I would put XL Center in Hartford on this list. Also, the Baltimore Arena just underwent a major renovation and reopened in 2023, so I don't think it's going anywhere anytime soon. It is now mainly used as a concert venue.
I have NO IDEA what or where The Canadian Tire Centre is. I love how these arenas change their names every few years. Edit: Watched the video. Its in Ottawa. Looking at the Arena makes me want to go buy a hammer. Luckily enough there is an actual Canadian Tire right around the corner...
It's fitting that you pretty much call CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore a de facto auditorium, as the operators basically have no interest in hosting any kind of sports related tenants there. We haven't had a team of any kind call that arena home since 2019 when it was used by one of the incarnations of the Arena Football League and it really hadn't been consistent before that since the Baltimore Blast indoor soccer team left for a small venue north of the city on a university campus a few years prior to that.
I watched a video a couple of days ago from Brodi Brazil. that talked about Heritage Bank Center. He showed the proposed locations and drawings of its replacement. He also mentioned the funding since the city does not have a NHL or NBA team with big pockets. On another note it is nice to see that you think that Nationwide Arena is a great facility.
The new roof at KeyBank Center is definitely out of necessity, especially with the winters we have in Buffalo having its toll on the roof. This precedes many other needed renovations, such as new seats and other improvements to the overall fan experience. They should also reduce the seating capacity, as about 19K is a lot, and they struggle to sell out games (part of which is due to the product on the ice during a long playoff drought).
Dude I feel for Sabres fans. You guys are a passionate fanbase who deserve way better than a cheapass owner fielding a shitty on-ice product in a broken down barn, year after year after year.
Ottawa-Gatineau is 1.5million people, The 18,000 sold out for years straight. The decline in sales happened around the whole situation with the old owner, Melnyk. The issue was CTC was built in the middle of nowhere, 20km from Downtown. The area is just starting to be filled in now, as they plan to move to LeBreton Flats right west of Downtown. It's a shame because the CTC is a beautiful building even with it being 30 years old.
If you own a bunch of land in Stittsville, and the federal gov't doesn't want to trade you for an ideal empty downtown plot of land it controls, I guess you're building the arena in Stittsville. **shrug**
I thought I read that the Senators LeBreton Flats proposal was to build a 16,000 seat arena. They will end up with the second smallest arena (once Utah renovates Delta Center) in the NHL.
The also got a lot of government help in the form of free land, a free highway exit etc.... There was expectation that a big retail park would be built around it but that never happened. It's actually not a bad arena to see a game in, it's just a massive ballache to get to. If the Lebreton flats scheme actually happens it will be just west of downtown and linked to two LRT stations. It will also be walking distance from my house lol
@@senorsoupe The Queensway interchange near CTC wasn't free. The owners had to pony up a few million dollars to have it built. If I was still living in Almonte, the worst part of the drive would have been leaving the parking lot because all the traffic would have been heading back into the city and I would have gone home with the Carleton Place, Arnprior and Almonte traffic to smaller towns.
The Baltimore Arena was outdated even in the 70s..... Combined with having ZERO anything around it, horrible parking, and crime ridden light rail. The one thing Baltimore arena does do right is concerts. It's a great venue for concerts with the stage.
*assumes the Saddledome was going to be mentioned* I worked there for six years. Although the club seating and amenities in the lower bowl were gutted and overhauled after the 2013 flood, the rest of the building is pretty outdated. The scoreboard shown in the photos was just replaced before the start of the 2024-25 NHL season. The equipment used to operate it was over 15 years old, so the Flames decided to install a new 'temporary' scoreboard. But the 'new' scoreboard won't be coming over to Scotia Place as they'll be designing one specifically for the new arena. Will definitely miss the cheap "press level" nosebleed seats.
I saw the Grateful Dead in what used to be Riverfront Arena in Cincinnati, and it wasn't a terrible experience. Not like it was a few years earlier when The WHO played there, and at least four people DIED trying to get in for a "festival seating" show. It spawned the T shirt "I'd walk over you to see The WHO". Grim I know, but these are facts.
