List of arenas to host NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals in the same year

The following is a list of venues that have hosted the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals in the same year, which traditionally fall at the same time. Other information included in this list are dates and results of games played in the venue at that time.

The now-demolished Boston Garden has hosted both events in the same year three times, followed by New York's Madison Square Garden at two. The Spectrum in Philadelphia, the former Chicago Stadium and Izod Center (known as the Continental Airlines Arena when the series were played) in East Rutherford, New Jersey all achieved the feat once.

Host cities and arenas

Arena	Location	NBA team	NHL team	Years	No. of games
Boston Garden	Boston, Massachusetts	Boston Celtics	Boston Bruins	3 (1957, 1958, 1974)	18
Chicago Stadium	Chicago, Illinois	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Blackhawks	1 (1992)	5
Continental Airlines Arena	East Rutherford, New Jersey	New Jersey Nets	New Jersey Devils	1 (2003)	7
Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	New York Knicks	New York Rangers	2 (1972, 1994)	12
Spectrum	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia Flyers	1 (1980)	6

Stanley Cup Finals

NBA Finals

The arenas in arranged in order of the first instance of hosting.

Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts

In 1957, the Celtics won the championship on Game 7 that extended into two overtime periods, while the Bruins avoided elimination at home by winning Game 4 at home (they were beaten for good the next game at Montreal). The next year, the Celtics were beaten in Game 6 at St. Louis while the Bruins bowed out to the same Canadiens franchise on their home ice at Game 6.

In 1974, the Celtics were denied by the Bucks to win the championship on their home floor by winning Game 6 after 2 overtime periods, although the Celtics would win Game 7 in Milwaukee by a big margin. The Bruins were not as fortunate as they were beaten by the Flyers in Philadelphia in Game 6.

Year	Date	Game no.	Away team	Score	Home team	Score	Overtime	Series
1957	March 30	Game 1	St. Louis Hawks	125	Boston Celtics	123	2OT	St. Louis leads 1–0
	March 31	Game 2	St. Louis Hawks	99	Boston Celtics	119		Series tied 1–1
	April 9	Game 5	St. Louis Hawks	109	Boston Celtics	124		Boston leads 3–2
	April 11	Game 3	Montreal Canadiens	4	Boston Bruins	2		Montreal leads 3–0
	April 13	Game 7	St. Louis Hawks	123	Boston Celtics	125	2OT	Boston wins 4–3
	April 14	Game 4	Montreal Canadiens	0	Boston Bruins	2		Montreal leads 3–1
1958	March 29	Game 1	St. Louis Hawks	104	Boston Celtics	102		St. Louis leads 1–0
	March 30	Game 2	St. Louis Hawks	112	Boston Celtics	136		Series tied 1–1
	April 9	Game 5	St. Louis Hawks	102	Boston Celtics	100		St. Louis leads 3–2
	April 13	Game 3	Montreal Canadiens	3	Boston Bruins	0		Montreal leads 2–1
	April 15	Game 4	Montreal Canadiens	1	Boston Bruins	3		Series tied 2–2
	April 20	Game 6	Montreal Canadiens	5	Boston Bruins	3		Montreal wins 4–2
1974	May 3	Game 3	Milwaukee Bucks	83	Boston Celtics	95		Boston leads 2–1
	May 5	Game 4	Milwaukee Bucks	97	Boston Celtics	89		Series tied 2–2
	May 7	Game 1	Philadelphia Flyers	2	Boston Bruins	3		Boston leads 1–0
	May 9	Game 2	Philadelphia Flyers	3	Boston Bruins	2		Series tied 1–2
	May 10	Game 6	Milwaukee Bucks	102	Boston Celtics	101	2OT	Series tied 3–3
	May 16	Game 5	Philadelphia Flyers	1	Boston Bruins	5		Philadelphia leads 3–2

Finals broadcasters

1957

Team	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline (Celtics), Ice level (Bruins) reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
Celtics	NBC (Games 1 & 7)	Lindsey Nelson	Curt Gowdy
Bruins	CBC (Canada)	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy		Wes McKnight

1958

Team	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline (Celtics), Ice level (Bruins) reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
Celtics	NBC (Game 1)	Lindsey Nelson	Curt Gowdy
Bruins	CBC (Canada)	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy		Wes McKnight

1974

Team	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline (Celtics), Ice level (Bruins) reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
Celtics	CBS	Pat Summerall	Rick Barry and Rod Hundley	Brent Musburger	Gary Bender	Don Criqui
Bruins	CBC (Canada)	Bill Hewitt (all games)	Brian McFarlane (Games 1, 2, 4, 5) and Dick Irvin, Jr. (Games 3, 6)		Dave Hodge
	NBC (United States-Games 3, 6)	Tim Ryan	Ted Lindsay		Brian McFarlane
	WSBK (Boston area-Games 1, 2, 4, 5)	Fred Cusick	Johnny Peirson		Tom Larson
	WTAF (Philadelphia area-Games 1, 2, 5)	Don Earle and Gene Hart

