Market Square Arena ~ Implosion Part 4 (HQ)
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Market Square Arena was an indoor arena located in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. The arena, completed in 1974 at a cost of $23 million, seated 16,530 for basketball and 15,993 for ice hockey.
The first event held at the arena was a Glen Campbell concert on September 15, 1974. Indianapolis also hosted the 1987 Pan American Games.
Market Square Arena was best known as the home of the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association from 1974--1999. The first Pacers basketball game ever held in the arena was a preseason game against the Milwaukee Bucks; attendance was 16,929. The first regular-season ABA game in the arena was held on October 18, 1974 against the San Antonio Spurs; the Pacers lost in double overtime, 129-121 in front of 7,473 fans. The first Pacers victory in Market Square Arena came on October 23 with a 122-107 win over the Spirits of St. Louis. The 1974-1975 season ended for the Pacers with the ABA Finals played in Market Square Arena and Freedom Hall against their archrivals, the Kentucky Colonels. The Colonels defeated the Pacers in that championship series, winning the ABA title in five games (4 wins to 1). The 1975-1976 Pacers won their final home ABA game in Market Square Arena with a 109-95 victory against the Colonels. (Kentucky won the next game by one point to win the series and advance, ending the Pacers' ABA tenure.) The Pacers continued to play in Market Square Arena after they joined the NBA. The final Pacers game to be played in Market Square Arena was a pre-season exhibition game against the Utah Jazz on October 23, 1999. The gold-medal match of the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis.Brazil v.s U.S.A. ,The US team of college players at those games featured two All-Americans in David Robinson (an almost certain Hall of Famer) and Danny Manning, two Final Four MVPs in Pervis Ellison and Keith Smart, and several other future NBA players. Brazil faced a 68-54 halftime deficit. Oscar almost single-handedly led Brazil to a stunning comeback, finishing with 46 points, Brazil won the game 120-115.
Market Square Arena was also the home of the Indianapolis Racers of the WHA from 1974-1979.
The arena was also the site of the final concert held by Elvis Presley on June 26, 1977, the 1980 NCAA men's basketball Final Four, and the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now Horizon League) men's basketball conference tournament from 1986--1988 and again in 1993. In addition, it hosted the famous rematch between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant in an episode of WWF The Main Event on February 5, 1988. The live NBC broadcast drew 33 million viewers. It also held the eleventh World Wrestling Federation In Your House pay-per-view in 1996.
The Pacers moved to the new Conseco Fieldhouse for the 1999-2000 NBA season, and Market Square Arena was demolished on July 8, 2001 in a multi million-dollar implosion. The site of the former arena is a parking lot as of May, 2008. The parking lot holds a memorial, designed and built by Alan Clough to Elvis.
Author: StuffOtherThanMusic
Tags: ABA, American, Arena, Association, Basketball, Elvis, hockey, Ice, Implosion, Indianapolis, Market, National, NBA, Racers, Square, WHA
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