Stadiums & Arenas of Canada, Part 3

[esquire]

Originally Posted by osmo

I never understood "Gardens" for arena names, was a garden a meeting place way back when?

I wondered about that myself... is it some sort of Britishism?

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by esquire

I wondered about that myself... is it some sort of Britishism?

I never understood "gardens" either, but I liked the sound of it.

Maybe the first arena named "gardens" was built on the site of a garden, and the name just stuck.

Kind of like the stadium "Stamford Bridge" which is near a bridge (or was) but not an actual bridge.