I started going to Bullets games when the likes of Walt Bellamy, Terry Dischinger, Sihugo Green and Barney Cable suited up for Baltimore. 3 D.C. businessman..Abe Pollin, Arnie Heft and Earl Foreman owned the team. The Bullets played in the Civic Center which must have been designed by the same person who designed the Jones Falls. The building was obsolete the day it was opened. Pollin bought … Read More »
Like many Baltimoreans, I was somewhat upset when Abe Pollin moved the Bullets to Landover. However the albatross known as the Civic Center was certainly a leading factor in the move. Can you imagine that the structure built in 1964, still serves our great Metropolis as the major indoor arena in the area. It was wrong in 1964 as it prevented the NHL from expanding into Baltimore and it has kept thousands of great events from ever coming to the … Read More »