Matthews Arena at Northeastern University in Boston, the oldest active men's basketball arena in the nation, hosted its final basketball game Saturday.

The 115-year-old building will be torn down next year and replaced with a new state of the art athletic facility.

Matthews Arena opened way back in April 1910 as the Boston Arena and was the original home of the Boston Celtics and Bruins. It's been the home to Northeastern's basketball and hockey programs for years.

Before the Northeastern men's basketball team lost their final game at Matthews to Vermont, 85-74, Saturday afternoon, the university welcomed back dozens of former players and also honored former coach Jim Calhoun and the late Reggie Lewis , who went on to star with the Celtics.

Lewis's widow, Donna Harris-Lewis, came to

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