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	HemisFair Arena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The arena was originally built as part of the 1968 World's Fair, which was called the HemisFair.
		Throughout its lifespan, it was considered one of the loudest arenas in the NBA.
		HemisFair Arena was torn down in 1995, two years after the Spurs moved to the Alamodome in 1993.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HemisFair_Arena (297 words)

	Hemis Fair '68 Encyclopedia Article @ HeartOfTexans.com (Heart of Texans) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HemisFair '68 was the first officially designated world's fair (or international exposition) held in the Southwest United States.
		Additionally, HemisFair Arena, was retained after the fair and served as the home arena of the San Antonio Spurs basketball club until 1993.
		The arena was demolished in 1995 in order to expand the convention center's exhibit halls.
	www.heartoftexans.com /encyclopedia/HemisFair_'68 (875 words)

	Alamodome/SBC Center Articles
		The arena, which could be built in time for the 2001-02 NBA season, would be divided into five levels with the upper concourse seating 8,500.
		Peak believes a new arena should be built downtown and it should be operated by the city along with the Alamodome where the team now plays.
		Peak has been meeting with citizens to get their reaction to his arena plan and says the public is evenly split on their support of public money for a new arena.
	users.california.com /~csuppes/NBA/SanAntonioSpurs/articles.htm (8328 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		HemisFair '68, held in San Antonio from April 6 through October 6, 1968, was the first officially designated international exposition in the Southwestern United States.
		Construction of the tower was noteworthy because of the method employed; the 1.4-million-pound tophouse, containing observation decks and a restaurant, was built on the ground and then moved to the top, inch by inch, with twenty-four steel lifting rods.
		HemisFair, which opened in the spring of 1968 with an announced start-up cost of $156 million, was financially troubled from the beginning.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/HH/lkh1.html (1215 words)

	San Diego Sports Arena
		Acceptance of the franchise depended on Breitbard's construction of a suitable arena in San Diego.
		The franchise was granted for the 1966-1967 season and the $6.5 million arena was completed on schedule.
		Attendance was steady, as the city embraced its new club, averaging 6,080 for the 1974-1975 season at the Sports Arena.
	users.california.com /~csuppes/WHA/SanDiegoMariners/index.htm (582 words)

	AT&T Center
		The Community Arena Project is public/private partnership between Bexar County, the Coliseum Advisory Board, the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, and the San Antonio Spurs.
		The lack of an adequate medium-sized arena as a gap in San Antonio's assets appears to be well understood, as there has been widespread support for its development, especially in light of the growing needs of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition (SALE).
		In addition, baseline projections of non-sporting events and the development of arena football, a WNBA franchise, and a minor league hockey team could generate as much as $12.5 million dollars a year in new tourist-related activity, further tipping the scales in favor of moving ahead.
	basketball.ballparks.com /NBA/SanAntonioSpurs/newindex.htm (841 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Council OKs plan to map out new arena
		The arena, which is planned to seat 8,000 to 10,000, would be funded by a sales tax if city voters approve it in November.
		Officials believe an arena, which will cost $25 million to $35 million to build, would most benefit the city if it were located near the convention center, which will undergo expansions funded by a 2-cent increase in the hotel and motel taxes.
		Should voters approve the project, the arena would be funded from a eighth-cent increase in the sales tax, along with private financing.
	www.caller2.com /2000/february/09/today/local_ne/8250.html (456 words)

	Remember the ABA: San Antonio Spurs
		On February 5, 1975, Gervin scored 51 points against the Memphis Sounds (0 points in the 1st quarter, 25 in the 2nd, 8 in the 3rd, and 18 in the 4th), using a variety of jump shots, dunks, and fingerrolls.
		Given their rabid fan support (the HemisFair Arena was known throughout the league as the home of the "Noisiest Fans in the ABA"), the Spurs were attractive to the NBA at the time of the merger.
		One of their more famous fans was "Dancing Harry." Dancing Harry was one of the more popular "Baseline Bums." He cheered noisily for the Spurs, danced the "Cotton-eyed Joe" during timeouts, and berated anyone connected with the visiting team.
	www.remembertheaba.com /San-Antonio-Spurs.html (3583 words)

	San Antonio Spurs (1973-Present)
		In the first game at the HemisFair Arena the Spurs would lose to the San Diego Conquistadors, despite attracting a noisy crowd of 6,000 fans.
		However, on the court the only thing Spurs fans had to look forward to was that David Robinson was now just one year away as the team struggled all season on the way to finishing in 5th place with a miserable 21-61 record.
		In the final season at the HemisFair Arena the Spurs would bring in legendary College Coach Jerry Tarkanian to lead the team.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/sanantonio/spurs.html (5252 words)

	Texas Sports News
		Spurs executives repeatedly have insisted the team needs a smaller arena more suitable for basketball with lucrative luxury suites if the franchise is to remain competitive in the high-salaried world of the NBA.
		A bill passed in the recent legislative session, and supported by the Spurs, allows local voters to finance arenas by raising sales taxes or imposing other taxes, such as fees on rental cars or admissions to the venue.
		It didn't matter whether poll respondents were asked about the arena money coming from a sales tax or some other type of public funds, such as car rental or admission taxes.
	www.texnews.com /texsports97/spurs073097.html (545 words)

