The Auerbach Center

The Auerbach Center
Location 40 Guest Street, Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts
Public transit Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Boston Landing)
Owner New Balance
Operator Boston Celtics
Construction
Broke ground September 15, 2016
Opened June 15, 2018
Tenants

Boston Celtics

seating_capacity = 195

The Auerbach Center is the practice facility for the Boston Celtics in Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts. The facility is part of a larger mixed-use development being constructed by New Balance at Boston Landing that includes the headquarters of New Balance and that will also include shops, a hotel and the practice facility of the Boston Bruins.[1]

The basketball practice facility is spread across the top two floors of The Auerbach Center and will include two parquet floor basketball courts. There will be seating for 195 people overlooking the courts. The facility includes locker rooms, a players’ lounge, and space for the media. The facility contains strength and conditioning facilities, physical therapy areas with hydrotherapy pools and sports science and nutrition facilities. A 40-foot glass wall at The Auerbach Center facing the adjacent Massachusetts Turnpike will allow visibility of the Celtics’ basketball practice facility.

Public transit to the facility is via the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston Landing station, a station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system's Framingham/Worcester Line. Groundbreaking took place in December 2014, with the completed facility hosting its grand opening on September 8, 2016. The Auerbach Center itself opened to the public on June 19, 2018.[2][3]

The Celtics' fellow tenants at the TD Garden when both are in their respective wintertime league seasons, the Boston Bruins NHL ice hockey team, have their own practice facility at Warrior Ice Arena, just east of the Auerbach Center, at 80 Guest Street.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Warrior Ice Arena to seat just 650, be dedicated solely to skating - The Boston Globe".
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  3. ↑ Harrington, Keith (June 19, 2018). "Boston Celtics Open New Auerbach Center Practice Facility". necn.com. New England Cable News. Retrieved July 2, 2018. The Boston Celtics officially opened their new practice facility, the Auerbach Center, Tuesday in Boston...The Celtics, along with New Balance Athletics, will use the 70,000 square foot center throughout the year as they make the push for their 18th World Championship next season...The Auerbach Center, named after legendary Celtics coach and president Red Auerbach, is a state-of-the-art facility that boasts two full-sized parquet floors, a sports science lab,a medical examination room, exercise pools, and expanded locker rooms for the players and coaches.
  4. ↑ Dumicius, Gintautas (August 23, 2017). "Take a look at the Auerbach Center, the Boston Celtics' new practice facility". masslive.com. MassLive. Retrieved August 25, 2017. (Caption for a photo at the site: "At a topping off ceremony for the Auerbach Center at New Balance World Headquarters, renderings of the new Boston Celtics practice facility were on display. The building is next to the Boston Bruins practice facility, known as the Warrior Ice Arena, and overlooks the Mass. Turnpike.")
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