigh, Bucknell , Colgate , Lafayette, and Davidson . Davidson dropped out after

1900-547: A student vote, winning over the alternatives of a bull (male) moose or elephant . Aside from the breed's longtime association with the city of Boston, the breed was first bred in the United States in 1869, the year of Boston University's chartering. In October 1925, the Boston University football team adopted a terrier pup named Pep to serve as its mascot, though it was referred to as "Kappa" by BU News ,

1995-592: A student vote. In 1956, Boston University acquired its next Boston Terrier mascot dog, which was initially named Fumbles before being renamed to Touchdown. In 1969, the current mascot dog, Terrier III, died without a replacement being purchased until 1980. When Boston University unveiled a costumed mascot at a home football game in November 1983, it was named Rhett, referencing Rhett Butler's affection for Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell 's Gone with

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2090-488: A tie-breaker determines the playoff participant, though the other co-champion is eligible to be selected with an at-large invitation. Colgate was the first team to receive the league's automatic berth, in 1997. The following year, Lehigh won the league's first playoff game. This was also the first year in which a Patriot League team, Colgate , received a playoff invitation without being a league co-champion. Fordham has since repeated that feat in 2013, 2015 and 2022. Because

2185-649: A year to benefit the agency that oversees Boston's recreational facilities. By mid-August 2017, the Massachusetts governor at the time of the TD Garden's original construction, Bill Weld , reminded Jeremy Jacobs about the deal he had made with the state's government in 1993 concerning the agreement. As a result, in August 2017, the TD Garden agreed to pay the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation nearly $ 2 million. In May 2010,

2280-410: Is awarded to the member institution with the highest cumulative sports point total for their Patriot League standings in sponsored men's and women's sports. Points are awarded based upon a combination of an institution's regular-season and tournament finishes in each sport. President's Cup Winners (combined men and women): In NCAA basketball, Boston , Bucknell , Navy , Lehigh , and Holy Cross are

2375-493: Is being completed in three stages. The first stage is the podium that includes shopping, entertainment, dining, new access to the MBTA North Station Green Line and Orange Line, and a new entrance to the TD Garden and North Station. It also includes an expansion to the existing North Station Garage that sits underneath North Station and the TD Garden. The second phase includes two buildings built on top of

2470-510: Is likely that the 2024 NCAA Men's East Regional will also use a traditional floor. When the 2012 NCAA Men's East Regional was held at TD Garden, a maple parquet floor was used with the same NCAA-specific design. From March 28 to April 3, 2016, TD Garden hosted the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships . In 2021, TD Garden hosted the 2021 Laver Cup in September. The Laver Cup is a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and

2565-681: Is now a full member of the Division III Centennial Conference . ) In 1997, Towson joined as an associate member in football. (Towson left after the 2003 fall season to join the Atlantic 10 Conference , whose football conference would be absorbed by the Colonial Athletic Association in 2007.) In 1999, Hobart joined as an associate member in men's lacrosse and Villanova joined as an associate member in women's lacrosse. (Hobart left after

2660-588: Is often with members of the Ivy League , which follow similar philosophies regarding academics and athletics. Patriot League members have some of the oldest collegiate athletic programs in the country. In particular, " The Rivalry " between Lehigh University and Lafayette College is both the nation's most-played and longest-uninterrupted college football series. The winner of the Patriot League basketball tournament receives an automatic invitation to

2755-679: Is one of two NBA arenas (along with Kia Center , home of the Orlando Magic ) with parquet floors. The Celtics are best known for the tradition of the parquet floor from their Boston Garden years, originally built after World War II because of cost and the scarcity of lumber in that time. The original floor, first used in Boston Arena and later the Boston Garden, was brought over to the then-FleetCenter and remained there for four seasons. A newly refurbished parquet floor, featuring

2850-768: Is the home arena for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It is owned by food service and hospitality conglomerate Delaware North , whose CEO, Jeremy Jacobs , also owns the Bruins. It is the site of the annual Beanpot college hockey tournament, and hosts the annual Hockey East Championships. The arena has also hosted many major national sporting events including various rounds of