	Sports: The Cincinnati Post
		Nor has the charm been enhanced by the new arenas, which are excitement-swallowing barns designed for the maximum number of luxury suites, or by skyrocketing franchise prices, or the accompanying growth of the league bureaucracy, which is as much fun as any other bureaucracy, like, say, the post office.
		Then, as now, the Nets were thinking of moving and moved the game to Commack Arena on Long Island, only to find that the court was under water because a leak in the roof had melted the ice under the floor.
		They moved into the same water-logged arena, changed their name to the Nets, then went to the Island Arena and Nassau Coliseum.
	www.cincypost.com /2003/06/11/nba06-11-2003.html (1296 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - San Antonio hoping NBA title will spur economy
		At their first game in October 1973, the Spurs drew 5,879 spectators to HemisFair Arena to watch San Antonio lose to the San Diego Conquistadores.
		As part of its entrance into the NBA, the city raised the roof of HemisFair Arena to accommodate 6,600 additional seats.
		By its final years of use in the early 1990s, the arena's capacity was about 16,000.
	www.caller2.com /1999/june/27/today/texas_me/2492.html (767 words)

	ZZ Top, 22 August 1986, Hemisfair Arena, San Antonio, TX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Convention Center Arena, San Antonio, TX Let's say you're in Texas, and ZZ Top is performing on a Friday night.
		Okay, it wasn't Del Rio, but it was not too far away--San Antonio, TX, at what used to be called the Hemisfair Arena, home of the Spurs, originally from the American Basketball Association.
		The two of us, and a friend of his headed from the parking lot to the arena, dodging monster-size cockroaches in a big city that reached 108 degrees F only a couple days earlier.
	home.att.net /~StevenT/Reviews/19860822.htm (402 words)

	WOAI: San Antonio News - Twenty-Nine Seasons and Counting -- The Baseline Bums Cheer On (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Though after the move to the SBC Center the Bums are no longer located on the baseline, their collective voice can still be heard throughout the arena.
		The Spurs have moved from the Hemisfair Arena to the Alamodome to the SBC Center.
		When this season started, the fans were still acclimating themselves to the SBC Center and the new arena wasn’t as loud as some expected it to be.
	www.woai.com /spurs/story.aspx?content_id=8E418D24-2913-476A-8324-B98C22E78884 (732 words)

	HemisFair Arena (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Houston Rockets also played home games at the Arena in 1972/73.
		The facility was located near the HemisFair Tower, one of the most recognizable landmarks in the city.
		The site is now the location of an expansion of the adjacent Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
	hemisfair-arena.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (290 words)

	SpursReport.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to league records, the first game in Spurs franchise history was a 121-106 loss to the San Diego Conquistadors on October 10, 1973 in front of 5,879 loud fans at the old HemisFair Arena in downtown San Antonio.
		As fortune would have it, the game was the last the team would play on their home court at HemisFair Arena.
		The "noisiest arena in pro-basketball" had been their home since they moved to South Texas in the summer of 1973.
	www.spursreport.com.cob-web.org:8888 /teaminfo.html (772 words)

	NBA Teams Arenas - NBA basketball team directory
		Arena: Charlotte Bobcats Arena, built by the City of Charlotte and operated by the Charlotte Bobcats Organization, is home of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats, the WNBA's Charlotte Sting and the ECHL’s Charlotte Checkers.
		Arena: The Palace Of Auburn Hills Capacity: 22,076
		Any use of this information in violation of federal, state or local laws is prohibited.
	www.wageronhoops.com /06/nba-teams-arenas.html (745 words)

	Brown has colorful history in San Antonio \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		SAN ANTONIO - Back in the days when he coached in overalls, Larry Brown was pelted with avocados on 10-cent beer night at the old HemisFair Arena.
		The Spurs' third-year guard also recalled the final game at the HemisFair in 1993, when the Suns' Charles Barkley hit a shot over Robinson to eliminate the Spurs in the conference semifinals.
		The old days in San Antonio still bring a smile to the face of Brown, who recalled one of the details of his feud with Bass.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/79379 (838 words)

	Express-News Cyber Stylebook (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HemisFair Arena -- Calling it the Arena (uppercase) is acceptable in second reference and headlines.
		The facility once attached to the Convention Center originally was built for HemisFair '68.
		In 1994, the City Council voted to raze the structure and expand the Convention Center.
	www2.mysanantonio.com.cob-web.org:8888 /aboutus/expressnews/style/mainh.htm (1959 words)

	Philadelphia 76ers/San Antonio Spurs NBA preview on ESPN
		Philadelphia's last win on the road against the Spurs was a 108-102 triumph in the HemisFair Arena on January 6, 1986.
		Philadelphia is 5-0 at the First Union Center and the Cleveland Cavaliers have not lost in six games at Gund Arena.
		The Spurs have not lost at the Alamodome since a 93-77 setback to the Portland Trail Blazers on April 13.
	espn.go.com /nba/2001/20001125/preview/phisas.html (254 words)