Madison Square Garden, New York City

In 1972, both New York teams were beaten in their respective championships, with the Knicks losing to the Lakers in Los Angeles while the Rangers were beaten at home by the Bruins. In 1994, the Rangers, coached by Mike Keenan, who was coach of the Chicago Blackhawks in 1992, won their first championship in 54 years at home while the Knicks weren't as lucky as they were beaten by the Rockets in Game 7 in Houston despite leaving New York with a 3–2 series advantage.

Year	Date	Game	Away team	Score	Home team	Score	Overtime	Series
1972	May 3	Game 3	Los Angeles Lakers	107	New York Knicks	96		Los Angeles leads 2–1
	May 4	Game 3	Boston Bruins	2	New York Rangers	5		Boston leads 2–1
	May 5	Game 4	Los Angeles Lakers	116	New York Knicks	111		Los Angeles leads 3–1
	May 7	Game 4	Boston Bruins	3	New York Rangers	2		Boston leads 3–1
	May 11	Game 6	Boston Bruins	3	New York Rangers	0		Boston wins 4–2
1994	May 31	Game 1	Vancouver Canucks	3	New York Rangers	2	OT	Vancouver leads 1–0
	June 2	Game 2	Vancouver Canucks	1	New York Rangers	3		Series tied 1–1
	June 9	Game 5	Vancouver Canucks	6	New York Rangers	3		New York leads 3–2
	June 12	Game 3	Houston Rockets	93	New York Knicks	89		Houston leads 2–1
	June 14	Game 7	Vancouver Canucks	2	New York Rangers	3		New York wins 4–3
	June 15	Game 4	Houston Rockets	82	New York Knicks	91		Series tied 2–2
	June 17	Game 5	Houston Rockets	84	New York Knicks	91		New York leads 3–2

Finals broadcasters

1972

Team	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline (Knicks), Ice level (Rangers) reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
Knicks	ABC	Keith Jackson	Bill Russell	Chris Schenkel	Howard Cosell
Rangers	CTV (Canada)	Bill Hewitt	Brian McFarlane		Dave Hodge
	CBS (United States-Games 1, 4, 6)	Dan Kelly	Jim Gordon and Harry Howell		Jim Gordon
	WSBK (Boston area-Games 2, 3, 5)	Fred Cusick	Johnny Peirson		Tom Larson
	WOR (New York area-Games 2, 5), MSG Network (New York area-Game 3)	Tim Ryan	Jim Gordon

• In Canada, Hockey Night in Canada moved all playoff coverage from CBC to CTV to avoid conflict with the lengthy NABET strike against the CBC.

1994

Team	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline (Knicks), Ice level (Rangers) reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
Knicks	NBC	Marv Albert	Matt Guokas	Ahmad Rashad and Hannah Storm	Bob Costas	Julius Erving, Bill Walton, and Peter Vescey
Rangers	CBC (Canada)	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr.		Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
	ESPN (United States, except in New York and Seattle)	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement	Tom Mees	John Saunders	Darren Pang
	MSG Network (New York area)	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Al Trautwig	Al Trautwig

• During Game 5 (June 17, 1994) of the Knicks finals, most NBC affiliates (with the noted exception being WNBC-TV out of New York, which hours earlier, had local coverage of the parade celebrating the Rangers winning the Stanley Cup in Game 7 of their finals three days earlier) split the coverage of the game between NFL Hall of Famer O. J. Simpson's low speed freeway chase with the LAPD.

Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In 1980, the two Philadelphia finalists were beaten in both Finals series, with the Sixers losing out to the Lakers on their home floor in Game 6, while the Flyers were beaten by the Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum.

Year	Date	Game	Away team	Score	Home team	Score	Overtime	Series
1980	May 10	Game 3	Los Angeles Lakers	111	Philadelphia 76ers	101		Los Angeles leads 2–1
	May 11	Game 4	Los Angeles Lakers	2	Philadelphia 76ers	5		Series tied 2–2
	May 13	Game 1	New York Islanders	4	Philadelphia Flyers	3	OT	New York leads 1–0
	May 15	Game 2	New York Islanders	3	Philadelphia Flyers	8		Series tied 1–1
	May 16	Game 6	Los Angeles Lakers	123	Philadelphia 76ers	107		Los Angeles wins 4–2
	May 22	Game 5	New York Islanders	6	Philadelphia Flyers	3		New York leads 3–2