2945-527: Is the most successful sports program at the school, with five national championships (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009) and 21 appearances in the Frozen Four. The Terriers have also been the national runners-up five times, and have won five ECAC tournament championships and seven Hockey East tournament championships. Many of Boston University's hockey players have gone on to successful careers in the NHL. Since 1984

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3040-403: Is the public address announcer for Bruins games. Jim Martin is the former PA announcer for the Bruins as he formerly served for them between 1992 and 2020. Ron Poster is the arena organist. As the former Boston Garden had from 1954 through 1995 - and the still-standing Matthews Arena had for its start in 1952 - the TD Garden is the home of the annual Beanpot college hockey tournament between

3135-534: Is utilized only as an entryway for the arena.) Work finished on the expanded North Station concourse in early 2007. A new, larger, railway concourse gives railway passengers a waiting area which does not interfere with patrons entering or leaving the Garden. Connections to the Orange Line and Green Line are near the eastern entrance to the Garden. On January 6, 2019, the North Station pedestrian tunnel

3230-516: The 2004 Democratic National Convention , in which Massachusetts Senator John Kerry was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the 2004 presidential election . The convention was also famous for then Senator and future President Barack Obama 's keynote speech which began the speculation of his running for president in the 2008 presidential election . In May 2013, Delaware North Companies and Boston Properties proposed plans to construct

3325-474: The 2021–22 NHL season , TD Garden underwent more renovations, adding a new center scoreboard/video screen, along with a new audio system. The new "Hub Vision" system is above 4K UHD resolution, and the main replay screen sizes are almost double of the old ones, at 18 feet by 32.5 feet wide. The unit also features auxiliary screens beneath to allow court/rinkside viewers to look at the board, which measure at 6.5 feet tall by 23 feet wide to cater to those sitting in

3420-541: The American Athletic Conference (The American). Four other private institutions are Patriot League members only for specific sports, and are referred to as associate members. Fordham University and Georgetown University are associate members in football, while MIT is an associate member in women's rowing and the University of Richmond is an associate member in women's golf. Starting in

3515-469: The Boston Garden was, the TD Garden is built on top of Boston's North Station , a major transportation hub. The Commuter Rail waiting area becomes crowded during events due to this design: the fans shared a relatively small area with commuters and several fast food concessions. (There is a concourse on the second floor which is about the same size as the former main ground floor concourse, but this

3610-624: The Boston University Terriers , Boston College Eagles , Harvard University Crimson and Northeastern University Huskies . The facility has hosted the 2001 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the 1996 and 2000 US Gymnastics Trials, and the 1998 , 2004 , 2015 and 2022 NCAA Men's Frozen Four . High school championships and tournaments for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association are annually hosted at

3705-636: The FleetCenter from opening until 2005 and TD Banknorth Garden until 2009) is a multi-purpose arena in Boston , Massachusetts , United States. It is located directly above the MBTA 's North Station , and replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. It is the most visited sports and entertainment arena in New England , as nearly 3.5 million people visit the arena each year. TD Garden

3800-705: The Ivy League , it is the most selective group of higher education institutions in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and has a very high student-athlete graduation rate for both the NCAA graduation success rate and the federal graduation rate. The Patriot League has 10 core members: American University , the United States Military Academy (Army), Boston University , Bucknell University , Colgate University , College of

3895-499: The NCAA Division I basketball tournament every March. In recent years, Bucknell (twice) and Lehigh have both won NCAA tournament games. The Patriot League champions in a number of other sports also receive an automatic invitation to their respective NCAA tournaments. The origins of the Patriot League began after the eight Ivy League schools expanded their football schedules to ten games starting in 1980. Needing opponents with

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3990-409: The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament , NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament , the 2014 United States Figure Skating Championships and the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships . In addition, TD Garden has hosted the 2021 Laver Cup , an international men's tennis tournament. Besides sporting events, the TD Garden has also served as

