01-18-2021, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Watkinsville, Georgia
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Originally Posted by bear
some of my notes from when I worked through the book
Jeffries AC open air arena 800 1908-1909
Jeffries Barn Burbank, CA 800 1931-1953 boxing on Thursday nights
Hazard's Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 4000 1887-1906 cradle of big time boxing in LA
Turnverein Hall Los Angeles, CA 800 1894-1906
Los Angeles Athletic Club 1880-1912 club relocated
Arcadia Pavilion was a boxing venue used in San Francisco between 1922 and 1927
The Association Club was a boxing club in San Francisco's Mission District during the four-round era (1914-24). It staged regular weekly shows on Wednesday nights throughout this period.
The Coliseum Bowl, seating capacity 3,300, was situated on 11th street, between Market and Mission Streets. It opened February 19, 1940. SF
It appears that San Francisco's Dreamland Auditorium, Dreamland Rink, and Dreamland Pavilion were all the same venue in the 1910s
Garibaldi Hall was a boxing club in San Francisco during the early 1920s, located at 441 Broadway. Garibaldi Hall was an entry level club during this era in San Francisco along with the Association Club and National Hall. The promoter for many of these shows was Gene Malatesta
Kezar Pavilion, located adjacent to Kezar Stadium, is an indoor arena in the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. The Pavilion, built in 1924, seats 4,000.
The National Hall was located in San Francisco's Mission District, on 16th and Mission Street. From the mid-1920s through 1949 it would serve as San Francisco's second-tier club.
Woodward's Pavilion was an early 20th century venue. In January 1904 Alex Greggains and Morris Levy took out a multi-year lease, with plans to remodel the theatrical building. It was to have a seating capacity of 7,000, and would compete with the Mechanics Pavilion in staging boxing programs.
I"ve combined notes from the book with info from boxrec's encyclopedia and venues.
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Thank you Bear! In the past had never paid much attention about the venues. Becoming more interested in them as I've built my collection of boxing magazines and searching through papers "finding" them in articles.
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