Ice hockey arena

Canada Hockey Place was the main venue at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Here, we see the Vancouver Canucks (blue) and the New York Rangers (white) warming up before a game.

An ice hockey arena (or ice hockey venue) 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, like 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.[1][2]

Notable hockey arenas in the world

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

United States

Finland

Germany

Czech Republic

Russia

Sweden

Switzerland

Italy

United Kingdom

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Game Changers: How the United Center is converted from ice to hardwood". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Houston (2012-04-16). "Staples Center changes from basketball to hockey in time-lapse video". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  3. ↑ January 27th, 2010 Montreal, QP @ Centre Bell
  4. ↑ "Detroit suddenly in fight to fill Joe Louis Arena"
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