Amway Arena memorabilia, from deodorant to carpet, on auction block
By SAM
GARDNER
FOXSportsFlorida.com
Magic writer
Feb. 11,
2011
Since the opening of the lavish Amway Center in October, the old Amway Arena has become nothing more than a vacant house for memories. But many of those memories hold a special significance in the hearts of those around Central Florida.
It was there where Dwight Howard famously dunked over Tim Duncan to beat the Spurs at the buzzer, and where Scott Skiles dished out 30 assists. Nick Anderson famously stole the ball from Michael Jordan on the O-Rena's parquet floor, and Tracy McGrady set the franchise scoring record within those hallowed halls.
The Magic twice raised the Eastern Conference Championship trophy on the Amway Arena floor, and they won their first Finals game there in 2009.
It's also the home of Stan Van Gundy's locker