Boston Garden-Arena Corporation
| Founded | 1934 |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 1973 |
| Fate | Merged with Storer Broadcasting |
Key people | Walter A. Brown, President and General Manager Weston Adams, Chairman Weston Adams Jr., President |
The Boston Garden-Arena Corporation was an American corporation that oversaw the operations of the
Boston Arena Corporation gained control of the Boston Garden from the Madison Square Garden Corporation in 1934.[1] From 1946 to 1950 it owned the Boston Celtics.[2] In 1951 it purchased controlling interest in the Boston Bruins from Weston Adams.[3] In 1953 it sold the Boston Arena to Samuel M. Pinsly for $398,000.[4] In 1973, the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation merged with Storer Broadcasting.[5]
Members
Presidents
- Henry G. Lapham (1934[1]–1939[6] )
- Raymond Lapham (1940[7]–1941)
- Walter A. Brown (1941[8]–1942)
- Tom Kanaly (1942–1945)[9]
- Walter A. Brown (1945–1964)
- Edward J. Powers (1964[10] –1973[11])
- Weston Adams Jr. (1973)
General Managers
- George V. Brown (1934–1937)
- Walter A. Brown (1937–1942)[8]
- Tom Kanaly Acting (1942–1945)[9]
- Walter A. Brown (1945–1964)
- Edward J. Powers (1964[10]–1973[11] )
Chairmen
- Weston Adams (1951–1973)
Notable directors
- Earl Blaik[12]
- Marjorie Brown[13]
- Shelby Davis[13]
- Frederic C. Dumaine Jr.[14]
- Sheldon Fairbanks
- John S. Hammond[15]
- Huntington Hardwick[16]
- Louis K. Liggett[15]
- John R. Macomber[15]
- Walter E. O'Hara[15]
- Bayard Tuckerman Jr.[15]
- Herbert Tuckerman[13]
- Laurence F. Whittemore[17]
References
- ^ a b Hurwitz, Hy (September 7, 1934). "Garden-Arena Plan Adopted". Boston Daily Globe.
- ^ "Brown, Pieri Purchases Celtics Basketball Club". The Hartford Courant. August 1, 1950.
- ^ "Boston Bruins Change Hands". AP. October 12, 1951. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ "Private Interests Buy Boston Arena". The Hartford Courant. April 18, 1953.
- ^ "Broadcasting firm merges with ownership of Bruins". UPI. December 8, 1972. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ "H.G. Lapham Dead". The New York Times. December 17, 1939.
- ^ "Raymond Lapham Heads Boston Garden-Arena". The Hartford Courant. January 9, 1940.
- ^ a b "Garden Re-elects Brown; To Buy All Bruin Stock". AP. January 13, 1955. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Kanaly Is Named To Take Brown's Place at Garden". The Christian Science Monitor. October 27, 1942.
- ^ a b Ralby, Herb (September 17, 1964). "Powers to Head Garden". Boston Globe.
- ^ a b Fitzgerald, Tom (May 9, 1973). "Boston Garden's Eddie Powers dead at 66". Boston Globe.
- ^ "Earl Blaik is Added to Garden Directors". The Boston Daily Globe. September 26, 1939.
- ^ a b c "New Arena or No, Bruins to Stay in Hub". Boston Globe. October 30, 1965.
- ^ Ralby, Herb (October 12, 1951). "Garden Buys 60% of Bruins for $179,520". Boston Globe.
- ^ a b c d e "New Boston Garden Directors". The Wall Street Journal. September 10, 1934.
- ^ "Harvard Football Immortal Dies: Huntington Hardwick Heart Attack Victim". Reading Eagle. 1949-06-27.
- ^ "Laurence F. Whittemore Elected New Haven Head". Railway Age. 125 (10): 39–31. September 4, 1978. Retrieved 20 March 2023.