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Topic: FleetCenter


In the News (Sat 22 Nov 08)

  
  FleetCenter Boston
A variety of private events are also held at the FleetCenter each year including graduations, sales and marketing seminars, receptions, charity dinners, annual meetings and conventions.
The state-of-the-art FleetCenter is a year-round, 19,600-seat arena, fully equipped with three private restaurants, 104 executive suites, 2,400 club seats, a multi-million dollar video scoreboard and our newest addition, complete 360° LED technology.
The FleetCenter hosted such artists as The Eagles, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera, Alan Jackson, The Dixie Chicks, The Rolling Stones, and Tom Petty.
www.bostonhotelservice.com /fleetcenter/boston_fleetcenter.html   (250 words)

  
 TD Banknorth Garden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name of the arena was expected to change as a result of the April 1, 2004 merger of FleetBoston Financial Group with Bank of America.
On January 5, 2005, Bank of America and FleetCenter's owner, Delaware North Companies, announced an agreement under which the bank made a payment to be released from the remaining six years on the naming rights agreement.
The FleetCenter (at the time of the photo) hosting the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TD_Banknorth_Garden   (1142 words)

  
 studio:Sckaål :: FleetCenter
FleetCenter, Boston's sports and entertainment arena, is a highly visible landmark for motorists and boaters entering the city.
In close collaboration with New Boston Garden Corporation and Ellerbe Beckett Architects, the goal was to seamlessly integrate the arena's environmental graphics and its architectural and interior design.
The goal was to work with the Bank to establish a brand name and to incorporate the new identity into the arena.
www.sckaal.com /company/portfolio/fleet.html   (171 words)

  
 Hockey East Championship Tickets On Sale December 4th :: FleetCenter prepares for sellout crowds for semifinals and ...
In anticipation of the same unrivaled fan enthusiasm that has tested the FleetCenter's capacity for its past six tournaments, the Hockey East Association is pleased to announce that tickets to the 2005 Hockey East Championship Tournament will go on sale Saturday, December 4, at 11:00 a.m.
League executives strongly recommend that fans procure their tickets early for what promises to be one of the most exciting events of the 2004-05 college hockey season.
Discounted seats must be purchased at the FleetCenter, or at the participating schools' ticket offices once those schools have been determined.
www.cstv.com /sports/m-hockey/stories/112604aaa.html   (481 words)

  
 Gamerz-Edge -- ALK Technologies Announced CoPilot FleetCenter Launch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CoPilot FleetCenter is the ideal fleet management and driver retention tool for truckload, less-than-truckload, private, and distribution fleets of all sizes.
CoPilot FleetCenter is a web-based fleet management solution connected to wireless- enabled mobile devices (Pocket PCs, smartphones, laptops or onboard computers) running the Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 or Windows XP operating systems.
CoPilot FleetCenter enables drivers running CoPilot on their mobile devices to leverage the devices’ wireless capabilities to send and receive text messages, receive itinerary updates, and communicate vehicle status automatically.
www.gamerz-edge.com /news/articles/102706ALK.html   (499 words)

  
 Services at the FleetCenter - 2004 Democratic National Convention Official Site
Elevators: The FleetCenter has a central elevator located on the ground floor train platform which is strictly designated for individuals with disabilities.
The FleetCenter also has two elevators located in its Southeast and Southwest corners which will be designated for preferred use by individuals with disabilities.
FleetCenter security personnel will ensure that these elevator policies are enforced.  All other elevators will be available for use by all delegates, those having a disability as well as those without a disability.
www.kintera.org /site/pp.asp?c=luI2LaPYG&b=104321   (706 words)

  
 CVS takes shot at FleetCenter
The FleetCenter, a high-profile name in the Boston sports and arts world, will likely adopt the name of a different corporate sponsor, as Fleet’s acquirer, Bank of America, gives signals that it wants out of the contract with the facility.
Bank of America has informed the FleetCenter that it doesn’t want to put its name on the building, reversing its previous decision to change the name of the facility to the Bank of America Center, in the wake of its $48 billion acquisition of FleetBoston Financial Corp.
Negotiations between the FleetCenter and Bank of America recently stalled, with the latter trying to engineer an early exit from its name contract, which expires in 2010.
www.pbn.com /stories/printdetails.php?id=110149   (662 words)

  
 FleetCenter - Fleet Center Schedule and Concert Tickets - Boston
FleetCenter Tickets are available now at TickCo Premium Seating.
The FleetCenter or Fleet Center is Boston's premier entertainment arena.
Note: The correct spelling is FleetCenter not Fleet Center.
www.tickco.com /venue_schedules/fleetcenter.htm   (278 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Protesters March on FleetCenter - You Decide 2004
They were accompanied by a ragtag groupdemonstrating against everything from oppression in Haiti to better funding for schools and health care.
The protesters passed the FleetCenter before looping back through City Hall Plaza and returning to the Common -- a 50-acre park that is the starting point for the Freedom Trail and was once used for public hangings.
Witnesses said the man was pushed to the ground and his shirt was torn, but he was unhurt.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,126943,00.html   (578 words)

