BMO Harris Bradley Center

Opened in 1988

About BMO Harris Bradley Center

BMO Harris Bradley Center was an NBA arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It opened in 1988 and closed in 2018. It was designed by Populous. Its last recorded capacity was 18,850 in its basketball layout. Its only tenant was Milwaukee Bucks (NBA, 1989–2018). On our ranked lists it ranks 107th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years. It has also been known as Bradley Center (until 2011).

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Venue Information

Capacity

18,850

Basketball layout

Source: Wikipedia

Year Opened

1988

Year Closed

2018

Location

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Elevation

593 ft

181 m above sea level

Architect

Populous

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Capacity by layout

Layout Seats Source
General 18,800 Wikidata
Concert 20,000 Wikipedia
Basketball 18,850 Wikipedia
Professional wrestling 18,800 Wikipedia
Hockey 17,845 Wikipedia

Seating capacity depends on how the building is laid out for each event. Figures are the best sourced claim per layout.

The site today

  • Fiserv Forum (opened 2018) now stands on or beside the site.

Later venues are matched by the recorded coordinates in our own venue records.

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Teams

Home seasons at BMO Harris Bradley Center by team, 1988–2018. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.
Team League Years
Milwaukee Bucks
While based here: 30 seasons · 1077-1335 regular season · 14 postseason trips
NBA · 1989–2018
  1. MECCA Arena 1969–1988
  2. BMO Harris Bradley Center 1989–2018
  3. Fiserv Forum 2019–present
NBA 1989–2018

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of BMO Harris Bradley Center?

The basketball capacity of BMO Harris Bradley Center is 18,850.

When was BMO Harris Bradley Center built?

BMO Harris Bradley Center opened in 1988.

What is on the site of BMO Harris Bradley Center today?

Fiserv Forum (opened 2018) now stands on or beside the site.

Who designed BMO Harris Bradley Center?

BMO Harris Bradley Center was designed by Populous.

Where did the Milwaukee Bucks play before BMO Harris Bradley Center?

Before moving to BMO Harris Bradley Center in 1989, the Milwaukee Bucks played at MECCA Arena from 1969 to 1988.

Where did the Milwaukee Bucks play after BMO Harris Bradley Center?

After leaving BMO Harris Bradley Center in 2018, the Milwaukee Bucks moved to Fiserv Forum in 2019.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Historical Names

BMO Harris Bradley Center

2012 - 2018

Current

Bradley Center

Unknown - 2011

Location

Coordinates: 43.0436, -87.9169
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Nearby Venues

VenueYearsDistance
Fiserv Forum 2018– Same site
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena 1950– Same site
Eclipse Park 0.6 mi
Lloyd Street Grounds 1895–1903 1.4 mi
Wright Street Grounds 1884–1895 1.5 mi
Borchert Field 1887–1953 2.1 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Read more on Wikipedia

Teams on Wikipedia

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.

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