Cincinnati Gardens

The Cincinnati Gardens was opened in 1949 and is an indoor sports and entertainment arena located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The 25,000 square foot brick and limestone building, whose entrance is decorated with six three-dimensional carved athletic figures, was modeled after Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Canada, by the same architects and engineers who designed and built the more famous arena a quarter century earlier. The Cincinnati Gardens' first event was an exhibition hockey game. It has been the home of six league championship hockey teams, and most recently was the home of the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League.

The Cincinnati Wings played the 1963-64 season at the Gardens, relocating from Indianapolis after their home arena, the Fairgrounds Coliseum, was heavily damaged in an explosion on Halloween Night, 1963.

The Gardens was home to the Cincinnati Royals of the National basketball Ass, the Sacramento Kings from 1957 through 1972. Oscar Robertson played for the Royals from 1960 through 1970. The arena hosted the NBA All Star Game in January 1966, and Royals' guard Adrian Smith was named the game's Most Valuable Player. College basketball, including 42 "Crosstown Shootout" games between the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University, has been played at the Gardens since its first week in 1949. The arena has served as the home court for both schools at various times, lastly for Xavier from 1983 until their move to the on-campus Cintas Center in 2000.
The Gardens has hosted a number of boxing matches, particularly several featuring prominent local & international fighters. Eventual Heavyweight champion and Hall of Famer Ezzard Charles of Cincinnati defeated Joey Maxim in a heavyweight title contender fight on February 28, 1949, in the arena's first week.

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