Ranking the 10 Best Arenas in the NHL

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  • Опубликовано: 14 сен 2022
  • Pure Hockey is the largest hockey retailer in the USA and has the deepest selection of equipment at the cheapest prices. Get your hockey gear now! bit.ly/3YGvH2S An incredible environment and atmosphere can turn a dull game into an exciting one and a great game into an unforgettable one. And the good news is that in the NHL, there are several of these must-visit hockey arenas that enhance the viewing experience.
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    So, we here at Vagabond Hockey, countdown our favorite hockey arenas in the NHL.
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  • @vagabondhockey6761
    @vagabondhockey6761  Год назад

    Pure Hockey is the largest hockey retailer in the USA and has the deepest selection of equipment at the cheapest prices. Get your hockey gear now! bit.ly/3YGvH2S

  • @albiman68
    @albiman68 Год назад +44

    No matter how beautiful these arenas are, nothing will ever beat the Montreal Forum in my heart!

  • @DeellySwim
    @DeellySwim Год назад +22

    The Xcel is a beauty. Such a unique place and it still feels like a new venue even though it opened in 2000

    • @bemhibbits4157
      @bemhibbits4157 Год назад +2

      I live in St Paul and LOVE the city AND the arena. Allianz Field is pretty sick, too.

  • @kellymulderino7156
    @kellymulderino7156 Год назад +11

    i miss all the old arenas

  • @sylvainbeaulieu6300
    @sylvainbeaulieu6300 Год назад +5

    I've never been to any of the new NHL arenas since 1994. During the 1980's I had the chance to go Nassau Coliseum (Islanders), Le Colisée (Nordiques), Old Forum (Canadiens), Boston Garden (Bruins). But my favorite destination of ALL TIME was in 1986 as I had the ultimate chance to attend a game at what was at the time THE GREATEST NHL ARENA OF ALL TIME...the one and only old barn...THE CHICAGO STADIUM.

    • @OldRustySteele
      @OldRustySteele Год назад +2

      Bonsoir, Sylvain!
      I grew up in St. Louis. Love my Blues, and the old St. Louis Arena. However, I was also a Blackhawk fan, since I'm old enough to have followed hockey since 1965 when St. Louis had the St. Louis Braves, a Blackhawk farm club, before the 1967 NHL expansion. Years later, I left STL and took a job in the Chicago area. Got a part share of season tickets to Hawk games at Chicago Stadium.
      You are exactly right. There was nowhere better on earth to watch a game than at Chicago Stadium. Even my wife, who really isn't a big sports fan, said that watching a game at Chicago Stadium was electrifying!
      I've been to several of the newer arenas since 1994, but to me, none have the atmosphere of the Montreal Forum, Chicago Stadium, St. Louis Arena, or Boston Garden.
      Cheers,
      Old Rusty

  • @Footy_Fan
    @Footy_Fan Год назад +5

    As a die-hard CBJ fan, I was going, "Nationwide HAS TO be on this list ". Glad to see our home did indeed, make the list.
    Kind of shocked the Islanders' brand new barn didn't make the list.

    • @Lofidelity27
      @Lofidelity27 Год назад +1

      Nationwide is a beauty. Go Jackets!

  • @ll7868
    @ll7868 Год назад +5

    I'm 53, been a hockey fan since the early 70s and been to a lot of games but only in a handful of cities; Winnipeg, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal. Ottawa will round out the NHL cities in Canada and I also want to visit MSG in the near future, Trouba and Kreider are two of my favourite players.

    • @ll7868
      @ll7868 Год назад +1

      Actually for me a trip to New York would be more about following the route of The Warriors from The Bronx to Coney Island, an NHL game would be like a side-quest but one worth doing.

    • @Buffalosabskis
      @Buffalosabskis 5 месяцев назад

      Being from Buffalo people often think of NYC as this distant magical place. It's a 7 hour drive and I have inlaws there. The drive and the city are never fun anymore. I call it returning from the concrete jungle when I get home to Buffalo. MSG is kind of odd. The ice is on the 5th floor and it is conveniently located above a subway stop. I have been to a game anytime the Sabres are playing when I am in town. As much as I don't like the Leafs getting to go to the old Maple Leaf Gardens was a treat as an 8 year old. Looking up and seeing the super old retired years played etc.

    • @imulippo5245
      @imulippo5245 4 месяца назад

      @@ll7868 haha!

  • @lyleh937
    @lyleh937 Год назад +6

    Part of what makes Nationwide Arena great is for sure the location in the entertainment district. It's less than a minute walk from huge hotels and parking garages and has some of the best restaurants and bars in the city within anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes walking time. They also have the high-school jerseys on the walls and just built a new interactive area with shooting and goaltending simulators and a replica locker room with tv's to play the nhl game. Even when the team sucks (which is often), it's always a party like atmosphere, which is nice.

