List of American Basketball Association arenas explained

The following list includes all current and former arenas used by current and defunct teams who once played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 to 1976.

ABA/NBA teams

Team^[1]	Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	City	Ref.
Brooklyn Nets New Jersey Nets New York Nets New Jersey Americans	Barclays Center	2012–present	18,103	2012	Brooklyn, New York	^[2]
Prudential Center	2010–2012	18,711	2007	Newark, New Jersey	^[3]
Izod Center Continental Airlines Arena (1996–2007) Brendan Byrne Arena (1981–1996)	1981–2010	20,049	1981	East Rutherford, New Jersey	^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Rutgers Athletic Center Louis Brown Athletic Center (1986–present)	1977–1981	8,500	1977	Piscataway, New Jersey	^[8] ^[9]
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	1972–1977	14,890	1972	Uniondale, New York	^[10]
Island Garden	1969–1972	5,200	1956	West Hempstead, New York	^[11]
Long Island Arena Commack Arena	1968–1969	6,000	1957	Commack, New York	^[12]
Teaneck Armory	1967–1968	5,500	1936	Teaneck, New Jersey	^[13]
Indiana Pacers	Gainbridge Fieldhouse Bankers Life Fieldhouse (2011-2021) Conseco Fieldhouse (1999–2011)	1999–present	18,165 (formerly 18,345)	1999	Indianapolis, Indiana
Market Square Arena	1974–1999	16,530	1974
Indiana Farmers Coliseum Fairgrounds Coliseum (Apr–Dec 2014) Pepsi Coliseum (1991–2012) Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum (1939–1991)	1967–1974	10,000	1939
San Antonio Spurs Texas Chaparrals Dallas Chaparrals	AT&T Center SBC Center (2002–2005)	2002–present	18,581	2002	San Antonio, Texas
Alamodome	1993–2002	20,557	1993
HemisFair Arena	1973–1993	16,057	1968
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum City Bank Coliseum (2007–present)	1970–1971 (Partial schedule)	11,200	1956	Lubbock, Texas
Tarrant County Convention Center	1970–1971 (Partial schedule)	16,057		Fort Worth, Texas
Moody Coliseum	1967–1973	8,998	1956	University Park, Texas
Dallas Memorial Auditorium Dallas Convention Center	1967–1973	9,815	1957	Dallas, Texas
Denver Nuggets Denver Rockets	Ball Arena Pepsi Center (1999–2020)	1999–present	19,155	1999	Denver, Colorado	^[14]
McNichols Sports Arena	1975–1999	17,171	1975
Denver Arena Auditorium	1967–1975	6,841	1908
Denver Coliseum	1967–1970 (partial schedule)	9,000	1950

