Notable Events
- Grand opening was held May 22, 1930 features pianist Percy Grainger, Metropolitan Opera Company tenor Edward Johnson, organist Palmer Christian
- First Westchester Music Festival is held in July, 1930 in the newly opened center
- Governor Herbert H. Lehman winds up his campaign with an address at a rally of the American Labor party in 1936
- Joe Baksi, future heavyweight contender, beat future movie actor Jack Palance (who fought under the name of Jack Brazzo) on December 17, 1940.
- In the 1950s or 60s, New York Impresario Joseph H. Conlin hired Conductor Howard Barlow, a resident of Westchester and the conductor of the popular television series of the time, The Voice of Firestone, and created a summer series of classical concerts. Details of this series would be appreciated.
- List of over 400 boxing shows held at the center from the boxrec database.
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