  • @nickchristoforou7850
    @nickchristoforou7850 Год назад +10

    I love Bridgestone in Nashville, been there from Toronto a few times.

  • @kendufresne
    @kendufresne Год назад +6

    TD Garden is a nice place, I like Centre Bell as well. One place I didn't like was Barclays Center. The renovated Nassau Coliseum was nice.

  • @howie9751
    @howie9751 Год назад +3

    I always liked the Nassau Coliseum, even though I'm a Rangers fan. Good view from everywhere, easy in and easy out, good access to the concessions, and convenient parking. Public transportation wasn't good though, and at only 15,000 seats along with its age, it had to go. But as a place to watch hockey it was very good.

  • @calcrappie8507
    @calcrappie8507 Год назад +4

    The Xcel Energy Center (Wild) is a shrine. So comfortable with those cushy seats. Place looks like an opera house. Just classy. Back in the 90s I went to see the North Stars play in St. Louis and the big Checkerdome experience was like a carnival. Great fans in STL and that old school loud organ was spectacular. Loved it.

    • @OldRustySteele
      @OldRustySteele Год назад +1

      Hi Cal,
      Livelong STL Blues fan since 1968 here. My brother-in-law lives in Minnetonka, so I hope to go to a game at Xcel some day. I love the Minnesota tradition of having all the high school hockey jerseys there. That's way cool. The old St. Louis Arena (temporarily called Checkerdome when Ralston Purina owned the team) was a hoot. It was old and falling apart, but loud and fun. I lived in suburban Chicago in the late '80s and early '90's and had a part share of season tix to Blackhawk games at Chicago Stadium. Wow, what a place! Outstanding old school hockey barn. I wish I had been able to go to a North Stars game at the old Met Center. That would have been a treat, too!
      Good luck to the Wild this year in the playoffs. Looks like my Blues have folded their cards and are gonna "suck hard for Bedard" now!!

    • @calcrappie8507
      @calcrappie8507 Год назад +1

      @@OldRustySteele You'll probably enjoy Xcel and St. Paul. You can find a bar/club away from the arena for pizza and beer etc. with free parking and they will have a shuttle bus to take you to the arena and back. Fun experience. The old Met Center in Bloomington was more spartan but the lighting, ice and seats were great. Evidently had very fast ice because the players loved it.

  • @gregpenner4572
    @gregpenner4572 Год назад +7

    I was at the old Montreal Forum when Guy Lafleur made his return with the Rangers. Nothing else compares.

  • @barontaylor7139
    @barontaylor7139 Год назад +22

    The Bell Centre was known as Molson Centre when it was built

  • @wolverinewarlord
    @wolverinewarlord Год назад +4

    Staples Center in LA is amazing. Should have definitely made the list.

  • @InfectiousGroovePodcast
    @InfectiousGroovePodcast Год назад +4

    I visited T-Mobile Arena for a Guns N' Roses concert prior to Little Caesars Arena opening in Detroit. I was so impressed with T-Mobile that I had high hopes for LCA. Overall, I like T-Mobile so much more than LCA. The seats are far more comfortable, which is puzzling to me.

  • @jakegittus8381
    @jakegittus8381 Год назад +3

    I do agree the excel center is a treat. Would 100% recommend going to game there if you get the chance!

  • @pdh989
    @pdh989 Год назад +8

    TD Garden should be on this list, the atmosphere and the new renovations are amazing.

    • @justinspiewak1482
      @justinspiewak1482 Год назад

      100% I went to a game a few years ago and I thought it was great. I want to go to a playoff game there because the fans get really loud and that's just from TV

  • @OldRustySteele
    @OldRustySteele Год назад +11

    Chicago Stadium, St. Louis Arena, Maple Leaf Gardens, Montreal Forum, Boston Garden. THOSE were the must-see cathedrals of hockey. The first 2 were deafening during the playoffs.
    Perhaps Winnipeg Arena and the Detroit Olympia would also make that list, but I don’t remember much about the Olympia.
    The rest, including MSG, are too new, too sterile, too cookie cutter to impress me.

    • @patrickcruz2628
      @patrickcruz2628 Год назад +1

      Loved the old St. Louis checkerdome! Thanks for mentioning

    • @ariea.devalois1564
      @ariea.devalois1564 3 месяца назад

      You can still go watch Hockey at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Now home of the Metropolitan University Natanay Lions.