4085-824: The Spectrum (this was done before the NBA mandate was installed in 2011). In addition, a vintage siren , just as the original Boston Garden had used, was added to replace the end-of-period horn for hockey only, a feature of the Montreal Canadiens , the Bruins' arch-rivals , at the Montreal Forum (now the Pepsi Forum shopping centre) and the Centre Bell . In 2009, an LED energy efficient lighting system

4180-521: The University of Richmond , who was already an associate member of the league for women's golf, announced that they would also move their football program to the Patriot League for the 2025 season, becoming the Patriot League's first new football-playing member in over 20 years. While Patriot League colleges have always offered need-based financial aid, league members have only been allowed to give athletic scholarships in recent years. Basketball scholarships were first allowed beginning with freshmen entering

4275-594: The 1952–53 season. The televised tourney is a local institution, played in front of annual sellouts at the TD Garden, and is a fierce battle for bragging rights. As of 2010, the Terriers have won 29 of 58 Beanpots and 12 of the last 16. For most other sports, Boston University competes in the Patriot League . The men's basketball team earned post-season berths in the NCAA tournament or NIT four straight seasons between 2002 and 2005 and also in 2011. They are known to have

4370-405: The 1988 season for reasons related to geography, lack of competitiveness, and a reluctance to relinquish its basketball scholarships in case the conference expanded into other sports. In 1990, the league changed its name to the Patriot League at the suggestion of Carl F. Ullrich , who would go on to become the conference's first full-time administrator. At the start of the 1990–91 academic year,

4465-428: The 1995 National Championship and three National runner-up trophies. Boston University missed the Frozen Four for 11 consecutive seasons beginning in 1998 but returned to glory by winning the national championship in 2009. Boston University has dominated the annual Beanpot tournament, which has been contested by the four Boston metro area-based collegiate teams – the others being BC, Northeastern and Harvard – since

4560-556: The 2004 season, no conference tournament was held to determine a single winner. Future members in gray. The Patriot League was profiled in the John Feinstein book The Last Amateurs (2000). The title is derived from the belief that the Patriot League was the last Division I basketball league that plays a conference tournament (the Ivy League, which operates under the same model, albeit with no scholarships, did not hold

4655-552: The 2004 spring season, to join the ECAC Lacrosse League , while Villanova left after the 2006 spring season.) In 2001, American University joined as the eighth full member and Georgetown University joined as an associate member in football. Two schools announced in summer 2012 that they would join the league for the 2013–14 academic year, with Boston University making its announcement on June 15, and Loyola University Maryland doing so on August 29. In May 2024,

4750-402: The 2025 season, Richmond will also be an associate member in football. Patriot League members are schools with very strong academic reputations that adhere strongly to the ideal of the "scholar-athlete", with the emphasis on "scholar". An academic index ensures that athletes are truly representative of and integrated with the rest of the student body. Out-of-league play for Patriot League schools

4845-433: The Bruins changed their previous Stanley Cup banners to reflect the changes in the team's main jersey logo through time during their past five Cup wins, as the logo adorns the 2011 Cup win's banner. Just before the 2018–19 series of pre-season NHL games began for the Bruins at TD Garden, the arena's interior overhead lighting was switched to a new LED system which also includes color elements at appropriate times. Before

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4940-479: The Bruins in 1975, was looking to build a 17,000-seat arena in suburban Boston after negotiations fell through with the city of Boston. The team nearly moved to Salem, New Hampshire around where the Mall at Rockingham Park is today. That fell through and the Bruins continued to play at Boston Garden. The Celtics, also looking for a new arena, considered moving to Revere . In 1985, Boston Garden owner Delaware North

5035-491: The Celtics and Bruins were initially much less successful in their new home as both teams missed the playoffs numerous times and failed to make their league's finals until 2008. Since then, the Celtics made four NBA Finals appearances and won two championships, while the Bruins made three Stanley Cup Finals appearances and won one championship. Eddie Palladino is the public address announcer for Celtics games, while Steve Forni

