Boston Arena opens.

Built and operated by the city, it is located at 238 – 262 St. Botolph Street and opens with an ice carnival. The oldest ice arena and oldest college basketball arena in the U.S., it seats 4,666 for hockey, is damaged by a fire in 1918, reopens in 1921, and a balcony is added in 1926. The arena serves as the first home of the Boston Bruins and Celtics, the Beanpot hockey tournaments, and hosts local high school and college hockey teams as well as non-sporting events. Speakers include presidents Taft Coolidge, Hoover, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, and Kennedy, Mayor Curley, Gov. Al Smith, and aviators Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, and athletes Babe Ruth and Joe Louis. The building is purchased by Northeastern University in 1979, renovated, and renamed for George and Hope Matthews in 1982. The last game is a 4-3 win by Boston University over Northeastern on December 13, 2025, and the arena is demolished shortly thereafter.