Why would Baltimore need an arena with a bigger capacity? They’ll never get an NBA or NHL team and OPACY and M&T Stadium are plenty big enough to host concerts.
One that I wish would get a huge renovation would be sullivan arena in Anchorage. Due to it being one of the only venues to host major events it has a lot of history and got a small renovation in 2015. I would love for it to have some natural light and new exterior.
@@forgottenplaces9780 I am not sure why the San Diego Sports Arena wouldn’t qualify? It is a 13-16k capacity (depending on event), 58 year old absolute dump in California’s 2nd largest city (and 9th largest in US). Loved the video but not sure why this wouldn’t have been considered, given it seems to meet the minimums. Not saying it must be on the list (but it should 😂).
The NBA Bullets played in CFG Arena ("Baltimore Civic Center") but it was back in the Earl Monroe / Wes Unseld era. You're right that it's "more of an auditorium" - it's mostly used for concerts. Cobo Arena in Detroit, where the Pistons played from 1961-78, had a very similar three-sided layout.
CFG arena in BALTO received a renovation between 2021-2022 and reopened in early 2023. I haven’t visited CFG since these renovations (I’ve only visited this arena once, in October 2001 for U2) but they have a *robust* schedule of events…and big shows also…Duran Duran and Pearl Jam in recent months (separate shows, not the same bill hah)…CFG looks painfully dated on the outside, and the ‘stage’ has always been controversial (the stage is one of the main reasons that the NHL awarded the Flyers to Philly instead of BALTO for the Second Six expansion of 1967…one of the NHL governors allegedly said (paraphrasing): ‘who designed this building, Frank Lloyd WRONG?’)…so I understand the criticism…BALTO City had ambitions to build a brand new arena close to the harbor about ten years ago with hopes of attracting G league hoops and or AHL hockey…but the City had neither the financial nor political capital to seal the deal…so the new goal became renovating what is now called CFG arena…I think your critique is somewhat unfair…and I hope that BALTO can eventually build a brand new arena at around 15K capacity…but CFG is the main arena in town around these parts…if I get to a show or event there, I’ll follow up with a review!
I've been to the arena in May of last year for AEW; I even posted a "non-recommendation" on their FB page. The signage on the front and the side of the exterior looks good but they didn't do jack to the other two sides. On the inside, they had self checkout kiosks for concessions and *finally* put stalls in between the men's urinals. The seats, at least on the lower level, had leather seats, but it was too tight and the legroom was *more* cramped. Everything looked drab and dark and it felt like a complete rush job. It was a one-year renovation project that should've been a three year project to build a new arena. Or, at the very least, six more months minimum to two years for a solid renovation.. Just my two cents.
Really the only issue I have with KBC in Buffalo is the seats. I go to a handful of Sabres games every year and they're too narrow. I don't believe many people in this city really care how 'tired' the arena looks (not that I think it does!) - we just want the team to be good. Nor do I believe having an arena like Toronto would be very popular. Major music acts wouldn't be stopping in both cities regardless
Maybe do a video about bad stadiums that could be renovated vs bad ones that should be replaced? Would be curious to see how you would reason either way.
Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, it's a very nice state of the art Stadium but it's located in a bad location, many people living in Downtown San Francisco or anywhere with the city limits has to make a long drive just to see their 49ers play.
Sports Business Journal named Portland, ME the best minor league sports city recently, yet aside from Hadlock Field (Sea Dogs, AA affiliate of the Red Sox) the facilities are really old. The Cross Insurance Arena (Maine Mariners, ECHL affiliate of the Bruins) opened as the Cumberland County Civic Center in 1977 and really shows its age. The Portland Expo Hall (Maine Celtics, Boston's G-League affiliate) is even older.
