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Continental Airlines Arena
Category: Sports arenas and stadiums
The arena also hosts the men's basketball games of Seton Hall University. Official seating capacity as of 2004 is 19,040 for hockey; 20,029 for college basketball; 19,968 for NBA games; and a maximum 20,000 for concerts.
On October 30, 1981, the Nets, who had played their previous four seasons at the Louis Brown Athletic Center at Rutgers University, made their debut at the arena, losing to the New York Knicks, 103-99. Later that season, on January 31, 1982, the NBA All-Star Game was played at the arena.
In 1982, the Colorado Rockies of the NHL relocated to the Meadowlands and became the New Jersey Devils. Their first regular-season game, on October 5, 1982, resulted in a 3-3 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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