    • @OldRustySteele
      @OldRustySteele 3 месяца назад

      @@patrickcruz2628 Hi Patrick. I grew up in STL, and for most of its life it was simply the St. Louis Arena. When Ralston Purina bought the team and the arena in 1977, they renamed it the Checkerdome to mimic Ralston Purina’s red & white checkered logo. In 1983 when Harry Ornest bought the Blues and the building, they reverted the name back to the St. Louis Arena. So the Checkerdome handle was only for a 5 or 6 year period of The Arena’s 65 year history.

    • @OldRustySteele
      @OldRustySteele 3 месяца назад

      @@ariea.devalois1564 Unfortunately, I never got to see MLG in person during its heyday. I’ve seen numerous photos before and after the renovation into a supermarket and hockey rink. It must be odd to see the truncated seating area for the current rink compared to the much deeper/higher seating area before the renovation. Visiting MLG is on my bucket list, plus a visit to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

  • @angusrock1563
    @angusrock1563 Год назад +3

    They must have renovated MSG big time. It used to have the WORST sight lines! If you had seats in the upper deck behind each goal, you had to STAND on your seat’s armrest to see the goal!!

  • @S1mpleHum4n
    @S1mpleHum4n Год назад +3

    This makes me even sadder about our local rink (Guildford Spectrum, home of the Guildford Flames). Only one tiny flatscreen in the corner and you can't even take beer in with you!

    • @phantoms29
      @phantoms29 Год назад

      Been years since I was there - do they still stuff away fans down in the far corner? Absolutely terrible place for viewing... at least the facility is decent though! More screens would definitely be a big add for experience.

  • @realgamerguyvlog32
    @realgamerguyvlog32 Год назад +2

    I'm a CBJ fan living in Michigan and ironically i've been to Little Ceasers 3 times only for concerts

  • @jenniferwhite914
    @jenniferwhite914 Год назад +6

    I am very happy to cross MSG off my bucket list cause I always wanted to see the NY Rangers play the Islanders

  • @TotoFrancey
    @TotoFrancey Год назад +5

    You notice that the old Detroit Olympia or Boston Garden were not on that list. Those places were rat infested dumps which shook when the fans cheered too loud. They both also had small ice surfaces which was great for "bump and grind" hockey. God I miss both those two places.

    • @albiman68
      @albiman68 Год назад +1

      They're not on that list because it's a list of current arenas loll Born and raised in Montreal, I can tell you that no matter how beautiful are today,s arenas, nothing will ever beat the Montreal Forum in my heart!

    • @TotoFrancey
      @TotoFrancey Год назад +1

      @@albiman68 The pre renovated Montreal Forum (between 1949-68) was a fantastic hockey venue which stank of stale cigarette smoke and was cramped. Madison Square Garden III (demolished in 1968) was an odd venue with a lousy irregular ice surface but similar seating to the Boston Garden. The Chicago Stadium had a giant organ which took up one end zone, but the rafter standing room and nose bleed seats had terrible sight lines. Of the original six venues, Maple Leaf Gardens always lacked any character to me.
      Interesting point, of the final nine teams pre 1967 expansion, the New York Americans played in Madison Square Garden III, the Montreal Maroons played in the pre 1948 renovated Montreal Forum, and the St. Louis Eagles played in the St. Louis Checkerdome which would become home to the St. Louis Blues -- all before my time although I did see the Blues at the Checkerdome. I saw all the mentioned venues as a very young child with my dad before he ditched my mom for a much younger woman. Hey -- it was the 1960's.

    • @OldRustySteele
      @OldRustySteele Год назад +1

      @@TotoFrancey Hi Toto! One note - the St. Louis Eagles played in the St. Louis Arena. And so did the Blues from their start in 1967 until Ralston Purina bought the team and the Arena. During their ownership from 1977-1983, they renamed it the Checkerdome (to mimic their checkerboard logo). After Ralston gave up ownership, the name reverted back to the St. Louis Arena. (I never liked the name Checkerdome, anyway).
      One other note: Only the organ console was above the east end zone at Chicago Stadium. The organ pipes were in huge boxes suspended from the roof! There were seats below and above the organ loft.
      Thanks for the details about all these good old barns!

    • @sawchucksaves1867
      @sawchucksaves1867 Год назад +2

      At the old Olympia, the seats were really close to the ice so that when you sat in the end zone balcony, you could hear Gump Worsley cuss out his D to get the &*%$'n puck outta here. Small number of seats until they added to the end mezzanine in the 1960's or early 1970s. Went to the old Chicago Stadium around early 1980s when Denny Savard would take off from the blue line around the net just before the anthem ended. The rabid fans and Barton organ made it truly a special hockey barn. Great for the home team, tough for the opposition.