  
 Want to name FleetCenter for a day? - NBA - MSNBC.com
The owner of the formerly named FleetCenter is offering the arena’s naming rights on a day-to-day basis to the highest bidder of an online auction until a new corporate sponsor can be found.
The FleetCenter name became obsolete when Bank of America acquired FleetBoston Financial Corp. for $48 billion last year, and the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank agreed to give up the arena naming rights as part of the deal.
FleetCenter executives have been negotiating with a handful of sponsors to buy single-day deals before the first auction winner’s date.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6948863   (534 words)

  
 Portsmouth Herald National Business News: FleetCenter no more: New name imminent
The merger closed in April, and the name FleetCenter remained when the arena was the site for July’s Democratic National Convention.
The FleetCenter was built in 1995 with $160 million in private funds to replace the Boston Garden as the home to the NBA’s Celtics and NHL’s Bruins.
When it was built, the FleetCenter was to be called the Shawmut Center under a 15-year, $30 million deal.
www.seacoastonline.com /2004news/09032004/biz_nati/35567.htm   (457 words)

  
 Welch's Press Release: Welch's Introduces Orange Pineapple Juice In New Size And Packaging
Just recently designated as the "Official Juice of the FleetCenter," Welch's will now be offering two flavors -- Fruit Punch and Orange Pineapple -- in 16-ounce plastic bottles, which will be available at all 25 concession stands throughout the sports and entertainment facility.
Since 1998, Welch's has been a sponsor at the FleetCenter with signage in the rink during hockey games.
Located in the sixth largest market in the country, the FleetCenter is New England's premier sports and entertainment facility featuring a wide diversity of events -- ice shows, the circus, gymnastics, concerts and Disney shows, along with Bruins and Celtics games.
www.welchs.com /press/fleetcenter.html   (443 words)

  
 CoPilot GPS: ALK Technologies
Based on an intuitive web interface, FleetCenter™ integrates with the CoPilot family of GPS navigation products to provide real-time location information and data about the entire fleet.
Vehicle location and trip data and other information is reported to FleetCenter via a mobile Internet connection (GPRS or 3G), providing visibility of the locations of mobile assets in real-time.
FleetCenter is an easy to deploy web-based solution available for a monthly or annual subscription.
www.alk.com /copilot/cp_professional.asp   (759 words)

  
 The Fleet Center Articles
Boston¹s FleetCenter has become the latest venue to take technology directly to the fan in the seats.
The FleetCenter is scheduled to open to the public on September 30, 1995.
Jobs Impact: Seven hundred jobs will be filled during the construction of the FleetCenter and 50 new permanent jobs will be created once the FleetCenter is completed.
users.california.com /~csuppes/NHL/BostonBruins/articles.htm   (504 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - FleetCenter Renamed TD BankNorth Garden for 20 Years - Business And Money | Business News | Financial News
The new name, which officially takes effect on July 1, resurrects at least part of the name of the FleetCenter's legendary predecessor, the Boston Garden, which hosted 16 Celtics NBA titles and five Bruins Stanley Cups.
The arena, which opened in 1995 as a replacement to the dear but decrepit Garden, was originally to be named the Shawmut Center, for a local bank.
But Shawmut was acquired by Fleet Bank before the building opened, resulting in the name FleetCenter.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,149348,00.html   (660 words)

  
 Portsmouth Herald National Business News: FleetCenter name change in works
The FleetCenter, which replaced the legendary Boston Garden in 1995, is home to the NBA’s Boston Celtics and the NHL’s Boston Bruins and also hosted last summer’s Democratic National Convention.
The FleetCenter contract that Bank of America inherited restricted the number of times the arena’s name could be changed.
At one point, the bank floated the idea of changing the FleetCenter name back to Boston Garden, but that proposal fell by the wayside.
www.seacoastonline.com /2005news/01062005/biz_nati/57600.htm   (697 words)

  
 Out of Town Ticket Agency: The Fleet Center
The FleetCenter is located in Boston's Downtown North section on Causeway Street, minutes from the historic North End and Faneuil Hall.
Park under The FleetCenter in the new garage or in one of the several lots around the building.
All guests will be subject to search, at the FleetCenter's discretion, of their person and/or possessions (including women's handbags of normal size which may be allowed entry after such search.) Patrons with prohibited articles will be turned away at the entrances and no storage or "check-in area" will be provided for such items.
www.outoftowntickets.com /fleet_center.shtml   (534 words)

  
 Fleetcenter - Boston Fleetcenter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fleetcenter in Boston Massachusetts located at One Fleetcenter.
The Fleetcenter is also located to hotels in the city such as
The Big Tickets guide to buying tickets for events at the Fleetcenter in Boston in Massachusetts is a full service directory of events.
www.big-tickets.com /venues/fleetcenter-boston.html   (126 words)

