Edgerton Park Arena

Opened in 1892

About Edgerton Park Arena

Edgerton Park Arena was an NBA arena in City of Rochester, New York. It opened in 1892 and closed in 1956. Its last recorded capacity was 4,200. Its only tenant was Rochester Royals (NBA, 1949–1955). On our ranked lists it ranks 209th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years.

Appears in

209th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
34th shortest-lived of 46 basketball arenas with known opening and closing years
90th longest single tenancy (6 years) of the 109 longest on record in basketball arenas
31st shortest-lived of 43 NBA arenas with known opening and closing years
71st longest single tenancy (6 years) of the 104 longest on record in NBA arenas

Venue Information

Capacity

4,200

Year Opened

1892

Year Closed

1956

Location

City of Rochester, New York

Elevation

498 ft

152 m above sea level

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.

Capacity by layout

Layout	Seats	Source
General	4,200
Basketball	4,200	Wikipedia
Hockey	3,500	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

The site is now part of Edgerton Park, a park.

From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.

Teams

Home seasons at Edgerton Park Arena by team, 1892–1956. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Rochester Royals While based here: 7 seasons · 295-182 regular season · 7 postseason trips NBA · 1949–1955 Territory map on ImperialismMap Edgerton Park Arena 1949–1955 Rochester Community War Memorial 1956–1957 All 8 home venues of the Rochester Royals Edgerton Park Arena 1949–1955 Rochester Community War Memorial 1956–1957 Cincinnati Gardens 1958–1972 Municipal Auditorium 1973–1974 Kemper Arena 1975–1985 ARCO Arena I 1986–1988 Sleep Train Arena 1989–2016 Golden 1 Center 2017–present	NBA	1949–1955

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.