Finals broadcasters

Team	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline (76ers), Ice level (Flyers) reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
76ers	CBS	Brent Musburger	Bill Russell and Rod Hundley	Rick Barry	Gary Bender	Frank Glieber
Flyers	CBC (Canada)	Jim Robson	Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin, Jr.		Dave Hodge	Don Cherry
	Hughes (United States-Games 1–5)	Dan Kelly	Lou Nanne
	CBS (United States-Game 6)	Dan Kelly and Tim Ryan		Tom Brookshier	Tim Ryan

Notes

• For CBS' coverage (which was aired under the CBS Sports Spectacular umbrella) of Game 6 of the Flyers Final, Dan Kelly did play-by-play for the first and third periods as well as overtime. Meanwhile, Tim Ryan only did play-by-play for the second period. Until the 1990 All-Star Game was broadcast by NBC, CBS' coverage of Game 6 of the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals proved to be the last time that a National Hockey League game would be nationally televised on over-the-air television in the United States.
• CBS aired weekday NBA Finals games in 1980 on tape delay. Games were televised after the late local news (11:30 p.m.) in the CBS Late Movie time slot.

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago's finalists in the NBA and Stanley Cup Finals had mixed results, with the Hawks, coached by Mike Keenan, who would be coach of the New York Rangers in 1994, being swept by the Penguins 4–0, while the Bulls defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in six games, both elimination games held in the the Chicago Stadium.

Year	Date	Game	Away team	Score	Home team	Score	Overtime	Series
1992	May 30	Game 3	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	Chicago Blackhawks	0		Pittsburgh leads 3–0
	June 1	Game 4	Pittsburgh Penguins	6	Chicago Blackhawks	5		Pittsburgh wins 4–0
	June 3	Game 1	Portland Trail Blazers	89	Chicago Bulls	122		Chicago leads 1–0
	June 5	Game 2	Portland Trail Blazers	115	Chicago Bulls	104	OT	Series tied 1–1
	June 14	Game 6	Portland Trail Blazers	93	Chicago Bulls	97		Chicago wins 4–2

Finals broadcasters

Team	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline (Bulls), Ice level (Blackhawks) reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
Bulls	NBC	Marv Albert	Mike Fratello and Magic Johnson	Ahmad Rashad and Hannah Storm	Bob Costas	Quinn Buckner
Blackhawks	CBC (Canada)	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr.		Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
	KBL (Pittsburgh area)	Mike Lange	Paul Steigerwald		Stan Savran
	SportsChannel America (United States, except in Chicago and Pittsburgh)	Jiggs McDonald	Bill Clement	Bob Papa	Mike Emrick	John Davidson
	SportsChannel Chicago (Chicago area)	Pat Foley	Dale Tallon

Notes

• Magic Johnson helped call Games 1, 4, and 5 of the Bulls finals.

Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey

The Continental Airlines Arena in the Meadowlands has since been renamed into the Izod Center. In the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, all teams won all of the home games. The Devils had the distinction of winning the Cup at Game 7 in New Jersey, while the Nets failed to defeat the Spurs in San Antonio at Game 6 after winning only one of their middle three home games.

Year	Date	Game	Away team	Score	Home team	Score	Series
2003	May 27	Game 1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	0	New Jersey Devils	3	New Jersey leads 1–0
	May 29	Game 2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	0	New Jersey Devils	3	New Jersey leads 2–0
	June 5	Game 5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	3	New Jersey Devils	6	New Jersey leads 3–2
	June 8	Game 3	San Antonio Spurs	84	New Jersey Nets	79	San Antonio leads 2–1
	June 9	Game 7	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	0	New Jersey Devils	3	New Jersey wins 4–3
	June 11	Game 4	San Antonio Spurs	76	New Jersey Nets	77	Series tied 2–2
	June 13	Game 5	San Antonio Spurs	93	New Jersey Nets	83	San Antonio leads 3–2

Finals broadcasters

Team	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline (Nets), Ice level (Devils) reporter(s)	Studio host	Studio analyst(s)
Nets	ABC	Brad Nessler	Bill Walton and Tom Tolbert	Michele Tafoya and Stuart Scott	Mike Tirico	Sean Elliott and guest analysts
Devils	CBC (Canada)	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell and Scott Oake	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
	ESPN (United States-Games 1, 2)	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement	Sam Ryan	John Saunders and Chris Berman	Barry Melrose and Darren Pang
	ABC (United States-Games 3–7)		Bill Clement and John Davidson			Barry Melrose

Notes

• The Nets' final series was the lowest rated NBA Final (6.5 percent over six games) until 2007.

See also

• List of National Basketball Association arenas
• List of NHL arenas

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