Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena

It has been a half century since several thousand people filled the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in downtown Binghamton for the venue's first rock concert.

The Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena holds historic memories of some of the greatest entertainment treasures on this planet.

Over the past few days as fill host for WNBF’s Binghamton Now, the topic had turned from the issues of today to some of the great musical acts that have come through our community over the years.

A ceremony to acknowledge the renaming of the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena was held at the four-decade-old facility in downtown Binghamton today. The venue now is known as the "Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena." The change is the result of a naming-rights agreement announced last March...

Six months after a naming rights deal was announced, two prominent exterior signs have been installed on the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena. Maines Paper and Food Service is to pay Broome County $75,000 annually as part of the rights agreement...

Work crews have been busy sprucing things up at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena. Signage reflecting the new name of the 41-year-old venue is expected to be installed this month. The old "Broome County" Arena signs were removed in July...

Workers have removed the large exterior signs identifying the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in downtown Binghamton. New signage is to be installed in coming days to reflect the facility's new name, the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena...

So this is how it ends. The ice that had been in place at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena since September has been removed. With the Binghamton Senators American Hockey League season now over, workers at the Arena spent much of Tuesday taking out the ice that had been in place for months. Much ...

Three months after the bidding deadline, the naming rights to the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena have not been sold. County officials in October announced a plan to solicit bids to rename the 40-year-old downtown Binghamton facility...

Work is underway to fix a potentially hazardous condition at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Crews can be seen chipping away at sections of concrete on the stairs on the north side of the 40-year-old structure. The stairway leads from the street to the concourse level of the Arena...