From the ice to the parquet.
Td garden parquet floor.
Parquet floors which also are used at the orlando magic s amway center originated after wwii when lumber was scarce and expensive.
The parquet design persists both inside td garden where auerbach s name now graces the court and on both courts at the team s practice facility at the auerbach center in brighton.
In terms of the celtics the garden was home to 16 of their 17 total nba championships and some of the celtics greatest teams to ever exist.
Legends such as larry bird bill russell bob cousy and more all suited up to play on the parquet floor in the buildings 67 years of operation.
The parquet style is not the only thing that separates these floors from the rest of the league.
The original floor which was installed at the celtics original home of boston arena in 1946 was moved intact to boston garden in 1952 and used there until the team moved to what was then known as fleetcenter in 1995 now known as td garden.
Using scrap lumber originally cut in tennessee manufacturer boston lumber company opted for the distinctive square parquet pattern in order to maximize the yield.
The floor was commissioned in 1946 while the us was experiencing a lumber shortage in the wake of world war ii.
Td garden is one of two nba arenas along with amway center home of the orlando magic with parquet floors.
The parquet floor used by the boston celtics at td garden one of the most famous parquet floors is the one used by the boston celtics of the nba.
Opened in 1995 the td garden a replacement for the classic boston garden pays homage to the original parquet floors.
Celtics president danny ainge presented dwyane wade with a plaque featuring a photo and a piece of the td garden parquet floor from 2008 on monday to commemorate his retirement.
From 1928 to the future with an expansion of the north station parking garage you will now be able to enter td garden through new private entrances located on levels p1 p4 level 1 of the north station concourse and level 2 through the hub on causeway.
In contrast the other nba arenas use maple floors.
Ainge met wade in a.
The legendary parquet floor that bob cousy bill russell larry bird and so many other basketball icons have traversed over the years is refinished and touched up each summer as part of regular.
Somewhat unique to td garden among nba arenas are the parquet style floors made of oak.
The parquet floor is now a symbol of boston s success as much as the championship banners that hang above it.