    • @OldRustySteele
      @OldRustySteele Год назад +1

      @@sawchucksaves1867 Hi Terry! Loved your comment about The Pudgy Gumper. I was at a pre-season game at St. Louis Arena around 1970, before Eddie Giacomin started wearing his mask. During a somewhat-quiet time you could easily hear Eddie yelling to his D, things like “man on ya”, “hard around”, etc., all standard stuff a goalie yells to help his D’s who have their back to the onrushing forwards.
      I was a beer league goalie, so I often had some of those same “get it the *^#% outta here” yells to some of my slow-skating D-men too!! 🤣

  • @christopherfranklin9838
    @christopherfranklin9838 Год назад +2

    I've been to MSG, Arrowhead Pond (now Honda Center), American Airlines Center

  • @Yoseman1
    @Yoseman1 Год назад +1

    This is off. The Devils Arena, The Prudential Center, or The Rock, is surprisingly one of the nicest arenas I've been to.

  • @csharp48
    @csharp48 Год назад +13

    Being born and raised in Vegas, bringing hockey to Vegas and how they handled it, the glitz, the glam, and most overall the cheese, is PERFECTLY Vegas.
    Whether you like hockey or not, I genuinely think it's one of the best Vegas experiences period.

    • @vagabondhockey6761
      @vagabondhockey6761  Год назад +3

      Definitely! Vegas did right by knowing who they are!

    • @anthonys3631
      @anthonys3631 Год назад +4

      I'm an out of town 11 game ice pack holder of the Knights up in Vancouver Canada. Been on board since they came into the league in 2017. Saw them play their first ever preseason game here in Vancouver. Love the team, personally know a few of their players. Sometimes have a tough time selling remaining tickets to games I can't make.

    • @user-en7qh9jv4b
      @user-en7qh9jv4b Год назад +1

      💯 accurate

    • @CONSOLETRUTH2
      @CONSOLETRUTH2 Год назад +3

      As a fellow Vegas native I agree. Was able to go to a few games each season so far and the openings never get old. Sure it's cheesy and can push the strmarr if a game back but it's wort it. I mean you get a show and a hockey game, what more can u ask for? Best bang for your buck and gotta say, it's awesome how, during even preseason, each game is sold out and you would SWEAR you were at a playoff game as it gets THAT CRAZY,!!
      Major thanks to the NHL FOR TAKING A CHANCE IN OUR LITTLE CITY and be the FIRST major sports league to have a team here!! This city will be forever greatful!!

    • @CONSOLETRUTH2
      @CONSOLETRUTH2 Год назад

      @@anthonys3631 hey, of you need to sell some games this year let me know ow. I'd love e to take them off your hands!!!

  • @ll7868
    @ll7868 Год назад +6

    Montreal #1, no surprise. I wanted to be Guy Lafleur when I was a kid trying out for AAA hockey, had long hippie hair, could skate fast and only used Bauer gear just like him but I was made a Defenceman so Larry Robinson became the player I tried to emulate until I switched to goal in AA, then it was Billy Smith of the Islanders.

  • @lobsticklearning2785
    @lobsticklearning2785 Год назад +3

    I played 4 hockey games at Rogers place

  • @kmlynden1
    @kmlynden1 Год назад +9

    seattle

    • @anthonys3631
      @anthonys3631 Год назад +1

      long overdue that they got a team. This coming from a Canucks ice pack holder up the I-5.

  • @rhinostampede8448
    @rhinostampede8448 Год назад +4

    The panthers should be an honorable mention. Outside the have great food trucks, a band playing music, and lastly the have games like cornholl, shoot the puck into these little holes in the net. Outside in the in the back the have the little hockey game where you control the hockey player with like little sticks and move them. And on some occasions they host a lot of concerts

    • @vagabondhockey6761
      @vagabondhockey6761  Год назад

      Thanks for the insight. What we've heard from Panthers fans is a lot of complaints about the location of the arena. However, they did a fantastic job with the ASG!

    • @rhinostampede8448
      @rhinostampede8448 Год назад

      Thanks

    • @albiman68
      @albiman68 Год назад +1

      Been there from Montreal. Best part of that arena is that you can get good tickets anywhere in the arena anytime since there's an avergae of 75 people in the stands lolll

    • @albiman68
      @albiman68 Год назад +1

      Been there from Montreal. Best part of that arena is that you can get good tickets anywhere in the arena anytime since there's an avergae of 75 people in the stands lolll

    • @signoresantinoburnett1169
      @signoresantinoburnett1169 5 месяцев назад

      I had a blast there last time I was in South Florida.

