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October 13, 2009

Memories of “The Aud”

Filed under: Tradingo Tutorials — TJ @ 10:23 pm

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We here at tradingo.com are very proud to be selling commemorative orange seats from Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium, one of the most storied hockey and sport venues in North America. Leave your best “orange story” from The Aud in the comments section below. The best orange story will win a commemorative orange seat to be awarded Thanksgiving Day!

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Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (also known as The Aud) was an indoor arena in downtown Buffalo, New York. It hosted the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League, the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League, the Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association, the Buffalo Stallions of the Major Soccer League, the Buffalo Bandits of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League, the Buffalo Blizzard of the second National Professional Soccer League, and the Buffalo Stampede of Roller Hockey International. It also held a number an NCAA basketball games, as well as numerous entertainment events, such as concerts, the Ringling Brothers circus, Disney on Ice, and other things of that nature. The Aud opened on October 14, 1940, and was renovated in 1970 and 1990. It was closed in 1996 following the conclusion of the Sabres’, Bandits’, and Blizzard’s seasons, and remained vacant up through its demolition in 2009. CLICK HERE TO GO TO TRADINGO.COM/THESTADIUM TO PURCHASE AUD SEATS AND OTHER MEMORABILIA
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October 12, 2009

Tradingo.com Inks Exclusive Deal!

Filed under: Tradingo Tutorials — TJ @ 11:35 am

Tradingo.com has has signed an exclusive distribution deal with one of the largest suppliers of sports memorabilia and commemorative seats from demolished sporting venues. The deal will allow sports fans to browse for and purchase items such as stadium seats, bricks, signage and other items from such iconic arenas such as the Buffalo, NY Memorial Auditorium and the old Cleveland Browns Stadium, and others. Tradingo CEO and founder, Thomas “TJ” McNamara says “This will really put tradingo.com on the map” adds COO Scott Scheinbaum “We’ve put a lot of hard work into the site over the past few months, and having a big player come to us with an opportunity like this tells us we’ve made the right decisions”

Items from the first venue, The Buffalo Auditorium, will go on a pre-sale basis October, 8th. The Buffalo Auditorium was home to concerts, political rallies, dog shows, circuses, ice shows and sporting events and became the home of the Buffalo Bisons Professional Hockey Club and later the NHL Buffalo Sabres. Seats, signage, bricks, and other items will be available on tradingo.com in “The Stadium” of tradingo. An area dedicated to the sale of merchandise from demolished sports arenas.

Also available are seats from the Orange Bowl Stadium and Goalposts from the recently demolished Cleveland Browns Stadium. Both can be purchased at www.tradingo.com/thestadium