I'm cross posting this from the small town thread as not many people may have seen this there. This does concern the oldest surviving basketball court in the world. This is kinda like a stadium, right???? 
The oldest surviving basketball court in the world is located in St. Stephen NB. It is going to be preserved and venerated. This is the proposal:
The court dates from 1893, and was built by a fellow who played the first ever basketball game in Massachusetts with James Naismith only two years earlier.
Here is the link for the CTV news article:
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/world-s-olde...l-basketball-experience-museum-1.6617167
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The historic spot will soon be transformed into the Canadian National Basketball Experience Museum.
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The project will be undertaken by architecture and exhibit design firm CambridgeSeven out of Cambridge, MA. The company has been the leader in a number of projects, including the Canada Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary. The firm most recently completed a multi-million dollar renovation of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield MA.
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This is the room, with the original hardwood floor. You can see a peach basket mounted on the wall.
This is a tremendous project for St. Stephen, and is almost next door to the Ganong Chocolate Museum (a great facility in it's own right). Ganong invented the concept of the chocolate bar. Both these museums are also almost directly across from the international bridge to Calais ME.
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