Posts About "NHL Arenas"
Can An Election Jeopardize the Flames' New Arena?
October 1st, 2020 The Calgary Flames organization have had their eyes on a new arena for their club for quite some time. Their current home, the Scotiabank Saddledome, is the third-oldest building in the National Hockey League, so you can imagine the excitement among Flames fans when the team's ownership group and the City of Calgary finally reached a...
Climate Pledge Arena is Setting a New Standard for Environmentalism
August 20th, 2020 The future home of the Seattle Kraken will be known as Climate Pledge Arena. The partners - Oakview Group, Amazon, and the NHL franchise itself - announced the arena name in June of this year, and, according to the partnership, it is more than just a name. As part of the renovation of the old Key Arena site, the group is making...
A Brief History of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
April 28th, 2020 The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which is now branded as NYCB Live Arena, is a multipurpose indoor arena, that is better known as the home of the New York Islanders, located in Uniondale, New York. The arena opened in 1972 and was built on 63 acres of Mitchel Field, which was formerly known as Army Airfield and later an Air...
NHL Attendance Leaves a Lot to Be Desired
March 23rd, 2020 When the Candian 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, I couldn't help but wonder if that were true or not. 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...
NHL Reboot: What Could the Future Look Like
February 5th, 2020 "Oh, the good ol' hockey game is the best game you can name." If you're reading this, you probably agree with Stompin' Tom Connors. This game, our game, is unparalleled. Hockey combines grace and athleticism that only the most premier of individuals can attain. It incorporates a grit and physicality very few on this planet can...
Calgary Signs Deal with Flames and Stampede for New Arena
December 5th, 2019 CALGARY — A deal to build a new arena in downtown Calgary is official after definitive agreements were signed between the city, the Calgary Flames hockey organization and the Calgary Stampede. The announcement to replace the 36-year-old Scotiabank Saddledome was made on social media by Coun. Jeff Davison. In the agreement,...
Can NHL Fans Behave Themselves?
October 28th, 2019 A crowd full of hockey fans can be both exciting and terrifying at the same time. Catch them when their team is winning a game and it’s an experience in itself. If you find yourself in the cheap seats when the team is losing, you might hear some vocabulary you won’t want to bring home to your mother. Then again, I’ve seen my...
Capitals Unveil Enhanced Game-Day Experience
October 2nd, 2019 If you are planning on heading to a Washington Capitals game this season, the organization has some significant changes in store for you. In addition to some structural changes to the rink itself, there will be new food vendors, enhanced insights into real-time analytics, and new pre-game presentations to enjoy. Since moving to...
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...
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...
