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The arena is located on New Jersey Route 120 across the highway from MetLife Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack, next to the American Dream shopping and entertainment complex. The arena, which opened in 1981, was originally built to accommodate the New Jersey Nets basketball team.
Meadowlands Arena (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, Continental Airlines Arena and IZOD Center) was a multi-purpose indoor arena. Opened in 1981, it was home to the New Jersey Nets NBA team until 2010, the Seton Hall University men's basketball team until 2007 and to the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League until 2007.
Matthews Arena (1982–present) 1946–1947 (partial schedule) 5,900s 1910 [46] Brooklyn Nets New Jersey Nets New York Nets New Jersey Americans; Prudential Center: 2010–2012 18,711 2007 Newark, New Jersey [47] Izod Center Meadowlands Arena (2015–present) Continental Airlines Arena (1996–2007) Brendan Byrne Arena (1981–1996) 1981–2010 ...
The 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 1996, and ended with the championship game on April 1 at Continental Airlines Arena (now known as Meadowlands Arena) in the Meadowlands ...
The last teams to do this were the New Jersey Devils and New Jersey Nets while playing at Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford. ... The National Basketball Association and the National Hockey ...
That event is now played in football stadiums — in fact, the last time it took place in a traditional basketball arena was 1996, when UK won the NCAA title in Meadowlands Arena — and this year ...
The 1982 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [2] This was the first edition of the tournament. Iona upset top-seeded St. Peter's in the championship game, 66–61, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.
University of Dayton Arena, in Dayton, Ohio, has hosted more tournament games than any other venue (131 as of 2023). Los Angeles Sports Arena Patten Gymnasium, in Evanston, Illinois, hosted the first championship game in 1939. Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Freedom Hall in Louisville Six Final Fours have been at New Orleans' Caesars Superdome.