HemisFair Arena San Antonio Size:L thus the nickname

thus the nickname

Other tenants included the champion Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League as well as the Detroit Express of the North American Soccer League

Over the years

before the team could play a down

The most famous incarnation opened in 1909 and was completely rebuilt in 1911 after a catastrophic fire

HemisFair Arena San Antonio Size:L thus the nicknameHemisFair Arena was built as part of the 1968 World's Fair, or HemisFair '68 as it was officially called. In the 1973, the Dallas Mavericks of the American Basketball Association moved to town and were renamed the Spurs. They played in the arena until 1993, at which point they moved into the Alamodome.