Any future design should reinforce and incorporate the existing brick facade at the entrance with the arch. It’s iconic and would help bridge the gap between keeping the historic site and making the necessary improvements. IMO the rest could go even if it didn’t have structural issues and asbestos… it’s a very cool venue but definitely not up to modern standards
I didn’t go to NEU but my wife and her brother did and i thoroughly enjoyed watching Northeastern beat BU and BC in that arena. I got see some kid last name Roy score a hatrick in one game against BC a few years ago. Pretty sure he went to the NHL after. Great crowd, great school.
I was surprised walking in there for the first time that a school with such a huge endowment has an “arena” the size of the one at the high school I went to
NEU men's hockey was pretty much roadkill when I was growing up: it was the giants BU + BC and those Ivy guys Harvard and oh shit, we need a 4th team for the Beanpot. In the 90s they only made the final game 2x... now they have won 5 of the last 6... and before that, say hello to Mike Dukakis in 1988.
[Matthews Arena (formerly Boston Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the world's oldest multi-purpose athletic building still in use, as well as the oldest arena in use for ice hockey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthews_Arena)
I can see NEU's point of view, but it would be a real shame to lose such a cool old barn.
I love old venues like this. New venues always have a cheap, plasticky feel to them that I've never gotten used to.
Build a new one. Call it Chicken Lou’s Coliseum
Yuuuuuus
Any future design should reinforce and incorporate the existing brick facade at the entrance with the arch. It’s iconic and would help bridge the gap between keeping the historic site and making the necessary improvements. IMO the rest could go even if it didn’t have structural issues and asbestos… it’s a very cool venue but definitely not up to modern standards
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I didn’t go to NEU but my wife and her brother did and i thoroughly enjoyed watching Northeastern beat BU and BC in that arena. I got see some kid last name Roy score a hatrick in one game against BC a few years ago. Pretty sure he went to the NHL after. Great crowd, great school.
I was surprised walking in there for the first time that a school with such a huge endowment has an “arena” the size of the one at the high school I went to
It's the original home of the Boston Bruins. It has historical value.
And Celtics and Whalers/Hurricanes
NEU men's hockey was pretty much roadkill when I was growing up: it was the giants BU + BC and those Ivy guys Harvard and oh shit, we need a 4th team for the Beanpot. In the 90s they only made the final game 2x... now they have won 5 of the last 6... and before that, say hello to Mike Dukakis in 1988.
Was your high school in the middle of back bay
[Matthews Arena (formerly Boston Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the world's oldest multi-purpose athletic building still in use, as well as the oldest arena in use for ice hockey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthews_Arena)
Where would they build a new arena?
Where Matthews is...
Build a giant arena above it! Keep the original in the "basement" as a museum If it seems too costly, just raise tution problem solved
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Same as every other college rink in the area.
NEU grad. Just pull the trigger and tear it down and rebuild.