Long Beach Arena Postcard

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Long Beach Arena Postcard

The arena was the site of the first NHL game involving a 1967 expansion team, as the Los Angeles Kings and the Philadelphia Flyers, both expansion teams, played on October 14, 1967, the Kings won 4–2. The Kings played in Long Beach for the first half of their expansion season while The Forum was being completed.

The 1986 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship Rounds of 64 and 32 were played at the arena, including Maryland and star Len Bias who played his final collegiate game at the arena on March 14, 1986, in a loss to UNLV in the Round of 32.
It was the home court for Long Beach State’s men’s basketball team for several seasons in the 1970s and 1980s.

Tenants included: The Los Angeles Kings NHL, Los Angeles Sharks WHA played a hand full of games here along with the Long Beach Sharks/Rockets of the PHL, the Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL hockey team in the IHL, WCHL and ECHL. California Surf of the NASL for one season of indoor soccer. Plus regular appearances of the Los Angeles Thunderbirds roller derby team.

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