	NBA News, Teams, History, Michael Jordan, Rockets, Lakers (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by the owners of major sports arenas in the Northeast and Midwest, notably including Madison Square Garden in New York City.
		Following the 1949 season, the BAA agreed to merge with the NBL, expanding the rechristened National Basketball Association to seventeen franchises that were a mix of large and small cities, as well as large arenas and smaller gymnasiums and armories.
		The Rockets began playing at the Astrodome and AstroHall, both in Houston, the HemisFair Arena, in San Antonio, the Hofheinz Pavilion, on the University of Houston campus, and at Waco.
	www.onlinenbabasketball.com.cob-web.org:8888 (5687 words)

	HoopsCorner.com NBA Arenas: SBC Center
		Previous venue: HemisFair Arena (173-1993), Alamododome (1993-2002), SBC center (2002-present).
		Comments: Though the Alamodome was still a relatively new stadium, it was primarily a football arena and felt cavernous when transformed into a basketball stadium.
		Now with the dismantling of the Lakers, San Antonio might end up as the best NBA team of the decade, if their current success continues.
	www.hoopscorner.com /links/team-arenas/spurs.html (151 words)

	Morris Day & THE TIME: Concert Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		March 24th, 1983 • Hemisfair Arena, San Antonio
		On March 24th, 1983, [Jimmy Jam] and [Terry Lewis] failed to make it to the concert at the Hemisfair Arena in San Antonio.
		The duo had been working on sessions with the S.O.S. Band in Atlanta, but they were snowed in at the airport and couldn't make it back on time to San Antonio.
	www.purplemusic.mynetcologne.de /1983-03-24.html (332 words)

	Spurs Fanatic Arena !!!SPURS~FANS~AROUND~THE~WORLD!!!
		Houston took three games from San Antonio at the HemisFair Arena, including the deciding Game 7, which Houston won by a 105-100 tally.
		In a triple-overtime contest against Milwaukee at the HemisFair Arena, the Spurs pulled away with a 171-166 win, thanks to a 50-point performance from Gervin.
		An 18-foot jump shot by Charles Barkley broke a 100-100 deadlock with 1.8 seconds left, and when David Robinson missed a 20-footer at the buzzer, the Spurs were eliminated.
	friendpages.com /p/pages/cover.cgi?pageid=timduncanrulzall (8344 words)

	San Antonio Spurs Arena - Free Info (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		While the team has previously played games at HemisFair Arena and the Alamodome, the current San Antonio Spurs arena is the SBC Center, located in Bexar County in the city of San Antonio.
		Tired of playing at a venue that was designed primarily for football, the Spurs proposed a new stadium that would be funded through taxes on hotel and car rentals.
		During the 2002-03 season, their first in the new playing venue, the Spurs went on to win their second NBA Championship.
	www.sanantoniospurtickets.com.cob-web.org:8888 /San-Antonio-Spurs-arena.html (383 words)

	San Antonio Spurs (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The early Spurs were led by ABA veteran James Silas and bolstered by the acquistion in early-1974 of future NBA Hall-of-Famer George Gervin from the Virginia Squires.
		The following season, the Spurs first in the newly built Alamodome, Lucas led the Spurs to a 55-27 Record but the team suffered a loss in the first round of the playoffs to the Utah Jazz which led to the immediate firing of Lucas as head coach.
		The longterm viability of the Spurs Franchise in San Antonio was however achieved during the 1999-2000 season, as Bexar County voters approved increases on car rental and hotel taxes which would allow for the construction of a New Arena to be constructed near Freeman Coliseum.
	san-antonio-spurs.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1842 words)

	San Antonio Force FOREVER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Arena Football has become even popular as ever, I don't know how Commish David Baker does it, but he did it, turning a novelty into a major league sport.
		HemisFair Arena, home to the Force for one season(1992)
		The Alamodome could be the home to a AFL franchise in the distant future.
	www.angelfire.com /blog/dgarcia879/SanAntonioForce.html (96 words)

	NBA.com: Fan Fiesta: Game 6
		Juli Blanda, the Bums' president, says that the name stems from when the Spurs played in the HemisFair Arena and a group of rowdy fans located on the baseline was tagged with the name.
		The Bums made the move from the HemisFair Arena to the Alamodome in the 1990s but membership dwindled down to about 25.
		However, prior to the move to the SBC Center, the group worked with the Spurs management to get the best available seats to continue the tradition.
	www.nba.com /finals2005/courtside/fanfiesta_game6.html (645 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		The Spurs got off to a 1-6 start, and only 1,799 people showed up for the Spurs' first win at the HemisFair Arena.
		But during the season the Spurs made what later proved to be the most significant trade in team history, acquiring the virtually unknown George Gervin from the struggling Virginia Squires.
		In March 1993 McCombs sold his interest in the team to a consortium of twelve investors for $75 million, and following the 1992-93 season the team moved from the HemisFair Arena to the new Alamodome.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/SS/xos1.html (1118 words)

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