List of American Basketball Association arenas

The following list includes all current and former arenas used by current and defunct teams who once played in the American Basketball Association from 1967 to 1976.

ABA/NBA Teams

Team[1]	Arena	Years Used	Capacity	Opened	City	Ref.
Brooklyn Nets New Jersey Nets New York Nets New Jersey Americans	Barclays Center	2012–present	18,103	2012	New York City, New York (Brooklyn)	[2]
	Prudential Center	2010–2012	18,711	2007	Newark, New Jersey	[3]
	Izod Center Continental Airlines Arena (1996–2007) Brendan Byrne Arena (1981–1996)	1981–2010	20,049	1981	East Rutherford, New Jersey	[4][5][6][7]
	Rutgers Athletic Center Louis Brown Athletic Center (1986–present)	1977–1981	8,500	1977	Piscataway, New Jersey	[8][9]
	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	1972–1977	14,890	1972	Uniondale, New York	[10]
	Island Garden	1969–1972	5,200	1956	West Hempstead, New York	[11]
	Long Island Arena Commack Arena	1968–1969	6,000	1957	Commack, New York	[12]
	Teaneck Armory	1967–1968	5,500	1936	Teaneck, New Jersey	[13]
Indiana Pacers	Bankers Life Fieldhouse Conseco Fieldhouse (1999–2011)	1999–present	18,165 (formerly 18,345)	1999	Indianapolis, Indiana
	Market Square Arena	1974–1999	16,530	1974
	Indiana State Fair Coliseum Pepsi Coliseum (1998–present)	1967–1974	10,000	1939
San Antonio Spurs Texas Chaparrals Dallas Chaparrals	AT&T Center SBC Center (2002–2005)	2002–present	18,581	2002	San Antonio, Texas
	Alamodome	1993–2002	20,557	1993
	HemisFair Arena	1973–1993	16,057	1968
	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum City Bank Coliseum (2007–present)	1970-71 (Partial schedule)	11,200	1956	Lubbock, Texas
	Tarrant County Convention Center	1970-71 (Partial schedule)	16,057		Fort Worth, Texas
	Moody Coliseum	1967–1973	8,998	1956	University Park, Texas
	Dallas Memorial Auditorium Dallas Convention Center	1967–1973	9,815	1957	Dallas, Texas
Denver Nuggets Denver Rockets	Pepsi Center	1999–present	19,155	1999	Denver, Colorado	[14]
	McNichols Sports Arena	1975–1999	17,171	1975
	Denver Arena Auditorium	1967–1975	6,841	1908
	Denver Coliseum	1967–1970 (partial schedule)	9,000	1950

Defunct Teams

Team[15]	Arena	Years Used	Capacity	Opened	City	Ref.
The Floridians Miami Floridians Minnesota Muskies
	Bayfront Center	1971-72	7,500	1965	St. Petersburg, Florida
	Curtis Hixon Hall	1970-72 (partial schedule)	7,000	1965	Tampa, Florida
	Jacksonville Coliseum		11,000	1960	Jacksonville, Florida
	West Palm Beach Auditorium	1968-69 1970-71 (partial schedule)	5,000	1965	West Palm Beach, Florida
	Miami Beach Convention Center	1968-	15,000	1957	Miami Beach, Florida
	Met Center	1967-68	15,000	1967	Bloomington, Minnesota
Kentucky Colonels
	Freedom Hall	1970-76	18,865	1956	Louisville, Kentucky
	Louisville Convention Center Jefferson County Armory (1905-1960) Louisville Gardens (1975-present)	1967-70	6,000	1905
Memphis Sounds Memphis Tams Memphis Pros New Orleans Buccaneers
	Mid-South Coliseum	1970-75	10,085	1963	Memphis, Tennessee
	Monroe Civic Center	1967-70 (partial schedule)	7,600	1965	Monroe, Louisiana
	Tulane Gym Fogelman Arena (1988-present)	1969-70	3,600	1932	New Orleans, Louisiana
	Loyola Field House	1967-69	6,500	1950
Pittsburgh Condors Pittsburgh Pipers Minnesota Pipers Pittsburgh Pipers
	Civic Arena	1967-68 1969-72	17,537	1961	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
	Duluth Arena Auditorium	1968-69 (8 home games)	6,764	1966	Duluth, Minnesota
	Met Center	1968-69	15,000	1967	Bloomington, Minnesota
San Diego Sails San Diego Conquistadors
	San Diego Sports Arena Valley View Casino Center (2010–present) iPayOne Center (2005–2007)	1974-76	14,500	1966	San Diego, California
	Peterson Gym	1972-74	3,668	1961
Spirits of St. Louis Carolina Cougars Houston Mavericks
	St. Louis Arena The Checkerdome (1977–1983)	1974-76	20,000	1929	St. Louis, Missouri
	Greensboro Coliseum	1969-74 (Partial schedule)	15,000	1955	Greensboro, North Carolina
	Charlotte Coliseum Bojangles' Coliseum (2008-present) Cricket Arena (2001-2008) Independence Arena (1988-2001)		9,605	1959	Charlotte, North Carolina
	Reynolds Coliseum		12,400	1949	Raleigh, North Carolina
	Dorton Arena		7,610	1952
	Winston–Salem Memorial Coliseum	1971-72 (partial schedule)	7,000	1955	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
	Sam Houston Coliseum	1967-69	9,200	1937	Houston, Texas
Utah Stars Los Angeles Stars Anaheim Amigos
	Salt Palace	1970-1975	10,725	1969	Salt Lake City, UT
	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	1968-1970	16,161	1959	Los Angeles, California
	Anaheim Convention Center	1967-1968	9,100	1967	Anaheim, California
	Titan Gym	1967-1968 (4 home games)	4,000	1964	Fullerton, California
Virginia Squires Washington Caps Oakland Oaks
	Norfolk Scope	1971-76 (partial schedule)	10,253	1971	Norfolk, Virginia
	Richmond Coliseum		12,500	1971	Richmond, Virginia
	Roanoke Civic Center	1971-72 (partial schedule)	9,828	1971	Roanoke, Virginia
	Hampton Coliseum	1970-76 (partial schedule)	9,777	1970	Hampton, Virginia
	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	1970-71 (partial schedule)	5,200	1970	Norfolk, Virginia
	Richmond Arena		6,000		Richmond, Virginia
	Washington Coliseum Uline Arena (1941-59)	1969-70	7,000	1941	Washington, D.C.
	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena Oracle Arena (2007-present) Oakland Arena (2005–2006) The Arena in Oakland (1997–2004)	1967-69	19,596	1966	Oakland, California

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See also

• List of National Basketball Association arenas