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 Crypto.com Arena 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.
Notable examples
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.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 Benchmark International Arena in Tampa Capital One Arena in Washington Xfinity Mobile Arena 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 Veikkaus Arena In Helsinki
Germany Lanxess Arena in Cologne
Czech Republic 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. Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena was the main venue for ice hockey at the 2026 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 AO Arena in Manchester Blackburn Arena in Blackburn Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Guildford Spectrum in Guildford
Gallery
See also List of ice hockey arenas by capacity Ice hockey rink
References
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