Ice hockey arena
Canada Hockey Place was the main venue at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Here, we see the Vancouver Canucks (blue) and the New York Rangers (white) warming up before a game.
An ice hockey arena (or ice hockey venue) is a sport venue in which an ice hockey competition is held. Alternatively it is used for other sorts such us broomball, ringette and rink bandy. A lot of hockey arenas were designed for use by multiple types of sport.
Notable hockey arenas in the world
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 Forum in Montreal* was the home of 24 Stanley Cup Champions
- The Centre Bell in Montreal is the largest hockey arena of the National Hockey League.[1]
- 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
- Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto* is currently the Ryerson Rams' athletic centre
- Air Canada Centre in Toronto
- Rogers Place in Edmonton
- Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, also known as Scotiabank Place
- MTS Centre in Winnipeg
United States
- Joe Louis Arena in Detroit is the largest hockey arena of the United States.[2]
- 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
- Staples Center in Los Angeles
- Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh
- Matthews Arena, in Boston, the world's oldest indoor ice hockey venue still in use (opened 1910), hosts the NU 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
- 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 Sunrise
- Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
- First Niagara Center in Buffalo
- Honda Center in Anaheim
- Gila River Arena in Glendale
- Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale
- Nationwide Arena in Columbus
- PNC Arena in Raleigh
- Prudential Center in Newark
- SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose
- Scottrade Center in St. Louis
- Amalie Arena in Tampa
- Verizon Center in Washington
- Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia
- T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, to be the home of the Vegas Golden Knights beginning in 2017–18
Finland
Germany
Czech Republic
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.
- The Pala Hodegart in Asiago is one of the most important ice rink in Italy, in the 2010 Asiago wins the Italy championship
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 Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary 
Veltins-Arena during the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, which was attended by 77,803 people.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Ice hockey venues. |
- 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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