Defunct teams

Team	Arena	Years used	Capacity	Opened	City	Ref.
The Floridians Miami Floridians Minnesota Muskies
Bayfront Center	1971–1972	7,500	1965	St. Petersburg, Florida
Curtis Hixon Hall	1970–1972 (partial schedule)	7,000	1965	Tampa, Florida
Jacksonville Coliseum		11,000	1960	Jacksonville, Florida
West Palm Beach Auditorium	1968–1969 1970–1971 (partial schedule)	5,000	1965	West Palm Beach, Florida
Miami Beach Convention Center	1968–	15,000	1957	Miami Beach, Florida
Met Center	1967–1968	15,000	1967	Bloomington, Minnesota
Kentucky Colonels
Freedom Hall	1970–1976	18,865	1956	Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville Convention Center Jefferson County Armory (1905–1960) Louisville Gardens (1975–present)	1967–1970	6,000	1905
Memphis Sounds Memphis Tams Memphis Pros New Orleans Buccaneers
Mid-South Coliseum	1970–1975	10,085	1963	Memphis, Tennessee
Monroe Civic Center	1967–1970 (partial schedule)	7,600	1965	Monroe, Louisiana
Tulane Gym Fogelman Arena (1988–present)	1969–1970	3,600	1932	New Orleans, Louisiana
Loyola Field House	1967–1969	6,500	1950
Pittsburgh Condors Pittsburgh Pipers Minnesota Pipers Pittsburgh Pipers
Civic Arena	1967–1968 1969–1972	17,537	1961	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Duluth Arena Auditorium	1968–1969 (8 home games)	6,764	1966	Duluth, Minnesota
Met Center	1968–1969	15,000	1967	Bloomington, Minnesota
San Diego Sails San Diego Conquistadors
San Diego Sports Arena Valley View Casino Center (2010–present) iPayOne Center (2005–2007)	1974–1976	14,500	1966	San Diego, California
Peterson Gym	1972–1974	3,668	1961
Spirits of St. Louis Carolina Cougars Houston Mavericks
St. Louis Arena The Checkerdome (1977–1983)	1974–1976	20,000	1929	St. Louis, Missouri
Greensboro Coliseum	1969–1974 (Partial schedule)	15,000	1959	Greensboro, North Carolina
Charlotte Coliseum Bojangles' Coliseum (2008–present) Cricket Arena (2001–2008) Independence Arena (1988–2001)		9,605	1955	Charlotte, North Carolina
Reynolds Coliseum		12,400	1949	Raleigh, North Carolina
Dorton Arena		7,610	1952
Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum	1971–1972 (partial schedule)	7,000	1955	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Sam Houston Coliseum	1967–1969	9,200	1937	Houston, Texas
Utah Stars Los Angeles Stars Anaheim Amigos
Salt Palace	1970–1975	10,725	1969	Salt Lake City, Utah
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	1968–1970	16,161	1959	Los Angeles, California
Anaheim Convention Center	1967–1968	9,100	1967	Anaheim, California
Titan Gym	1967–1968 (4 home games)	4,000	1964	Fullerton, California
Virginia Squires Washington Caps Oakland Oaks	Norfolk Scope	1971–1976 (partial schedule)	10,253	1971
Norfolk, Virginia
Richmond Coliseum	12,500		1971	Richmond, Virginia
Roanoke Civic Center	1971–1972 (partial schedule)	9,828	1971	Roanoke, Virginia
Hampton Coliseum	1970–1976 (partial schedule)	9,777	1970	Hampton, Virginia
Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	1970–1971 (partial schedule)	5,200	1970	Norfolk, Virginia
Richmond Arena		6,000	1908	Richmond, Virginia
Washington ColiseumUline Arena (1941–1959)	1969–1970	7,000	1941	Washington, D.C.
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum ArenaOracle Arena (2007–present) Oakland Arena (2005–2006) The Arena in Oakland (1997–2004)	1967–1969	19,596	1966	Oakland, California

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team Index . basketball-reference.com. August 16, 2012.
2. Web site: Barclays Center. Barclays. Center. www.barclayscenter.com.
3. Web site: NJ Nets will move to Prudential Center in Newark . The Star-Ledger. February 18, 2010. February 25, 2008.
4. Web site: Continental Airlines Arena Info . New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority . https://web.archive.org/web/20080130231546/http://www.meadowlands.com/COArenaFacts.asp?navID=7 . January 30, 2008 . December 6, 2008 . dead .
5. Web site: Hockey; Brendan Byrne Arena Goes Continental . The New York Times. Richard. Sandomir . January 5, 1996. December 6, 2008.
6. Web site: Fashionable New Name for Arena . The New York Times. October 5, 2007. December 6, 2008.
7. Web site: Nets Dangle $10 Ticket Lure, but Fans Don't Bite . The New York Times. Dave. Caldwell . December 12, 2007. December 6, 2008.
8. Web site: Louis Brown Athletic Center. Rutgers Athletics Communications. December 6, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727022726/http://www.scarletknights.com/facilities/rac.asp. July 27, 2012. dead.
9. Web site: Contact Rutgers Athletics . Rutgers Athletics Communications . December 6, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081210174647/http://www.scarletknights.com/contact.asp . December 10, 2008 .
10. Web site: Venue Facts. https://web.archive.org/web/20031209094315/http://www.nassaucoliseum.com/history.htm. dead. December 9, 2003. Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. December 6, 2008. Web site: Contact Info. Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. December 6, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20100801063936/http://nassaucoliseum.com/contactus.htm. August 1, 2010. dead.
11. Web site: At Island Garden, New Life for Old Arena . The New York Times. David. Winzelberg . November 8, 1998. December 6, 2008.
12. Web site: Sports of The Times; For Coleman's Nets, the Eyes Have It . The New York Times . May 10, 1993. December 7, 2008. Web site: Twenty-five years later, Boe makes up for mistake . ESPN.com. Adrian. Wojnarowski . June 3, 2003. December 7, 2008.
13. Web site: A Place For Troops, Troupes, Hoops – Teaneck Armory Still Vital. The Record. Tom. Davis. January 2, 2002. December 7, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306013425/http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/Armory/armory2002.html. March 6, 2012. dead.
14. Web site: Arena Facts. Pepsi Center. December 11, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081218204738/http://www.pepsicenter.com/Facility/ArenaFacts/Default.aspx. December 18, 2008.