BMO Harris Bradley Center
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| Address | 1001 North Fourth Street |
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| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43°2′37″N 87°55′1″W / 43.04361°N 87.91694°WCoordinates: 43°2′37″N 87°55′1″W / 43.04361°N 87.91694°W |
| Owner | Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation |
| Operator | Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation |
| Capacity | Wrestling: 18,800 Concerts: 20,000 College basketball: 18,850 Basketball: 18,633 (1988–1997) 18,717 (1997–present) Ice hockey: 17,845 Indoor soccer: 17,800 |
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| Broke ground | October 20, 1986 |
| Opened | October 1, 1988 |
| Construction cost | $91 million ($184 million in 2017 dollars) |
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HOK Sport (now Populous) Kahler Slater Torphy Architects Zimmerman Design Group |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | Huber, Hunt & Nichols |
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Milwaukee Bucks (NBA) (1988–present) Milwaukee Admirals (IHL/AHL) (1988–2016) Marquette Golden Eagles (NCAA) (1988–present) Milwaukee Wave (MISL) (1988–2003) Milwaukee Mustangs (AFL) (1994–2001) Milwaukee Mustangs (AFL) (2009–2012) |
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The Bradley Center (known as the BMO Harris Bradley Center under sponsorship agreements) is an indoor arena located on the northwest corner of North 4th and West State Streets in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
It is home to the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA and the Marquette University men's basketball team. It is also the former home of the Milwaukee Wave of the MISL, from 1988 to 2003, the original Milwaukee Mustangs of the AFL from 1994 to 2001, along with the second incarnation of the team from 2009 to 2012, the Badger Hockey Showdown from 1989 to 2002, and the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL (and formerly of the IHL) from 1988 to 2016.
The arena was opened on October 1, 1988 with an exhibition hockey game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Edmonton Oilers. At $90 million, it was meant to be a modern replacement of its current cross-street neighbor, The MECCA (now named the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena), which was built in 1950. The arena was mainly built as an attempt to attract an expansion franchise for the National Hockey League, though this never occurred, and the International Hockey League's Milwaukee Admirals (later moving to the American Hockey League) used the arena for the majority of its existence. The MECCA, during much of its time operating as an NBA facility, had the league's smallest seating capacity, holding just over 11,000 people. Funds to build the Center were donated as a gift to the State of Wisconsin by broadcaster/Admirals owner Lloyd Pettit and his wife, Jane Bradley Pettit, in memory of Jane's late father, Harry Lynde Bradley of the Allen-Bradley company.
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