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Matthews Arena, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the world's oldest indoor hockey arena. It opened in 1910 on what is now the east end of Northeastern University's campus, and is currently owned by the university. It is the original home of the NHL Boston Bruins, the NBA Boston Celtics and the WHA New England Whalers (now the NHL Carolina Hurricanes). It has hosted all or part of the America East Conference men's basketball tournament a total of eight times and hosted the 1960 Frozen Four.

The structure was more widely known as Boston Arena until 1979 when Northeastern alumnus George J. Matthews helped fund its refurbishment. Matthews is also the place where hockey programs at Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Tufts and Wentworth Institute of Technology all began.

Today, Matthews Arena is home to the Northeastern Huskies men's and women's hockey teams, and the men's basketball team as well as the Wentworth Institute of Technology's mens hockey team.

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