I was at the second home game against the Habs last week. Incredible building. The concession stands are nuts. You scan your credit card to enter the marketplace and you just walk out with whatever you want. The cameras track what you purchase. I sat up near the glass window about 6 rows from the top of the rafters and had an amazing seat/view.
Thanks for covering this. I'm a new NHL fan from Cleveland and chose the Kraken as my team so that I can start with them. Love seeing Kraken content from you, I'm constantly searching for it from RUclipsrs!
Those windows you were talking about, they are level with the side walk out side. You can walk up to the windows and look down at the ice that is 100 feet below ground level.
The big window from the concept is on the other end of the arena from the two real photos taken. I show the arena in my video from the first home game, you're welcome to use clips from it if you want.
I do like their color scheme, and the overall design of the building. I still get a collective eye roll of CLIMATE PLEDGE, the naming rights bought by a guy who wanted the PR but then went off and dumped tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere to joy ride into space for nothing more than bragging rights. Not to mention the concession menu and prices.
@@ricardoconqueso explain what that even looks like when it was built using fossil fuels. You must be one of those ppl who hears a name and thinks that the ppl "pledging" to make the arena carbon neutral aren't on their diesel yachts right now after using their private jets (Which use fossil fuel) to get to the fossil fuel yacht...Just like DiCaprio giving a speech on his charity and private island which he claimed would be used as a sustainable project to combat climate change...while posting pics on his fossil fuel yacht. You realize that the ppl who are pushing climate change are the same ppl who attend Bilderberg meetings where they literally plan the destruction and depopulation of the world?
Here’s something that the photos in this video don’t show: there is an Eye. It’s projected through the windows onto some mesh screens on that side of the arena. A holographic giant Kraken eye. I only spotted it after the game when I was walking around that side of the arena (you can see the ice from outside!) and noticed the GIANT FREAKING EYE. Couldn’t see it from my seat inside, but when I went looking later, it was there. It hasn’t been mentioned or anything, it’s just there, like the entire arena is being held by the kraken and that’s its eye.
Seeing the Kraken raise a Metropolitans stanley cup banner makes me want to see the rest of the markets that had Championship teams of the past raise those banners as well
The senators did that when they opened up the CTC many years ago and they still hang there. I think there is seven or eight of them. I really like the idea
There is an Easter egg on that far wall in the first rendering you showed. If you look up and just outside the building, there is a giant kraken eyeball projected on the roof looking down on you.
hey Neil, did you notice at about 7:24 or 7:25 the fact that in the bottom right corner, there are two people wearing the same Kraken jersey but, each one has a different number on it even though they have the same name plate on it.
I know I'm late to this video but I went to a game here in December and it's pretty cool. Those windows are actually at ground level so you can look into the arena from the sidewalk outside, granted there is a small garden thing slightly separating the window from the sidewalk so you can't see all the way down from the sidewalk. But thanks to the dual scoreclocks, there is one right in front of the window so you could watch a game through the window on the big screen and I think that's awesome. I've been to a few different NHL venues and CPA is unlike any of them.
I heard that where the Kraken enter the ice that you can pay big money to seat in club seats. There you can see the players come out to the ice. So that mirror is where you see the player. I think there is a lounge near. I hope Calgary will do that for their new arena.
the windows that you zoomed in on are not the actual windows. you're looking at the opposite end from that point of view. the windows are completely identical to the renders, truly gorgeous
Where the windows are, that’s ground level. They just kept digging down to create the arena. The venue was built as the Washington State Pavilion for the 1962 Seattle’s World’s Fair. In 1964, it was converted into the Seattle Center Coliseum. In the 90’s it was remodeled for the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. As you know the Sonics were taken out of Seattle. Then when the NHL came, the venue was remodeled again into Its current form. Basically, it’s Seattle Center Coliseum v3.0.
The glass kind of confuses me. My main thing is how it would look during day games. Although day games aren’t often, the glare from the windows onto the ice might cause some issues. Other than that, awesome area. I haven’t watched a home game there yet but I will on Sunday night when the Rangers play there!