5130-529: The Colonial Athletic Association—led by future Hall of Famer David Robinson won three tournament games while advancing to the regional finals in 1986 , while BU won two games in the 1959 tournament before falling in the regional finals. Holy Cross was among the best teams in the country in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and won the 1947 national championship with a team that included future Hall of Famer Bob Cousy . Its combined record in

5225-520: The Garden, which frequently hosts its Raw and SmackDown shows. In addition, the arena has hosted several pay-per-views including WrestleMania XIV , Royal Rumble in 2003 and 2011 , SummerSlam in 2006 , Survivor Series in 2008 , 2013 and 2022's Survivor Series: WarGames (Which introduced the WarGames match to WWE's main roster), Money in the Bank in 2014 , TLC in 2015 , Hell in

5320-603: The Georgetown Hoyas opted out of the 2020-21 NCAA Division I FCS football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Patriot League split into a north and south division for the first time. This led to the first ever Patriot League Football Championship Game As of 2023 , the Army Black Knights men's lacrosse team has thirteen conference championships, the most of any school in the conference. Prior to

5415-557: The Holy Cross , Lafayette College , Lehigh University , Loyola University Maryland , and the United States Naval Academy (Navy). All 10 core members participate in the NCAA Division I for all Patriot League sports that they offer. Since not all schools sponsor every available NCAA sport, most schools are affiliated with other collegiate conferences for sports such as ice hockey and wrestling. Only half of

5510-510: The NCAA FCS maximum. However, Georgetown does not offer scholarships. Until 1997, Patriot League teams did not participate in the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. This practice was in step with the Ivy League 's policy of not participating in the playoffs, since the Patriot League was founded with the Ivy League's athletics philosophy. Since 1997, the league champion receives an automatic playoff berth. If there are co-champions,

5605-478: The NCAA tournament is 8–12. After a 63-year drought, Holy Cross defeated Southern University in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Bryan Cohen of Bucknell was named Patriot League Defensive Player of Year in 2010, 2011, and 2012; he was the only player in league history to win the award three times. The Patriot League prohibited athletic scholarships for football from its founding (as the Colonial League) until

5700-494: The North Station edifice. In early 2005, while still searching for a long-term corporate sponsor, the FleetCenter conducted auctions on eBay to sell one-day naming rights. From February 10 to March 13, the FleetCenter sold the naming rights 30 different times. The net proceeds of $ 150,633.22 generated during the auction were donated to charities in the greater Boston area. The FleetCenter also made private arrangements with

5795-425: The Patriot League announced its members could begin offering football scholarships starting with the 2013–14 academic year. Since then, each school has been allowed no more than the equivalent of 15 scholarships to incoming football players. Presidents from six of the seven football schools indicated they would award scholarships in the fall of 2012. Georgetown University did not commit to offering scholarships. Since

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5890-676: The Second and nicknamed as Artoo. Rhett's nemesis is Baldwin, the Boston College eagle. Rhett has participated in several ESPN " This is SportsCenter " commercials and competed three times in the Universal Cheerleading Association's mascot nationals, placing as high as fourth in 2002. He was also named an All-American in 1996 and "Boston's Top Mascot" in 1998. During the 2020 George Floyd protests , Boston University President Robert A. Brown appointed

5985-421: The TD Garden production crew for being one of those arenas that "constantly" use false sound effects and artificial crowd noise to intensify the crowd reactions on nationally televised games (which is very similar to " sweetening " on television); however, the official Twitter account of the Boston Celtics stated that the Celtics have never partaken in the practice. Following their 2011 Stanley Cup Finals win,

6080-446: The TD Garden. Events include ice hockey and basketball championships. The Super 8 is one of the popular events that fans and students attend. The TD Garden, along with the Bell Centre in Montreal , will be a host venue for the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off , an international ice hockey tournament featuring national teams representing the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland, which will be held from February 12 to 20, 2025. TD Garden

