Word: garden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opera that are performed is a strong two-thirds, even though two of the four themes are eliminated. Townshend programmed some sound effects for the stage and added two small banks of PA amps to the back of the hall, a real stroke of genius, because filling Boston Garden with sound is no picnic. They filled...
...last time I had to listen to all this was the opening round of the Beanpot Tourney last season as the Dogs whipped the Crimson, 8-3. It was bad enough to sit in the grimy Garden and listen to the Terrier fans woop it up yelling "Go B.U." as Harvard trailed by five goals, but I had to listen to it during the ride home as well...
...cheerleaders, called the Golden Belles, were hooted off the ice for their hokey pregame shows. The paychecks stopped when the last-place team went broke and only resumed when the World Hockey Association stepped in to keep the team skating. Then the Blades were evicted from Madison Square Garden and forced to relocate in Cherry Hill, N.J., a suburb of Camden, as the Jersey Knights...
Fans are hardly captivated by that kind of competition. This year, for the first time in 192 consecutive home games, Boston Garden was not filled to capacity for a Bruins game. Overall league attendance last year was 7% less per game than six years ago. Even in Canada, hockey's heartland, interest appears to be on the decline. The nationally televised Saturday night game of the week slipped slightly in the ratings last year. As avid a fan as Canadian Senator Keith Davey, who concedes that "I always organize my life around hockey," admits that he went...
...streaking Boston Celtics increased their lead in the NBA Atlantic Division to six and a half games with a smashing 119-97 victory over the second place and defending world champion New York Knicks last night at the Boston Garden...