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Yep...lots of memories in that place.
BTW...it's Hemisfair Arena.
Now that's old school!
I miss it..
Yep...lots of memories in that place.
BTW...it's Hemisfair Arena.
My first Spurs game! It was against the rockets, double OT. we lost but it was a damn good game
Checking in...loudest arena in SA.
Loudest in either League!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even before they raised the roof!
I used to have Spurs season ticket there !
those were the good ol' days
I cut my "Spurs fan teeth" in that building during my innocent youth days. Lots of memories in that old hallowed building. From sneaking in the doors past the elderly ushers to scalping tickets for pocket change along the outside periphery of the facility, to watching the bums sprinkle guacamole on the noggin of former Nuggets coach Larry Brown. Ah yes, the memories of the Hemisphere Arena are endless.
Back when it was still fun to shoot the big indian with a bow.
Did tickets eve matter in that place? I remember as a kid going to games there and always getting the cheap seats, because once the game started, we just moved down to court side.
You're right.. Hemisfair Arena..
Obstructed view.
Same here!My first Spurs game! It was against the rockets, double OT. we lost but it was a damn good game
Actually, that was the only game I got to go to at Hemisfair...
I remember them raising the roof. That was a trip!
My dad took me to a Spurs game that I don't remember well since I was very young. I do remember the atmosphere was insane and the noise was overwhelming. I saw Neil Young/Sonic Youth/Social Distortion there in '91, I think. That is still the loudest show I've ever seen.
Last edited by ohmwrecker; 01-07-2011 at 11:11 AM.
back when arenas weren't named after a corporation
Who remembers when they played the "Cotton Eye Joe" at the arena?
Who went to a playoff game at the Hemisfair and then headed downtown during Fiesta week?
Besting Sixers 4-3 in '79. Absolutely amazing.
As a kid I think I spent as much time running around the ramps in that building with my friends than I did watching the actual games.
That would get the crowd up and moving more than any of the rap stuff they play now...they definitely need to bring that back...
My first Hemisfair game was pre-Robinson, Elliott and Terry mings era and a close game against the Lakers. The thing that sticks out most in my head was the kid behind me yelling "STEAL THE BALL ALVIN" every time we were on defense.
I think this might have been the game, I think it was a close loss...
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...802120SAS.html
It was a great, great place to watch a game (if you could avoid sitting behind a pole!). For those who never got to experience that, I don't know that trying to tell the story will ever do the actual experience justice.
Didnt matter where you sat. That place was always electric. We had the Spurs and they were all we had. So many good memories watching Artis and Johnny Moore and Iceman.
Can't find any photos of the summer of 1977 roof raising of the Hemisfair Arena, but they showed every stage of it going up.
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