Ice hockey arena explained

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.

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

See also: List of ice hockey arenas by capacity. 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)
• Canada Life Centre 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, replacement for Chicago Stadium, and the second largest arena by capacity in the National Hockey League
• Crypto.com Arena 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
• Ball Arena in Denver
• American Airlines Center in Dallas
  • Amerant Bank Arena in the Miami suburb of Sunrise, Florida Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
• Honda Center in Anaheim
• KeyBank Center in Buffalo
• Desert Diamond 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
• Lenovo Center in Raleigh
• Ingalls Rink at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut
• Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle

Finland

• Helsinki Halli in Helsinki
• Nokia Arena in Tampere

Germany

• Lanxess Arena in Cologne

Czech Republic

• [[O2 Arena (Prague)|O2 Arena]] in Prague

Russia

• Megasport Arena in Moscow

Sweden

• Avicii Arena in Stockholm
• Scandinavium in Gothenburg

Switzerland

• PostFinance Arena in Bern

Italy

• The Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio 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
• Coventry Skydome in Coventry
• Dundee Ice Arena in Dundee
• Murrayfield Ice Rink in Edinburgh
• Planet Ice 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

See also

• List of ice hockey arenas by capacity
• Ice hockey rink

External links

• Ice Hockey Arena
• Hockeyarenas.net Information about ice hockey arenas from around the world
• rinktime.com A directory of Ice Hockey Arenas Throughout North America established 1997

Notes and References

1. Web site: Game Changers: How the United Center is converted from ice to hardwood . Chicago Tribune . 2017-02-20.
2. Web site: Staples Center changes from basketball to hockey in time-lapse video . Houston . Mitchell . Los Angeles Times . 2012-04-16 . 2017-02-20.
3. http://gnrworld.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/january-27th-2010-montreal-qp-centre-bell/ January 27th, 2010 Montreal, QP @ Centre Bell