6175-401: The Terriers have played in the Hockey East conference, along with crosstown arch-rivals Boston College (BC). The series with Boston College is known as the Green Line Rivalry or the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue. Under long-time coach and former player, Jack Parker , Boston University excelled in the 1990s, winning six Hockey East regular season titles, four Hockey East tournament titles,

6270-402: The Wind since Boston University's primary color is scarlet . The mascot costume has been changed in 1996, 2004, and 2008. In 2008, alumnus Calvin Iwanicki named his Boston Terrier pet dog Rhett, often showcasing him across campus buildings as the university's unofficial mascot. After Rhett's death in March 2020, Iwanicki purchased another Boston Terrier pup in August 2020, which he named Rhett

6365-422: The arena after he bought single-day rights. A user vote resulted in the name of "Fark.com UFIA Center", but the name was rejected because of its inappropriate meaning. The name eventually selected by Curtis and company was "Boston Garden". In April 2008, TD Banknorth became TD Bank , after a merger with Commerce Bancorp , a New Jersey–based bank. Owner Delaware North Companies announced on April 15, 2009, that

6460-430: The arena hosted the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions. In August 2010, the TD Garden hosted UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 , which was the first time that the UFC held an event in Boston. UFC president Dana White confirmed that the UFC would return to The Garden on August 17, 2013. The TD Garden hosted UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen , the launch of the new Fox Sports 1 cable channel, on August 17, 2013. This

6555-416: The arena was originally slated to open as the Shawmut Center. However, just as the arena was being completed, Shawmut merged with Fleet Financial Group, forcing every seat in the arena, which had all been stamped with the Shawmut logo, to be replaced. The interior color scheme also had to be adjusted from Shawmut's darker blue to Fleet's marginally lighter blue. The name of the arena was expected to change as

6650-409: The building would be renamed TD Garden in July 2009. Delaware North and TD Bank announced the extension of the naming rights deal on January 12, 2023, with the rights now extending until June 30, 2045, which would keep the arena's name stable for forty years. The same agreement also saw TD Bank extend their helmet advertising rights for the Bruins acquired at the start of the 2020–21 NHL season, until

6745-446: The concert footage from the documentary film Celine: Through the Eyes of the World were filmed at TD Garden during Canadian singer Celine Dion ’s 2008 shows of her Taking Chances World Tour . Comedians such as Bill Burr , Denis Leary , Chris Rock and Louis C.K. , among many others, have all performed at the TD Garden during their nationwide tours. Dane Cook did two sellout shows. WWE professional wrestling events are held in

6840-419: The conference's core members compete in the Patriot League for football , as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS): Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, and Lehigh. Of the five other conference members, American, Boston University, and Loyola Maryland do not sponsor football, while Army and Navy play in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as football-only members of

6935-521: The end of the 2044–45 NHL season. Before the 2006–07 season, the TD Garden underwent a major overhaul, installing a new HD entertainment board, with video panels replacing the sideboard scrolling panels when the arena hosted the 2006 Women's Final Four , and see-through shot clocks on the basket stancions, joining the FedExForum , Wells Fargo Center , State Farm Arena , Talking Stick Resort Arena , United Center , Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse , and

7030-458: The first few rows. Above the main boards, are 2 new ring displays. Each ring is 3.5 feet tall, and has a circumference of 179 feet. Hub Vision only has 2 rings above the main screens, unlike the old jumbotron with 2 at the top, and one at the bottom. TD Garden partnered with Clair Global Integration to add Cohesion Series CO10 loudspeakers to help improve the sound system. This renovation was an extension of TD Garden's Legendary Transformation, which

7125-491: The leader of an NCAA Division I conference. In 1995, Fordham resigned its full membership (leaving the league with seven full members) but continued as an associate member in football. In 1996, Fairfield and Ursinus joined as associate members in field hockey . (Fairfield left after the 2003 fall season and is now an associate member of the Northeast Conference . Ursinus left after the 2001 fall season and