@@brownthunder999 I thought so too. I was watching this one video of NHL arenas for the 21-22 season. I was pretty shocked to learn that Climate Pledge Arena was older than MSG
Technically, they’re calling it a brand new arena. The only part original to the 60s is the skeleton of the roof, which includes the white concrete border, as well as the pieces the go to the center and look like green + from above, but were originally painted red. The rest of the roof is from 1995 when the Key opened. The venue was originally the Seattle Center Coliseum, and the court was at street level from 1964 to the early 90s, and the venue had a much smaller capacity of 13,000 for basketball, even less for hockey. The original roof had 4 quadrants that hung freely, and it started having leaking issues. When they dug downward in the center to create KeyArena, a basketball-only venue with more seats, they also replaced the hanging quadrants of the roof with rigid, leak-resistant replicas that were identical from the outside. The original skeleton of the roof remained. The venue, however, was not designed for hockey, and had not enough floor space to center a hockey rink with the seating bowl, so only half of the lower bowl was sold for the WHL team that played there for a short time. In 2019, there was another complete demolition under the roof. They started to dig further downward and out to the edges to make what is now Climate Pledge Arena. Basically, it has always looked the same on the outside, but it has been 3 distinctive venues, and the venue we call Climate Pledge Arena has components from all 3 venues.
I watched their home opener this past Saturday. The arena looked really nice and modern. The one thing that I thought was lack luster, was the pregame "ceremony". I was expending since they are a new "modern" team and have an amazing brand that they would go all out (like Vegas). This could have been because it was their first home game. I'll have to watch another game to see if the pregame is better.
@@MichaelVarlotta super late and not sure if you were able to catch any other games, but you’re correct. It was not as big because the arena was brand new and they didn’t have all the rigging to go bigger. Second half of the season, they were able to have larger pregame presentations.
They can call the building what they want but it sat with Key Arena branding for a whole decade after KeyBank stopped paying for the naming rights, so It's still going to be The Key for some people, for some time. That said, it's one hell of a renovation, I can't wait to take a better look at once the border is easier to deal with.
im seeing kraken @ bruins on my bday feb 1st GO KRAKEN yes i live in new england no the local team is not my fav sharks 1 cats 2 kraken 3 coyotes 4 wild 5 bruins 6 kings 7 etc
I think the color scheme for the Kraken is a bit week...maybe not now, but as the novelty wears on us..The logo is to simple and it will also age poorly...Teams that I think have a worn logo and color scheme... My Bruins as well as Habs and ducks are bland need new logo and a infusion of a color or assorted colors..l Everything wrong with the b's is revenue drivin... the bruins organization if it takes money to make money it's not happening We've learned that year after year after year at the hands of the ownership.... Don't get me wrong there are teams with very simple color schemes and logos that can hold there own. The Red wings
I was at the second home game against the Habs last week. Incredible building. The concession stands are nuts. You scan your credit card to enter the marketplace and you just walk out with whatever you want. The cameras track what you purchase.
I sat up near the glass window about 6 rows from the top of the rafters and had an amazing seat/view.
Thanks for covering this. I'm a new NHL fan from Cleveland and chose the Kraken as my team so that I can start with them. Love seeing Kraken content from you, I'm constantly searching for it from RUclipsrs!
Bring back the Barons!!
@@billy5034 😂😂😂
Cleveland? You should be a pens fan
@@Rango37 Being from Cleveland, I was taught to hate black and yellow from a very young age😅
Glad you enjoyed!
Those windows you were talking about, they are level with the side walk out side. You can walk up to the windows and look down at the ice that is 100 feet below ground level.
The big window from the concept is on the other end of the arena from the two real photos taken. I show the arena in my video from the first home game, you're welcome to use clips from it if you want.
I do like their color scheme, and the overall design of the building. I still get a collective eye roll of CLIMATE PLEDGE, the naming rights bought by a guy who wanted the PR but then went off and dumped tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere to joy ride into space for nothing more than bragging rights. Not to mention the concession menu and prices.
