Boston Garden-Arena Corporation Explained

Boston Garden-Arena Corporation
Foundation:	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 Garden from 1934 to 1973. It was formed when 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 (1934–1939^[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)
• Tom Kanaly Acting (1942–1945)
• Walter A. Brown (1945–1964)
• Edward J. Powers (1964–1973)

Chairmen

• Weston Adams (1951–1973)

Notable directors

• Earl Blaik^[12]
• Marjorie Brown^[13]
• Shelby Davis
• Frederic C. Dumaine Jr.^[14]
• Sheldon Fairbanks
• John S. Hammond^[15]
• Huntington Hardwick^[16]
• Louis K. Liggett
• John R. Macomber
• Walter E. O'Hara
• Bayard Tuckerman Jr.
• Herbert Tuckerman
• Laurence F. Whittemore^[17]

Notes and References

1. News: Hurwitz. Hy. Garden-Arena Plan Adopted. Boston Daily Globe. September 7, 1934.
2. News: Brown, Pieri Purchases Celtics Basketball Club. The Hartford Courant. August 1, 1950.
3. News: Boston Bruins Change Hands. 19 March 2012. AP. October 12, 1951.
4. News: Private Interests Buy Boston Arena. The Hartford Courant. April 18, 1953.
5. News: Broadcasting firm merges with ownership of Bruins. 19 March 2012. UPI. December 8, 1972.
6. News: H.G. Lapham Dead. The New York Times. December 17, 1939.
7. News: Raymond Lapham Heads Boston Garden-Arena. The Hartford Courant. January 9, 1940.
8. News: Garden Re-elects Brown; To Buy All Bruin Stock. 19 March 2012. AP. January 13, 1955.
9. News: Kanaly Is Named To Take Brown's Place at Garden. The Christian Science Monitor. October 27, 1942.
10. News: Ralby. Herb. Powers to Head Garden. Boston Globe. September 17, 1964.
11. News: Fitzgerald. Tom. Boston Garden's Eddie Powers dead at 66. Boston Globe. May 9, 1973.
12. News: Earl Blaik is Added to Garden Directors. The Boston Daily Globe. September 26, 1939.
13. News: New Arena or No, Bruins to Stay in Hub. Boston Globe. October 30, 1965.
14. News: Ralby. Herb. Garden Buys 60% of Bruins for $179,520. Boston Globe. October 12, 1951.
15. News: New Boston Garden Directors. The Wall Street Journal. September 10, 1934.
16. News: Harvard Football Immortal Dies: Huntington Hardwick Heart Attack Victim. Reading Eagle. 1949-06-27.
17. Laurence F. Whittemore Elected New Haven Head . Railway Age . September 4, 1978 . 125 . 10 . 39–31 . 20 March 2023.