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In its time it was the seventh-largest bank in the United States , as measured by assets ( $ 197 billion in 2003 ). It had almost 50,000 employees, over 20 million customers worldwide and revenues of $12 billion per year.

During the construction of a sports Arena in Boston, FleetBoston acquired the Naming Rights to the facility, which therefore opened as the FleetCenter in 1995 . After FleetBoston's sale to Bank of America, the bank chose to give up its naming rights and an announcement was made on March 3 , 2005 that the arena would be renamed TD Banknorth Garden . It is home to the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association and the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League .


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