 Bradley
Center
Milwaukee, WI
In many people’s
eyes something that is less than 20 years old would be young. However,
when it comes to NBA arenas, the Bradley
Center is the third oldest basketball facility in the NBA even
though it is less than 20 years old. The Milwaukee Bucks were formed in
1968 and began playing at the MECCA, now known as the US
Cellular Arena, for nearly two decades. With a capacity of 12,700 the
MECCA was one of the smallest arenas in the NBA. During the 1980s the
team began to seek a new arena. No public funding was needed
for a new arena as Jane Petit and Lloyd Petit donated $90 million to the
State of Wisconsin, in honor of their father Huey Bradley, for the
construction of a new arena.
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 In October 1986
construction began on the Bradley
Center in downtown Milwaukee. Completed in just two years, the
Milwaukee Bucks played their first game at the arena in October 1988. The
Bradley Center
has a capacity of 18,717 and includes 68 skyboxes that are located between
the upper and lower levels. Not only is the facility home to the Milwaukee
Bucks, but is home to Marquette
University
and the Milwaukee Admirals (AFL).
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PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO MILWAUKEE AND THE BRADLEY CENTER |
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BRADLEY POSTERS |
Bradley Center -
Milwaukee Bucks Signature Court Poster |
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