Except the arena is the first zero waste/carbon neutral arena in the world. Hence the name.
Facts! You hit it on the head!
@@ricardoconqueso explain what that even looks like when it was built using fossil fuels. You must be one of those ppl who hears a name and thinks that the ppl "pledging" to make the arena carbon neutral aren't on their diesel yachts right now after using their private jets (Which use fossil fuel) to get to the fossil fuel yacht...Just like DiCaprio giving a speech on his charity and private island which he claimed would be used as a sustainable project to combat climate change...while posting pics on his fossil fuel yacht.
You realize that the ppl who are pushing climate change are the same ppl who attend Bilderberg meetings where they literally plan the destruction and depopulation of the world?
Hope you feel better soon !
Headed down to Seattle once the boarder is opened !!
Here’s something that the photos in this video don’t show: there is an Eye. It’s projected through the windows onto some mesh screens on that side of the arena. A holographic giant Kraken eye. I only spotted it after the game when I was walking around that side of the arena (you can see the ice from outside!) and noticed the GIANT FREAKING EYE. Couldn’t see it from my seat inside, but when I went looking later, it was there. It hasn’t been mentioned or anything, it’s just there, like the entire arena is being held by the kraken and that’s its eye.
Seeing the Kraken raise a Metropolitans stanley cup banner makes me want to see the rest of the markets that had Championship teams of the past raise those banners as well
The senators did that when they opened up the CTC many years ago and they still hang there. I think there is seven or eight of them. I really like the idea
There is an Easter egg on that far wall in the first rendering you showed. If you look up and just outside the building, there is a giant kraken eyeball projected on the roof looking down on you.
That is one nice barn!
Can’t wait to go to the Oilers game in December!
hey Neil, did you notice at about 7:24 or 7:25 the fact that in the bottom right corner, there are two people wearing the same Kraken jersey but, each one has a different number on it even though they have the same name plate on it.
I know I'm late to this video but I went to a game here in December and it's pretty cool. Those windows are actually at ground level so you can look into the arena from the sidewalk outside, granted there is a small garden thing slightly separating the window from the sidewalk so you can't see all the way down from the sidewalk. But thanks to the dual scoreclocks, there is one right in front of the window so you could watch a game through the window on the big screen and I think that's awesome. I've been to a few different NHL venues and CPA is unlike any of them.
There is more glass on the other side I believe.
I heard that where the Kraken enter the ice that you can pay big money to seat in club seats. There you can see the players come out to the ice. So that mirror is where you see the player. I think there is a lounge near. I hope Calgary will do that for their new arena.
the windows that you zoomed in on are not the actual windows. you're looking at the opposite end from that point of view. the windows are completely identical to the renders, truly gorgeous
The two scoreboard concept is cool.
I think we'll see more buildings adopt that in the future
Where the windows are, that’s ground level. They just kept digging down to create the arena. The venue was built as the Washington State Pavilion for the 1962 Seattle’s World’s Fair. In 1964, it was converted into the Seattle Center Coliseum. In the 90’s it was remodeled for the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. As you know the Sonics were taken out of Seattle. Then when the NHL came, the venue was remodeled again into Its current form. Basically, it’s Seattle Center Coliseum v3.0.
The big window in the concept is still there
Just the pictures u had were facing the wrong way
Wild play there tonight. Will be interesting to see. Go Wild!
Can we get a similar video for UBS Arena when it opens in November?
what is your jersey count at?. mine is up to 46. I do not collect the flash players the stars. I only collect enforcers old/currant and goalies.