  • @timothyflanigan1777
    @timothyflanigan1777 Год назад +7

    The TD Garden in Boston is my personal favorite. just love the atmosphere in the building. but the best arena I have been in is Nationwide in Columbus. a huge concourse. plenty of concessions and restrooms. great sight lines. plenty of choices for food and drink, before and after the game in the Arena district. the cleanest arena or stadium I have ever been in.

    • @woxyroxme
      @woxyroxme Год назад +1

      TD Garden was built over north station so they have a train station in the basement. I have been to Nationwide in Columbus several times too when the Bruins are in town, I am a displaced New Englander in Ohio

    • @timothyflanigan1777
      @timothyflanigan1777 Год назад +2

      @@woxyroxme I live in Albany, and have made the trip to Boston many times.but unfortunately, the Bruins priced themselves out. every year I get the NHL Center Ice. the only reason I was in Columbus was that I was catching as many Bob Seger concerts as I could on his final tour. saw the Jackets play Montreal. we stayed at the Double on s. Font Street. I miss going to Boston, but it is an extremely expensive day. when I saw Seger play at the TD Garden, I paid $65 to just park.

  • @kicknchickn
    @kicknchickn Год назад +1

    i'm a big rangers fan and i've been to msg it's incredible i would highly recommend it even if you aren't a rangers fan, i'd say just go there when your team is playing an away game

  • @toddcribbs6844
    @toddcribbs6844 Год назад +4

    Yes I do agree Amalie arena is truly one of the best ways to navigate and they have the nicest people working there whether you going to a concert a wrestling match for watching UFC we're going to Tampa Bay Lightning hockey game you will truly appreciate Amalie Arena

    • @OldRustySteele
      @OldRustySteele Год назад +1

      Todd, I agree. I’m a Blues fan and went to Amalie Arena for a Sens-Bolts game while on business in Tampa. The staff at the arena were some of the nicest and friendliest people I’ve ever seen in a sporting venue!

    • @toddcribbs6844
      @toddcribbs6844 Год назад +1

      @@OldRustySteele you're awesome man thank you it doesn't matter what event you're going to over there they treat you like your family once you're in that Arena I have to take some medications one time I want to see a Bruno Mars concert there I was so excited but I stayed up all night now is dead tired and those people took care of me

  • @alyours2889
    @alyours2889 Год назад +7

    Recent Stanley Cup or not...MTL...it goes deeper than the arena...it is ultimately the history and tradition of the game...you want to know what hockey culture is...where else would you go....
    ...catching a game on a Saturday night...it is hockey...every bit the equal of Fenway or Yankee Stadium in baseball! (And still... they were in the Finals no more than 2 years ago)

  • @jaimemartin2622
    @jaimemartin2622 Год назад +1

    I play at Chicago Blackhawks ice on 31st of March before the blues
    Vs blackhawks and I know will have fun

  • @donaldleider7382
    @donaldleider7382 Год назад +1

    Born and bred in Brooklyn NY, Been going to MSG since it opened. I hate to say it but MSG is very dated even with the recent renovations, oldest arena in the NHL. Rangers, Knicks and all New Yorkers deserve a new modern arena!

  • @JeffDearman
    @JeffDearman Год назад +1

    Cant believe the TD garden isn't on the list... all the Boston history. Right in the heart of donwtown

  • @jasminejohnston6393
    @jasminejohnston6393 7 месяцев назад

    The only NHL arena I’ve ever been in is Rogers Arena (Vancouver Canucks). Of course, it was called GM Place when I was a kid, and I never saw Canucks games in there but I did attend a Disney On Ice show and a few other events

  • @AntonPasquarella
    @AntonPasquarella Год назад +5

    Disagree with Bell Centre as number 1! It's a great arena, however the sight lines in the upper level are blocked by the ceiling and scoreboard...very bad engineering!!! Other then that it's good and the atmosphere is great.

    • @vagabondhockey6761
      @vagabondhockey6761  Год назад

      Great feedback, Anton! Agree that some of the newer arenas have a better viewing experience.

    • @cecaju9516
      @cecaju9516 8 месяцев назад

      Sight lines to the ice are not blocked. Just to the scoreboard. They have screens in those sections that show what’s on the scoreboard. I go to watch the game, not the screens.

  • @eumenides5011
    @eumenides5011 Год назад +1

    Im curious, on what spot would the Honda Center in Anaheim rank for you?

  • @MB-xq9hu
    @MB-xq9hu 2 месяца назад

    NHL Playoffs... Nothing like it, and this is coming from a Floridian in a Football town (Miami) Especially because for once we have a solid team here in South Florida! What a run in 2023, hope 2024 will be good to us as well!