  
 Capital News 9 | 24 Hour Local News | SPORTS | FleetCenter naming rights talks stalled
But the North Carolina bank has told FleetCenter managers that it is no longer interested in putting its own name on the building.
Instead, the bank has floated the idea of changing the FleetCenter name to Boston Garden, the name of the former home of the NBA's Celtics and the NHL's Bruins.
Boston Garden was demolished when the FleetCenter was built in 1995.
www.capitalnews9.com /content/sports/?ArID=105890&SecID=32   (169 words)

  
 Atlantic Hockey Online
“The chance to compete on the ice of the FleetCenter is a great opportunity for the four teams participating to showcase their programs to the region, a prospect Atlantic Hockey could not pass up,” commented Atlantic Hockey Commissioner Bob DeGregorio on the decision to move the conference contests to the FleetCenter.
In order to accommodate playing the two games at the FleetCenter, a few scheduling changes had to be made for some of the members of Atlantic Hockey.
Tickets for the event are $10 and can be purchased at the FleetCenter box office, via Ticketmaster by phone at (617) 931-2000 or by web at www.ticketmaster.com, the Atlantic Hockey offices, or from any of the four institutions competing.
www.atlantichockeyonline.com /news/FleetCenter011005   (511 words)

  
 Rush On To Refit FleetCenter For DNC - Politics
BOSTON -- The noise of jackhammers, blowtorches and electric drills filled the Fleet Center Wednesday as workers rushed to renovate the sports arena into convention central for the Democratic Party.
Workers are rebuilding the FleetCenter from the inside out.
"Fifty-nine pieces of steel (have been added) in the roof of the FleetCenter from which we will hang the lighting grid and some of the stage elements that are necessary to support the show," Convention Hall Director Alan Rose said.
www.thebostonchannel.com /politics/3452722/detail.html   (303 words)

  
 American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU of Massachusetts Challenges Boston's Denial of Parade Permit During Democratic ...
At issue is access to the south side of Causeway Street, which will be separated from the FleetCenter by a covered security fence running down the middle of the street.
The lawsuit demands that the groups be permitted to march peacefully down Causeway Street, in front of the Fleet Center, where the convention will be held.
Members of the coalition were granted a permit to hold a rally at the Boston Common on Sunday, July 25, but the city turned down their request to march from the Common to the FleetCenter along Causeway Street, requiring the march to turn back several blocks away.
www.aclu.org /freespeech/protest/11468prs20040719.html   (466 words)

  
 Looking for a sign - The Boston Globe
Bank of America would have to pay a fee to leave the $2 million-per-year FleetCenter contract, which is slated to end in 2010.
During its negotiations with FleetCenter's owner, Bank of America briefly floated an idea to rename the center the Boston Garden, the name of the now-demolished arena that the FleetCenter replaced in the 1990s.
Under Fleet's current contract for naming rights at the FleetCenter, negotiated in the mid-1990s, the bank was allowed to change the center's name once for free.
boston.com /business/technology/articles/2004/12/03/looking_for_a_sign   (710 words)

  
 The Fraud at the FleetCenter
By morning of the day John Kerry accepted his nomination, it was clear the Kerry Party at the FleetCenter was perpetrating a fraud on the delegates and on the nation.
We need to be given a cold, hard, honest assessment of what we hope to gain there, and what it will cost this nation, so we can decide whether or not we wish to pay that price.
This week's fraud at the FleetCenter failed the test.
www.theamericancause.org /patfleetcenter.htm   (733 words)

  
 Nader 'Super Rally' Draws 12,000 To Boston's FleetCenter
He may not be part of the biggest show to hit Boston this week, but perpetual outsider Ralph Nader had plenty of company yesterday.
The huge arena, the thousands of devotees, the ticker-tape raining down from the ceiling, the giant flashing screens leading the audience in loud chants of ''Let Ralph debate!'' - all of this was decidedly un-Nader-like.
Nader is not scheduled to participate in Tuesday's presidential debate at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
www.commondreams.org /headlines/100200-02.htm   (1403 words)

  
 The Fraud at Fleetcenter by Patrick J. Buchanan
The Fraud at Fleetcenter by Patrick J. Buchanan
Last week's fraud at the FleetCenter failed the test.
Patrick J. Buchanan [send him mail], former presidential candidate and White House aide, is editor of The American Conservative and the author of eight books, including A Republic Not An Empire and the upcoming Where the Right Went Wrong.
www.lewrockwell.com /buchanan/buchanan9.html   (770 words)

  
 Epinions.com - AC/DC Rocks the Fleetcenter, May 4, 2001, Boston MA
Epinions.com - AC/DC Rocks the Fleetcenter, May 4, 2001, Boston MA Join Epinions
Much like most of the songs, this was a giant singalong, and it shook the Fleetcenter to it's core.
During the third song of the set, Shot Down in Flames, a giant 40 foot statue of Angus rolled forward behind drummer Phil Rudd, who himself was impressive with his chain smoking ability all night.
www.epinions.com /content_1450549380   (774 words)

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