2:33 in my Opinion is the best part of the arena
actually, it starts at 6:52, at that point, look down in the bottom right corner to see the two jerseys with the same name but, different numbers
The glass kind of confuses me. My main thing is how it would look during day games. Although day games aren’t often, the glare from the windows onto the ice might cause some issues. Other than that, awesome area. I haven’t watched a home game there yet but I will on Sunday night when the Rangers play there!
how come there isnt a photo of the Kraken owners? (Garland, demko)
The kraken's arena is actually the new oldest in the league. It opened in 1962, 6 years before the current version of MSG
that's a cool piece of trivia
@@brownthunder999 I thought so too. I was watching this one video of NHL arenas for the 21-22 season. I was pretty shocked to learn that Climate Pledge Arena was older than MSG
@@NYfan2004 i am as well. makes me appreciate more the fact that they decided to rebuild under the same roof instead of a new location
@@brownthunder999 yeah
Technically, they’re calling it a brand new arena. The only part original to the 60s is the skeleton of the roof, which includes the white concrete border, as well as the pieces the go to the center and look like green + from above, but were originally painted red. The rest of the roof is from 1995 when the Key opened. The venue was originally the Seattle Center Coliseum, and the court was at street level from 1964 to the early 90s, and the venue had a much smaller capacity of 13,000 for basketball, even less for hockey. The original roof had 4 quadrants that hung freely, and it started having leaking issues. When they dug downward in the center to create KeyArena, a basketball-only venue with more seats, they also replaced the hanging quadrants of the roof with rigid, leak-resistant replicas that were identical from the outside. The original skeleton of the roof remained. The venue, however, was not designed for hockey, and had not enough floor space to center a hockey rink with the seating bowl, so only half of the lower bowl was sold for the WHL team that played there for a short time. In 2019, there was another complete demolition under the roof. They started to dig further downward and out to the edges to make what is now Climate Pledge Arena. Basically, it has always looked the same on the outside, but it has been 3 distinctive venues, and the venue we call Climate Pledge Arena has components from all 3 venues.
I watched their home opener this past Saturday. The arena looked really nice and modern. The one thing that I thought was lack luster, was the pregame "ceremony". I was expending since they are a new "modern" team and have an amazing brand that they would go all out (like Vegas). This could have been because it was their first home game. I'll have to watch another game to see if the pregame is better.
Why? It’s a hockey game. That should be the focus. Not bright lights and bullshit.
@@plots4 it makes going to a game a "total experience"
@@MichaelVarlotta super late and not sure if you were able to catch any other games, but you’re correct. It was not as big because the arena was brand new and they didn’t have all the rigging to go bigger. Second half of the season, they were able to have larger pregame presentations.
Can’t wait for ubs got my season tickets already 😀
This is kinda a random question but how many stadiums have you been to?
Only 4 if I am remembering correctly. Montreal, Toronto, Vegas and Boston.
Love, the jerseys n the arena is awesome
Beautiful
I Cant Watch A Seattle Kraken Game Beacuse I Live In Sweden. 😢😢
Hi Neil
They can call the building what they want but it sat with Key Arena branding for a whole decade after KeyBank stopped paying for the naming rights, so It's still going to be The Key for some people, for some time. That said, it's one hell of a renovation, I can't wait to take a better look at once the border is easier to deal with.
I live here. No one calls it Key anymore
@@ricardoconqueso yeah, key arena is a dirty phrase around here. That poor renovation cost us the Sonics.
im seeing kraken @ bruins on my bday feb 1st GO KRAKEN yes i live in new england no the local team is not my fav sharks 1 cats 2 kraken 3 coyotes 4 wild 5 bruins 6 kings 7 etc
Id like the team if the team colors an the logo on the jersey were different
yo dont need to pay to go see the game just sit outside and look at the game bruh imagin still paying to watch a seattle game lmao
Lmao
I absolutely HATE how there is no jumbotron in the middle of the ice
I think the color scheme for the Kraken is a bit week...maybe not now, but as the novelty wears on us..The logo is to simple and it will also age poorly...Teams that I think have a worn logo and color scheme... My Bruins as well as Habs and ducks are bland need new logo and a infusion of a color or assorted colors..l Everything wrong with the b's is revenue drivin... the bruins organization if it takes money to make money it's not happening We've learned that year after year after year at the hands of the ownership.... Don't get me wrong there are teams with very simple color schemes and logos that can hold there own. The Red wings