  • @frankcastle10
    @frankcastle10 6 месяцев назад +1

    Seattle arena is easily top 10 or at least around the 10-15. But for me definitly top 10.

  • @Reklulz
    @Reklulz Год назад +5

    Says t mobile has a rich history . Lol arena only been around 4 or 5 years.
    Alot or other sus things said about Tampa Bay. Like come on

  • @razorsedge5145
    @razorsedge5145 Год назад +2

    Just for me, I prefer the Pepsi Center, home of my beloved Avalanche.
    I know it's called Ball Arena now, but to me, it will always be the Pepsi Center.

  • @realandrewcinque22
    @realandrewcinque22 6 месяцев назад

    UBS Arena and nassau coliseum is my favorite long island venues for the ny islanders

  • @alexanderbrik6162
    @alexanderbrik6162 Год назад +8

    I was at Bell Centre 2 weeks ago. Hallways are narrow (same as American Airlines arena in Dallas), they have built recently high-rises around it that block the view of it from outside. The design is also strange. I saw that for opposing team the locker rooms are across the rink from the bench. In no other arena I observed that. The arena is from early 90s. Even arenas from late 90s (such as DC and Raleigh) have a better design.

    • @vagabondhockey6761
      @vagabondhockey6761  Год назад +1

      Maybe not the best design or aesthetics, but the atmosphere (and hot dogs) make it special!

    • @idiotcow3721
      @idiotcow3721 Год назад +1

      Th’ opposition locker rooms are across the rink at the tank in San Jose as well

    • @vagabondhockey6761
      @vagabondhockey6761  Год назад

      @@idiotcow3721 Oh really? Thanks for watching and contributing to the discussion!

  • @habsfan1857
    @habsfan1857 Год назад +7

    GO HABS GP

  • @oliviertremblay5262
    @oliviertremblay5262 Год назад +1

    I am agree for the bell center (I live in montreal)

  • @storymaker2021
    @storymaker2021 Год назад +1

    Do all Echl and Ahl Arenas

  • @fantasticvoyage262
    @fantasticvoyage262 Год назад

    Rogers Place looks terrific. I like how the seats are painted in the lower bowl.

    • @MultiCappie
      @MultiCappie Год назад +1

      It is terrific, but that's not paint. Those were free souvenir flags draped over the (black) seats for the first game held at the arena. They do the same (in slightly different patterns) for the first game of the season, and the first game of each playoff series.

    • @fantasticvoyage262
      @fantasticvoyage262 Год назад

      @@MultiCappie I didn't know that. I wonder what the flags look like unfolded?

    • @MultiCappie
      @MultiCappie Год назад +1

      @@fantasticvoyage262 Oiler logo on Orange, Oiler logo on Blue, Oiler logo on White. Depends which seat you get.
      BTW, they're in the upper bowl and box seats and loge seats too. Everyone gets one. You just have to go to the first game of the season and you get one too.
      (I have an Orange one from the first game in the new building. I use it as a dust cover for my TV. lol.)

  • @CONSOLETRUTH2
    @CONSOLETRUTH2 Год назад +1

    Technically speaking, T-Mobile arena is NOT built in Las Vegas but in Enterprise NV, just saying 😁

  • @conorcahill5422
    @conorcahill5422 Год назад

    Even though it didn't make your list, where would you rank Rogers Arena, home of the Canucks?

  • @FreshwaterNautical
    @FreshwaterNautical Год назад +6

    Love my Red Wings!

  • @Aw_Only
    @Aw_Only Год назад +1

    Personally i think #1 should be the mullet arena

  • @JVDELUCA
    @JVDELUCA Год назад +62

    Although an iconic venue, I've always found MSG to be a bit overrated as a hockey arena.

    • @ricktryder787
      @ricktryder787 Год назад +4

      I agree as a Devils fan. The lighting is weird too.

    • @GoalHornGeek
      @GoalHornGeek Год назад +4

      Same. The view is a kinda crap in areas & the lighting is awkward.

    • @TehBellcarl
      @TehBellcarl Год назад +2

      @@ricktryder787fellow devils fan. I’ll say the balcony seats are better than the rock (yes I said that) only in terms of view and sound. You really feel closer somehow and the lower ceiling helps the noise of the ice travel up.
      That being said Fuck the rags and LETS GO DEVILS!!

    • @Barzal_13
      @Barzal_13 Год назад +3

      UBS is better

    • @alexschneider8494
      @alexschneider8494 Год назад +1

      It’s the same with every sport. In baseball you have Wrigley Field and Fenway which are highly overrated just because they’re old. I can’t stand how people rate arenas on how historic they are instead of how nice they are and the amenities.

