Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Memorial Auditorium

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Address 140 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone (716) 851-5663
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Date Built 1940
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City of Buffalo
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Cost of Construction Unknown
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Former Tenants Buffalo Sabres
(NHL) 1970-1996
Buffalo Braves
(NBA) 1970-1978
Capacity 16,284
On Site Parking Unknown
Nearest Airport Unknown
Retired Numbers #2 Tim Horton
#7 Richard Martin
#11 Gilbert Perreault
#14 Rene Robert
#99 Wayne Gretzky

The Buffalo Memorial Auditorium was located downtown, the home of the Sabres was only blocks from the frigid shores of Lake Erie.

But once inside, fans knew how to heat up the atmosphere. They tended to get pretty rowdy and make a lot of noise, a spirit that hopefully will survive their move to a new stadium, Crossroads Arena, in the middle of the 1995-96 season.

However, sales of premium seating to finance the new building two blocks away have already turned away some less affluent fans who have supported the team since its birth in 1970.

On October 28, 1998 Bob McCarthy wrote: My father used to take me to the college double headers there throughout the 1940's. Madison Square Garden started the college basketball doubleheaders around 1940 and Ned Irish brought it to Buffalo at that time. Buffalo was a hotbed for college basketball bringing teams in from all over the country to play the "little three", Canisius, Niagara and St. Bonaventure.

Getting there

Take New York State Thruway to the Buffalo exit, then Route 33 west. Take the Oak Street exit. Go to Swan Street, then left onto Washington. The Auditorium is on the right.

Memorial Auditorium history

  • First regular-season game: Oct. 15, 1970, 3-0 loss to the Canadiens
  • First Stanley Cup finals game: May 20, 1975, 5-4 over the Flyers in overtime
  • Dec. 21, 1975: The Sabres score 14 goals and 26 assists, setting an NHL record with 40 total points during a 14-2 rout of the Washington Capitals

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Memorial Auditorium
Memorial Auditorium

1970-1996
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1996-Present

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