Ice hockey arena
{{Short description|Sport venue in which an ice hockey competition is held}}
File:Climate Pledge Arena in Kraken configuration - view from SE upper tier.jpg in Seattle, pictured in October 2021, home of the Seattle Kraken, the newest arena in the NHL]]
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.{{cite web | title=Game Changers: How the United Center is converted from ice to hardwood | url=http://graphics.chicagotribune.com/gamechangers/ | publisher=Chicago Tribune | accessdate=2017-02-20}}{{cite web | title=Staples Center changes from basketball to hockey in time-lapse video | url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-apr-16-la-sp-sn-video-staples-center-changes-basketball-hockey-20120416-story.html | first=Houston | last=Mitchell | work=Los Angeles Times | date=2012-04-16 | access-date=2017-02-20}}
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.[http://gnrworld.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/january-27th-2010-montreal-qp-centre-bell/ January 27th, 2010 Montreal, QP @ Centre Bell]
- 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 Toronto Metropolitan University and the TMU Bold ice hockey, basketball, and volleyball teams, with the remainder housing a Loblaws supermarkethttps://tmubold.ca/facilities/mattamy-athletic-centre-mac-/1
- 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=
=Germany=
= Czech Republic =
=Russia=
- Megasport Arena in Moscow
=Sweden=
=Switzerland=
=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
Gallery
File:Intérieur du Centre Bell Center Inside.JPG|Centre Bell in Montreal
File:PengrowthSaddledomeNight.jpg|{{center|Night view of Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary}}
File:Joe-Louis-Arena.jpg|{{center|Joe Louis Arena in Detroit}}
File:Nokia Arena and Hotel March 2022.jpg|Nokia Arena in Tampere
File:Nottingham Panthers vs Cardiff Devils April 2011.jpg|{{center|National Ice Centre in Nottingham}}
File:Jokerit vs. Dinamo.jpeg|Helsinki Halli in Helsinki
File:Eroeffnungsspiel eishockey wm 2010.jpg|Veltins-Arena during the opening game of the 2010 IIHF World Championship, which was attended by 77,803 people.
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.icehockeyarena.com/ Ice Hockey Arena]
- [http://www.hockeyarenas.net/ Hockeyarenas.net] Information about ice hockey arenas from around the world
- [http://www.rinktime.com/ rinktime.com] A directory of Ice Hockey Arenas Throughout North America established 1997
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