  • @zoloftsucks-archive7608
    @zoloftsucks-archive7608 11 месяцев назад +1

    Vegas' arena is definitely #1

  • @fogalicious2644
    @fogalicious2644 Год назад +1

    Prudential Center and the Devils have stepped up the gameday experience with the new ownership. That being said if you need to hit the bathroom and grab a drink between periods it will take the entire intermission and then some.

    • @scottNNJ
      @scottNNJ Год назад

      It’s the arena I’ve spent most of my time in, but the facility is meh. Food is not good, and one pair of escalators to exit the upper concourse is inadequate. Game presentation itself has improved over the years, but I miss the pregame on-ice projections (which seem to have been toned down to showcase the giant Jumbotron), and replays are sparse (I was at the game vs TOR w/3 disallowed goals). Also, cellular capacity is inadequate, public Wi-Fi is nonexistent which is really unacceptable in this day and age.

    • @rtlthemusician5598
      @rtlthemusician5598 Год назад

      That is true, the Prudential Center is a very nice arena, but the lines for food and the bathroom do get very long, and it’s very difficult getting to the upper level, and additionally, the food there is not good and I came home from the arena throwing up twice this season, but overall, it’s a great arena with a great game day experience, but the food really needs to be upgraded

  • @MultiCappie
    @MultiCappie Год назад

    I think if you're ranking game-night experience, this is actually a somewhat fair list from an American perspective.
    But if you're looking from a Canadian perspective, you'd add Winnipeg and Vancouver, and move Edmonton up the list about three notches. Hockey night in Canada is less party and more focus, but the intensity makes it a different experience.

  • @marcus813
    @marcus813 Год назад

    There's not a bad seat at Amalie Arena. Jeff Vinik has done a great job keeping the venue among North America's best.

  • @natester2617
    @natester2617 Год назад +2

    Idk how Boston or Washington isn't on this list

  • @Losttouchjs
    @Losttouchjs Год назад +3

    Weird! The coolest looking arena out of the top 10 only got to number 5 🤷‍♂️

    • @efogg3
      @efogg3 Год назад

      LGRW!!

    • @CourtJ1076
      @CourtJ1076 Год назад

      ​@@efogg3 👏 👏 👏👏👏

  • @alexandregouin8010
    @alexandregouin8010 Год назад +2

    ohio arena seemed chill until the prison and canon part

  • @alexstafford5486
    @alexstafford5486 3 месяца назад

    Madison square garden not being top 3 is criminal

  • @g-type8806
    @g-type8806 Год назад

    SKA is building the biggest ice hockey arena in the world just now.

  • @vagabondhockey6761
    @vagabondhockey6761  Год назад +12

    This one is very subjective and everyone has their favorites, so let's here it in the comments!

    • @efogg3
      @efogg3 Год назад

      JOE LEWIS ARENA! LGRW!

    • @toddcribbs6844
      @toddcribbs6844 Год назад +1

      Mine was based off of the way people treat you and that Arena not just during a game but during concerts I went to a Bruno Mars concert one time and I was dead tired and I sit down I had to take something and one of the ushers got something to drink for me and she didn't have to

  • @howie9751
    @howie9751 Год назад

    The 200 level at Madison Square Garden is a disgrace, especially when you get halfway up or more. The 400 level overhangs and cuts off your view of the scoreboard, the retired numbers banners and the famous roof. You feel like you're watching the game through the door from another room. Not worth going if you're sitting there. The rest of the arena is fine but unaffordable.

  • @moose6954
    @moose6954 Год назад

    The #1 thing I hate about the Mild arena is that you can’t get anything to drink there. It is because they have no cups.

  • @rickymartin875
    @rickymartin875 Год назад +1

    I take it Scotiabank Place in Hogtown is a Mausoleum for Corporations? 🤣

  • @geographyinaction7814
    @geographyinaction7814 Год назад +1

    You can have all the sushi and fish taco outlets in the world but you cannot beat history, heritage, and fans that know hockey.
    The old Forum & Maple Leaf Gardens were the best...
    after that, and not in order. Boston TD, Toronto Scotiabank Arena, Rangers Madison Square Garden, Montreal Bell Center, Edmonton Rogers, Detroit 'pizza joint', Chicago United. Why? There is no phony atmosphere, you don't need to be prompted to cheer, some arenas feel like you're at a high-school pep ralley!
    These are places that get rabid fans, some of these teams are over a hundred years old, and when you walk in you feel something that makes the hairs on your neck stand up!
    There was a point when you weren't allowed to wear a visiting jesrsey in TB, how the hell do you build rivalry and fan atmosphere?

