Ice hockey arena
An ice hockey arena (or ice hockey venue, or ice hockey stadium) is a sport venue in which an ice hockey competition is held. Alternatively it is used for other sports such as broomball, ringette and rink bandy.
Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Here the Vancouver Canucks (blue) and the New York Rangers (white) are seen warming up before a game.
Multi-purpose arenas
A number of ice hockey arenas were also designed for use by multiple types of sport, such as basketball. In many of these multi-purpose arenas, such as the United Center in Chicago and the Staples Center in Los Angeles, an insulated plywood floor is placed, piece-by-piece, on top of the ice surface, and then the basketball court boards are placed over that.[1][2]
Notable examples
This list is incomplete. See the link above for a more complete list.
Arena names with an asterisk (*) after their city name means that it has either been demolished or is no longer used by any ice hockey teams.
Canada
- The Montreal Forum in Montreal* was the home of 24 Stanley Cup Champions
- The Bell Centre in Montreal is the largest hockey arena of the National Hockey League.[3]
- Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary was expandable to IIHF rink dimensions
- Rogers Arena in Vancouver hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics Men's Hockey Gold Medal match (originally General Motors Place)
- Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto* is now partially occupied by the Ryerson Rams' athletic centre, with the remainder housing a Loblaws supermarket
- Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (formerly known as Air Canada Centre)
- Rogers Place in Edmonton
- Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa (originally The Palladium; later known as Corel Centre and Scotiabank Place)
- Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg
- Videotron Centre in Quebec City
United States
- Madison Square Garden in New York City is "The World's Most Famous Arena"
- Chicago Stadium in Chicago* was "The Madhouse on Madison"
- United Center in Chicago, the replacement for Chicago Stadium
- Staples Center in Los Angeles
- PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh
- Matthews Arena, in Boston, the world's oldest indoor ice hockey venue still in use (opened 1910), hosts the Northeastern Huskies collegiate hockey teams
- Boston Garden in Boston* (1928–1995) had an undersized rink because it was built when the NHL had no regulation rink specifications
- Appleton Arena in Canton, New York has been home of the St. Lawrence University Skating Saints since opening in 1950
- TD Garden in Boston, capacity of 17,565 for Bruins games
- Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul
- Pepsi Center in Denver
- American Airlines Center in Dallas
- BB&T Center in the Miami suburb of Sunrise, Florida
- Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
- Honda Center in Anaheim
- KeyBank Center in Buffalo
- Gila River Arena in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona
- Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale
- Nationwide Arena in Columbus
- Prudential Center in Newark, known as "The Rock"
- SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose
- Enterprise Center in St. Louis
- Amalie Arena in Tampa
- Capital One Arena in Washington
- Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia
- T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip
- Little Caesars Arena in Detroit
- PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Ingalls Rink at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
Finland
Germany
Russia
- Megasport Arena in Moscow
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy
- The Stadio Olympica in Cortina d'Ampezzo was the main venue of the 1956 Winter Olympics.
- The Palasport Olimpico in Turin was the main venue of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
United Kingdom
- Odyssey Arena in Belfast
- Braehead Arena in Glasgow
- National Ice Centre in Nottingham
- iceSheffield in Sheffield
- Sheffield Arena in Sheffield
- Fife Ice Arena in Kirkcaldy
- SkyDome Arena in Coventry
- Dundee Ice Arena in Dundee
- Murrayfield Ice Rink in Edinburgh
- Altrincham Ice Dome in Altrincham
- Blackburn Arena in Blackburn
- Manchester Arena in Manchester* was home to Manchester Storm (1995–2002 – Relaunched in 2015 playing at Altrincham Ice Dome)
- Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff
Gallery
Centre Bell in Montreal
Night view of Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary 
Veltins-Arena during the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, which was attended by 77,803 people.
References
- "Game Changers: How the United Center is converted from ice to hardwood". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
- Mitchell, Houston (2012-04-16). "Staples Center changes from basketball to hockey in time-lapse video". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
- January 27th, 2010 Montreal, QP @ Centre Bell
External links
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- Ice Hockey Arena
- Hockeyarenas.net Information about ice hockey arenas from around the world
- Hockey Rinks and Arenas in North America w/ Schedules A directory of Ice Hockey Arenas Throughout North America w/ Schedules established 1997
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