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Thank you Tarah!Courtesy of this "The old Boston Garden arena was in operation from 19281995, and was originally built as a boxing only. During it's 67 year history the(as pronounced by Bostonians) played host to many influential people such as then presidential hopefuls Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, Stanley Cup hockey Champions Boston Bruins, basketball world champions Boston Celtics, boxing local hero Marvelous Marvin, along with musicians Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin and Boston's own J.Band andBut none were moreor mysterious than the Boston Monkey. He rode into town with the circus for their annual week long visit and when the show packed up and headed out onto the next town the monkey decided to make the Bostonhis home. He soon took residence in the safe haven of therafters. After the hockey games or rock& roll concerts he would come down from the rafters and feed on popcorn, peanuts or hot dogs and wash it down with some beer or soda that was left behind by the spectators. He was occasionally spotted by several Bruins and Celtics players during their-game warm up sessions and also by spectators seated way up in the 2and 3rd balconies.It is believed that when the J.Band made their lastappearance in late February 1981, during a three consecutive night sellout homecoming, the Boston Monkey had come down out of the rafters in the early hours of the AM to feed as usual and with the stage still set up for the following nights house party he searched out one of Magic Dick's harmonicas. If it's in you it's going to come out!The Boston Monkey was also mentioned in several songs such as the Rolling Stones "Midnight Rambler", the J.Bands' "Hard' Man" and Otis' "Boston Monkey".Theclosed its doors in 1995 and moved all operations next door to the new. Thestoodfor two more years as a result the food source was gone and the Boston Monkey perished. In the spring of 1997, as thebeing demolished brickbrick, the mummified body of the Boston Monkey wasbetween the rafters and the roof. He was thebest friend to the end."And you know... I think that if the smell old place was still here, people would still go to it.That's howloyal Boston sports fans are.