  • @jclarke14124
    @jclarke14124 Год назад +1

    Guy LaFuhr? Say it right man!

  • @ace2359
    @ace2359 27 дней назад

    There’s no red wing logo on the roof of lca it’s a little ceasars pizza logo

  • @nobusparciate5885
    @nobusparciate5885 Год назад +1

    the montreal canadien arena

  • @allaindaigle1682
    @allaindaigle1682 Год назад +1

    Why is coyote arena not there?

  • @spidergamertv366
    @spidergamertv366 Год назад +1

    I've been to MSG

  • @BloominFleury29
    @BloominFleury29 Год назад

    I will never get to see the nhl in person but here in the eihl our arenas are all mid

  • @signoresantinoburnett1169
    @signoresantinoburnett1169 5 месяцев назад

    Chicago stadium is still the greatest NHL arena with the Montreal forum. No modern arena comes close to atmosphere and noise.

  • @ljd1031
    @ljd1031 Год назад +1

    Favourite is subjective at best

  • @foxbrawlking9937
    @foxbrawlking9937 Год назад

    Can you do it with the del

  • @johnnyslokes2712
    @johnnyslokes2712 Год назад

    How many NHL teams that don't share their stadium with the NBA?

  • @Bum_Hip
    @Bum_Hip Год назад

    Having MSG below Columbus kinda disqualifies this list.

  • @moke1948
    @moke1948 Год назад

    They might be beautiful and well designed but 5000 people in a smaller arena in Europe can carry the game as well atmosphere wise

  • @cr1ms0nwolf90
    @cr1ms0nwolf90 Месяц назад

    Never mentioned about the Seattle Kraken’s arena (Climate Pledge Arena(

  • @jonasoverka3956
    @jonasoverka3956 Год назад +2

    TD Garden???????????????????

  • @philiptaylor3568
    @philiptaylor3568 Год назад

    UBS arena is a dam sight better than the MSG anyday,but then im biased

  • @calvinlee2597
    @calvinlee2597 Год назад

    I feel like climate pledge arena deserved a spot on the list, maybe just me 🤷‍♂️

  • @broadstreetbullies849
    @broadstreetbullies849 Год назад +1

    Montreal Forum is better than Bell Centre but ya know

  • @caseyfanart8357
    @caseyfanart8357 Год назад +4

    #8 not bad, go preds!!!!!

  • @Alex-tj2tg
    @Alex-tj2tg Год назад +1

    What about Ball Arena 😢

  • @joef5416
    @joef5416 Год назад +2

    Loved this video, thank you.

  • @user-en7qh9jv4b
    @user-en7qh9jv4b Год назад +2

    Climate Pledge Arena Seattle Kraken.

  • @kirklandphil
    @kirklandphil 2 месяца назад

    Seattle Arena is great.

  • @TheBloxBaconGamesVROFFICIAL
    @TheBloxBaconGamesVROFFICIAL 29 дней назад

    Scotiabank arena

  • @averagejosh6699
    @averagejosh6699 Год назад +1

    I’m assuming you’ve never been to UBS

  • @vitmor4653
    @vitmor4653 Год назад +1

    SKA Arena St. Petersburg is the largest in the world now

    • @onnih899
      @onnih899 Год назад +1

      Too bad no good games will be played there any time soon cause you guys love invading other countries so much😂

    • @vitmor4653
      @vitmor4653 Год назад

      @@onnih899 SKA Arena is located in Russia, not in the USA

    • @onnih899
      @onnih899 Год назад +1

      @@vitmor4653 i am aware. Im not talking about usa im talking about russi like you said.

    • @vitmor4653
      @vitmor4653 Год назад

      @@onnih899 So, who love to invade other countries?

    • @vagabondhockey6761
      @vagabondhockey6761  Год назад +2

      Maybe we need to do another video about other arenas around the world!

  • @benny7929
    @benny7929 Год назад

    I lovvveee the la kings arena

  • @robertzamora4282
    @robertzamora4282 Год назад

    you cant leave the Shark Tank off this list...disrespect

  • @marksantucci4230
    @marksantucci4230 Год назад +1

    1. Forum
    2. Maple leaf gardens
    3. Chicago Stadium
    4. La Forum
    5. Brendan Byrne arena
    6. capital center
    7. Saddle dome ,
    8.North lands Colleseum
    9. Memorial Auditorium
    10 . Msg

  • @Tbone-YT-
    @Tbone-YT- 5 месяцев назад

    You're a genius

  • @anzone1454
    @anzone1454 Год назад

    Best Arena in Germany is Pulverturm - Straubing Tigers