Ted Tye considers himself a lifelong Boston sports fan.
“I grew up in the old Boston Garden,” said Tye, managing partner at National Development, a company based in Newton. “And I’ve had Celtics season tickets for 35 years.”
So when he found out that the old Boston Garden scoreboard — which for decades has been hanging inside the Arsenal Mall food court in Watertown — was coming down to make way for new construction, he didn’t hesitate to nab it.
“I was the same guy who was driving in his car the day they said the Hilltop Steakhouse was closing, and immediately called and offered to buy the cows, which I did,” he said. “I’m a little crazy for Boston memorabilia.”