7220-428: The league became an all-sport conference, with 22 sports (11 for men and 11 for women), and now had seven full members, including Fordham and the United States Military Academy (Army) as new members. In 1991, the league gained an eighth full member, the United States Naval Academy (Navy) . In 1993, the league hired Constance (Connie) H. Hurlbut as executive director. She was the first woman and youngest person to be

7315-463: The league in the fall of 1998. In 2001, when the league admitted American, which gave scholarships in all its sports (AU does not play football), the league began allowing all schools to do so in sports other than football. Lafayette, the last holdout with no athletic scholarships, began granting full rides in basketball and other sports with freshmen entering the school in the fall of 2006. Most Patriot League schools do not give athletic scholarships in

7410-408: The league presidents voted to approve football scholarships starting with the 2013 recruiting class. Since then, each school has been allowed no more than the equivalent of 15 scholarships to incoming football players in any given season. With the transition to scholarship football having been completed in 2016, each school is now allowed a maximum of 60 scholarship equivalents per season, three short of

7505-493: The naming rights for $ 6 million per year. The first major event to be held after the announcement was the 2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament . On July 1, 2005, the facility was officially renamed the TD Banknorth Garden. Bill Ryan, the chairman and CEO of TD Banknorth and a passionate booster of Boston sports, had specifically pursued the naming rights for TD Banknorth to restore the "Garden" monicker to

7600-526: The new arena occupied 3.2 acres (13,000 m ) and eventually cost $ 160 million. Construction was completed in 27 months, including seven weeks of delay caused by heavy snowfall. On the evening of September 29, 1995, a farewell event was held in the old Boston Garden hosted by WBZ-TV news personality Liz Walker and CBS national news anchor Dan Rather . Attendees included Bruins legends such as Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito as well as Celtics greats Larry Bird and Red Auerbach . The ceremony concluded with

7695-595: The new arena on October 7, a 4–4 tie with the New York Islanders . The Boston Celtics lost their first game at the FleetCenter by a score of 101–100 to the Milwaukee Bucks on November 3. TD Garden is named after its sponsor, TD Bank , a subsidiary of the Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank . During the construction phase, the naming rights to the "New Garden" were sold to Boston-based Shawmut Bank, and

7790-704: The oldest and most competitive conference in collegiate rowing . The women's tennis team has won the most conference titles of any varsity sport at Boston University, holding 28 conference titles across the America East and Patriot League Conferences. In 1991 and 1992 the women's rowing team won back-to-back national championships. From 1884 to 1997, the Terriers also had an American football team . Men's conference championships Women's conference championships In 2005, Boston University opened Agganis Arena for hockey and basketball, named after alumnus and Boston Red Sox first baseman Harry Agganis . The facility

7885-454: The only teams in the conference ever to have recorded NCAA Tournament victories. Bucknell won tournament games in 2005 over Kansas and in 2006 over Arkansas . Lehigh won over Duke in the first round in the 2012 tournament. The Bison, Mountain Hawks, and Crusaders are the only teams to win in the NCAA tournament while actually representing the Patriot League. A Navy team—then representing

7980-502: The other 29 teams use maple floors. In 2023, the Celtics used an alternate court design specific for the NBA in-season tournament , which is a traditional maple floor painted mostly dark green except for the middle strip which is painted light brown. The free-throw lanes and center circle incorporated the NBA Cup trophy for the tournament. For the 2024 NBA Cup , the court used was based on

8075-585: The release of thousands of balloons into the rafters to the music of the Boston Pops . The Boston Globe stated that "all New England has lost a friend." The following night, opening ceremonies were held at the FleetCenter, including performances by the Boston Pops, Walt Disney's World on Ice , Olympic figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Paul Wylie , and musical acts James Taylor , Patti LaBelle and US3 . The Boston Bruins played their first game in

