About Bradley Center
Bradley Center is a former name of BMO Harris Bradley Center, used until 2011. 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 109th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.
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- 109th shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
- 16th shortest-lived of 46 basketball arenas with known opening and closing years
- 12th longest single tenancy (29 years) of the 109 longest on record in basketball arenas
- 15th shortest-lived of 43 NBA arenas with known opening and closing years
Venue Information
Year Opened
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
181 m above sea level
Architect
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.
Teams
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
|
Milwaukee Bucks While based here: 30 seasons · 1077-1335 regular season · 14 postseason trips
NBA · 1989–2018
|
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the capacity of Bradley Center?
The basketball capacity of Bradley Center is 18,850.
When was Bradley Center built?
Bradley Center opened in 1988.
What is on the site of Bradley Center today?
Fiserv Forum (opened 2018) now stands on or beside the site.
Who designed Bradley Center?
Bradley Center was designed by Populous.
Where did the Milwaukee Bucks play before Bradley Center?
Before moving to Bradley Center in 1989, the Milwaukee Bucks played at MECCA Arena from 1969 to 1988.
Where did the Milwaukee Bucks play after Bradley Center?
After leaving 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.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
- VenueStats: What stands on the site today.
- VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
- Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, general layout, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point), Architect and operator.
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity, Capacity, concert layout, Capacity, professional wrestling layout, Capacity, hockey layout.
Historical Names
BMO Harris Bradley Center
2012 - 2018
Bradley Center
Unknown - 2011
CurrentLocation
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.