Ice hockey arena



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.

Notable examples
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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.
 * 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 the Ryerson Rams' athletic centre, with the remainder housing a Loblaws supermarket
 * 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, the replacement for Chicago Stadium
 * 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
 * FLA Live Arena in the Miami suburb of Sunrise, Florida
 * Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
 * Honda Center in Anaheim
 * KeyBank Center in Buffalo
 * Gila River 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
 * PNC Arena in Raleigh
 * Ingalls Rink at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut

Finland

 * Helsinki Halli in Helsinki
 * Tampere Deck Arena in Tampere

Germany

 * Lanxess Arena in Cologne

Czech Republic

 * O2 Arena in Prague

Russia

 * Megasport Arena in Moscow

Sweden

 * Ericsson Globe in Stockholm
 * Scandinavium in Gothenburg

Switzerland

 * PostFinance Arena in Bern

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.

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