Posts About "NHL Arenas"
Boston Bruins Seating Changes Creating Problems for Players and Fans
September 30th, 2019 The Delaware North Group that owns both the Boston Bruins and their home arena TD Garden is completing a major $100-million expansion on the arena. The 50,000 square foot expansion has encompassed many areas of the venue including the upper and lower bowl seating. Boston’s iconic Black and Gold seats had been replaced with an...
NHL Attendance Leaves a Lot to Be Desired
September 26th, 2019 When the Associated Press ran a story with the headline stating that NHL teams were trying to get fans to come to games instead of watching it on television, you could hear an audible chuckle from me. Why would the NHL in the last year of its national broadcast rights deal with NBC try and drive value away from what should be a...
Islanders Ready to Usher in New Era in New Arena
September 25th, 2019 Monday was a busy day for the New York Islanders, who broke ground on their new Belmont Park Arena on Long Island. In addition to the groundbreaking, the Islanders announced that they would be moving seven of their regular-season games from the Barclays Center to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. With the games being added to the Long...
NHL Teams Aim to Fill Arenas, Drawing Fans Away from Screens
September 24th, 2019 Detroit Red Wings season-ticket holder Matt Larson pays about $74 for two of the cheapest seats in Little Caesars Arena. The 32-year-old fan gets a pair of high top chairs set up behind a counter, giving him plenty of space for food and drink, in a spa...
The Difference Between Baseball Stadiums And Hockey Arenas
September 21st, 2019 A few days ago, I took a look at Major League Baseball’s “Minor League Problem” and if any of the suggestions Travis Sawchick put in his article “Do We Even Need Minor League Baseball?” could apply to the world of minor league hockey. Long story short, minor and junior hockey is fine the way it is and shouldn’t follow in...
NHL Fans & the Growing Concession Problem
August 17th, 2019 Welcome to part three of our summer series looking at different aspects of the NHL fan experience at games. We focused our efforts on season tickets in the first two parts. In case you missed them, you can read about prices here and perks here. We now look at something that every fan will have a strong opinion on. Tickets are...
