Lost tennis venues
Former tennis stadiums and championship venues.
12 venues
View on map →Broadway Auditorium
Buffalo's Broadway Auditorium, a converted armory, was the city's main boxing and six-day bicycle racing venue from 1913 until its final event in June 1940. The building still stands and is owned by the city.
Cobo Arena
Cobo Arena was the 12,000-seat arena attached to Detroit's Cobo convention center and home of the Detroit Pistons from 1961 to 1978. It closed in 2010 and its space became a ballroom.
Denver Auditorium Arena
The Denver Auditorium Arena hosted the 1908 Democratic National Convention and was home of Denver's NBA and ABA basketball teams. The arena portion was demolished in 1990.
Hollywood Sportatorium
The Hollywood Sportatorium was a bare-bones arena in western Broward County that hosted boxing, rodeo, wrestling and major rock tours from 1969 to 1988. It was demolished in 1993.
Indianapolis Tennis Center
The Indianapolis Tennis Center, a 10,000-seat stadium on the IUPUI campus, opened in 1979 and hosted the U.S. Clay Court Championships, the 1987 Pan American Games and the RCA Championships. It closed in 2010 and was demolished.
Louis Armstrong Stadium (1978–2016)
This Louis Armstrong Stadium was the converted 1964 World's Fair Singer Bowl that served as the US Open's main stadium from 1978 to 1996 and its second court until 2016.
Market Square Arena
Market Square Arena was the Indiana Pacers' downtown home from 1974 to 1999, spanning Market Street next to City Market. It was imploded in 2001 and the site now holds an apartment tower and a Cummins facility.
Met Center
The Met Center in Bloomington was the Minnesota North Stars' home from 1967 until the team moved to Dallas in 1993. It was imploded in December 1994; an IKEA now occupies part of the site.
Racquet Club of Memphis
The Racquet Club of Memphis hosted the ATP tour's Memphis Open from 1976 until the tournament moved to Long Island in 2018. The club closed in 2019.
Richfield Coliseum
The Richfield Coliseum was a suburban arena between Cleveland and Akron that housed the Cavaliers from 1974 to 1994. After demolition in 1999 its land became grassland in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Stone Mountain Tennis Center
The Stone Mountain Tennis Center was the purpose-built tennis venue of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; it was abandoned after 2007 and demolished in 2017-2018.
The Forum
The Forum in Inglewood was home to the Lakers and Kings from 1967 to 1999. The building still stands and operates as the Kia Forum, a concert and events arena.