The Forum vs Boston Garden, which Arena was more popular?

JordansBulls · Post #1 » by **JordansBulls** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:44 pm

The Forum = Where the Lakers used to play in the Magic/Kareem era and before.

Boston Garden = Where the Celtics used to play in the Bird era and before.

The Forum vs Boston Garden, which Arena was more popular?

Post #2 » by **MagicMadness** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:51 pm

I feel like the Garden was more recognizable and memorable.

Hell, the basic idea behind the look of the Orlando Magic's home court was originally based off of the Garden.

Milan24 · Post #3 » by **Milan24** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:52 pm

The Boston Gardens was more recognized by word and sight.

BirdIsDaKing · Post #4 » by **BirdIsDaKing** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:58 pm

i always thought the forum was such a shithole for some reason, just the way it looked inside just seemed too dark and the loudness factor was just not there.

Post #5 » by **MagicMadness** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:01 pm

One of my all-time favorite basketball cards as a kid was a Shaq Topps Insert of him throwing it down at the Garden with the view being right above the hoop and all you see is that light green paint color all around him and a couple Celtics players surrounding him looking up in awe.

pwnage

Garden > Forum

at87on · Post #6 » by **at87on** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:19 pm

Are we talking about The Montreal Forum? Nobody thinks if The Great Western Forum as a historical sports arena as they do Boston Garden, MSG, Maple Leafs Gardens, Montreal Forum. We're talking about sports fans, not localized basketball fans who are youngsters (like majority of this forums and all other forums happen to be.)

JellosJigglin · Post #7 » by **JellosJigglin** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:30 pm

The Forum. It is where cheerleaders in the NBA were invented. Can't top Showtime :thumbsup:

greenbeans · Post #8 » by **greenbeans** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:23 am

its tha gahhden by fahhhhh guy

Post #9 » by **dockingsched** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:46 am

qwixDOTca wrote:Are we talking about The Montreal Forum? Nobody thinks if The Great Western Forum as a historical sports arena as they do Boston Garden, MSG, Maple Leafs Gardens, Montreal Forum. We're talking about sports fans, not localized basketball fans who are youngsters (like majority of this forums and all other forums happen to be.)

of course they do.

Huskies1947 · Post #10 » by **Huskies1947** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:49 am

Chicago Stadium > Great Western Forum...

BirdIsDaKing · Post #11 » by **BirdIsDaKing** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:53 am

dcash4 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

of course they do.

like who man???? like whoooooooooooooooooo????

Post #12 » by **dockingsched** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:58 am

jordansbulls, dcash4, birdisdaking

tahts 3 right there.

Post #13 » by **bleu** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:58 am

Its definantly the Garden

sixers_610 · Post #14 » by **sixers_610** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:29 am

the garden.. no question.. big panasonic sign

BirdIsDaKing · Post #15 » by **BirdIsDaKing** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:26 am

dcash4 wrote:jordansbulls, dcash4, birdisdaking

tahts 3 right there.

they did not say that, ask them again.

Post #16 » by **dockingsched** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:35 am

BirdIsDaKing wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

they did not say that, ask them again.

read the quotes your self.

jordansbulls wrote:Which one of these historic sports arenas....."

dcash4 wrote:great western forum is def. a historic sports arena

BirdIsDaKing wrote:^^^^++++1

BirdIsDaKing · Post #17 » by **BirdIsDaKing** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:39 am

hmm....you got some valid examples going on there....

TheSheriff · Post #18 » by **TheSheriff** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:31 am

people still talk about the garden.

It has so many myths that surround it: "the dead spots" where balls would bounce in a unpredictable direction (or not not bounce at all). Or about how Auerbach would shutoff the hot water in the visiting locker room.

It was the Yankee stadium of Basketball. the Garden: where Winning Happens.

Texas Longhorns · Post #19 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:39 am

The Garden, it was in more old movies too.

Nate505 · Post #20 » by **Nate505** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:17 am

JordansBulls wrote:The Forum = Where the Lakers used to play in the Magic/Kareem era and before.

Boston Garden = Where the Celtics used to play in the Bird era and before.

The Forum vs Boston Garden, which Arena was more popular?

The Garden is definitely more memorable to me, just for the floor alone.

Frankly the Forum wasn't anyting special as an arena. Except for the teams that played there, of course...