8170-768: The rest of the world. It was held from 24 until 26 September with Team Europe winning the tournament for the fourth consecutive year. In June 2024, the Celtics won their NBA-record 18th championship at TD Garden, beating the Dallas Mavericks and celebrating on the home floor. TD Garden hosted its first WNBA game on August 20, 2024, when the Connecticut Sun played the Los Angeles Sparks . Ricky Hatton began his "American dream" here on May 13, 2006, stepping up to welterweight to fight WBA world champion Luis Collazo . On November 13, 2016,

8265-401: The team's "Statement" alternate uniform, this time incorporating a green gradient painted surface inspired by the iconic parquet floor. A traditional floor was used in the 2006 NCAA Women's Final Four , the 2009 NCAA Men's East Regional and the 2018 NCAA Men's East Regional (NCAA rules require a special NCAA-specification floor be used for all tournament games). While not yet confirmed, it

8360-804: The transition to scholarship football was completed for the 2016–17 academic year, each football member has been allowed up to 60 scholarship equivalents per season, a total only slightly lower than the NCAA limit of 63 scholarship equivalents for FCS programs. There are ten "full" member schools: There are three associate-member schools: Full members  Full members (non-football)  Assoc. members (football only)  Associate member(some sports)  Other Conference  Other Conference  The Patriot League sponsors championship competition in 12 men's and 13 women's NCAA-sanctioned sports. Georgetown and Fordham are Associate members for football, and Georgetown and MIT are Associate members for rowing. The Patriot League Presidents' Cup

8455-525: The university's newspaper, in an October 1927 issue. In 1933, Boston University students purchased another terrier named Danny to become the new mascot. Following Danny's death from drowning in the Charles River , another terrier named Danny II was purchased in November 1935. After Danny II ran away, a terrier pup was donated to Boston University Dean Atlee L. Percy in October 1949 and named Gulliver in

8550-503: The west side of the podium. One building will be apartments, the other a hotel. The third phase is an office building that will sit on top of the east side of the podium. In the spring of 2017, a group of local teenagers from the Hyde Square Task Force group investigated the terms of TD Garden's original development agreement, and concluded that its owners had never satisfied a legal requirement to host three fundraisers

8645-558: Was a $ 100 million investment from the Jeremy Jacobs family. Among the non-sporting events hosted by the Garden are concerts, shows, graduations, seminars, Disney on Ice , the circus, and commencement exercises for Northeastern University . The arena is primarily the home venue for the NBA 's Boston Celtics and the NHL 's Boston Bruins . It has hosted the following events: While dominant in their previous arena, Boston Garden,

8740-412: Was added to the exterior of the building. The Boston Globe announced a $ 70 million project upgrade to TD Garden's concourses and Legends Club restaurant, along with technology upgrades and the relocation of a retail shop. Construction occurred in two phases, summer 2014 and then summer 2015. On January 25, 2013, during a Celtics vs. Knicks game at the Garden, television announcer Marv Albert accused

8835-505: Was awarded the rights to construct a new arena by the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Mayor Raymond Flynn . However, poor economic conditions delayed the project. On May 8, 1992, Delaware North announced that it had secured funding for a new arena in the form of $ 120 million worth of loans evenly split between Bank of Boston , Fleet Bank of Massachusetts and Shawmut National Corporation . That December,

8930-552: Was designed as a hockey arena : a departure from Boston University's Walter Brown Arena which had the smallest playing ice in Division I. Depending on its configuration, Agganis Arena can seat up to 8,000 people, so it is sometimes utilized for events that would be too small for the 18,624-seat TD Garden . Other facilities include the indoor Track and Tennis Center and the Fitness and Recreation Center ("FitRec"), which includes

9025-635: Was the second UFC event to take place at the TD Garden. The UFC returned on January 18, 2015, for UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver , and again on January 17, 2016, for UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz . On January 20, 2018, the TD Garden hosted UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou . On October 18, 2019, the arena hosted UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman . On August 19, 2023, the TD Garden hosted UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley . The TD Garden has been seen/mentioned in movies such as The Town (2010), Knight and Day (2010), Zookeeper (2011), What's Your Number? (2011) and Ted (2012). Parts of

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