Should smaller cities be allowed to have a top-level pro team ? Basically, they want over $200 million for an owner to get into a league plus season tickets holders and corporate sponsorship. They want taxpayers to pay for the arena or stadium. Later, they can move the team. Maybe they should have more baseball, hockey, and basketball teams
I personally think in certain sports like the NHL, some smaller cities would do better than the cities they have. Like Duluth mn could probably support a team, or Rochester mn, or ny. Places where hockey is actually played regularly lol
Green Bay is the one of the smallest markets in professional sports on paper; yet, they have been able to host a team. NFL used to be a lot of small market teams originally. Portsmouth, Rock Island, Decatur, etc. if I remember correctly.
@@GTcook15Maybe if the NHL was still a gate-driven league. TV broadcast rights are the biggest revenue source for any major league. Since 2017, the NHL is the only major US/Canadian pro league without a team in every top 10 US media market (NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Boston, Washington DC, and the SF Bay Area).
There is a tax on private boxes at the stadiums/arenas. There is a waiting list. They have private elevators and personal catering/bartenders. Some businessmen don't even watch the game. It will backfire because a family of 4 can not pay for parking, food, tickets, and team kits. It will cost $ 600.00. The Blue Jays are offering $9.00 tickets on the 500 level for midweek games against teams like Tampa Bay Rays. It doesn't matter. Let the New York Yankees fans pay $1000 for seats behind the rhome plate. Keep prices low and sign low-cost players . Even the Atlanta Hawks and Detroit are having trouble selling out. The Florida hockey teams are struggling. Just lower prices.
@7:00 KeyBank Center is owned by Erie County, NY. The owner of the Sabres only leases the stadium as far as I understand. Many stadiums are owned by municipalities.
@@forgottenplaces9780The roof was a necessity and that was replaced this past summer. Also the Sabres now have one of the larger video scoreboards in the league as that was replaced this summer. There has been some preliminary talks about a large scale renovation of the KeyBank Center. However, that would likely happen after the new Highmark Stadium opens in less than 2 years.
@@forgottenplaces9780doesn’t work like that…you don’t alter without permission and you don’t put your own money into what you don’t own especially when you don’t have to
Being from Baltimore I disagree with some of the criticisms of CFG Bank arena. For what it is worth it was just renovated over the past couple of years (privately funded) and I think it is the right size for the city. We’re never going to get an NBA/NHL team so why bother with a traditional bowl/larger capacity. We’ve also got Camden Yards and M&T Bank right next door so there is space available (during warmer months) for mega tours to go anyway.
To be fair the KeyBank Center has undergone more renovations than just the roof. This past summer a new scoreboard was installed and some other internal renovations were made. As far as Buffalo losing population, it was but I think it's been slowly gaining in population over the last decade
The CTC gets too much slander. It is a bit inconvenient but the rink feels classic and has more character than a lot of other rinks. Just sucks if u wanna drink and gotta fork out $60 for an uber
The CTC or the Paladium as it was originally called was built in Kanata because of ost. The land was cheaper. The original owners(Firestone Group) bought tons of land around the arena latter sold off portions of land(making a porfit). They wanted to build it at LeBrent Flats first, but the cost of the land and cleanig up the land due to it be contaminated was to costly not to mention dealing with the NCC(National Capital Commision). Now supposedly it's going back downtown wuthe new owner
Would you count Tropicana Field as an arena given it (had) a roof? I guess it’d certainly be at the top (or rather bottom) of worst large arenas in the US/Canada.
Having been to Heritage Bank Center several times for Cyclones games, I can confirm that place is a dump. On more than one occasion my seat's armrest didn't even have the plastic covering it was supposed to, it just had the bare metal part with bolts sticking out.
Canada life centre is not a bad place to watch any event in. It’s smaller and a bit more on the basic side but there is nothing wrong with its amenities.
What football stadium. Harder to believe that the garbage dump called McMahon Stadium is hosting the 2026 Grey Cup. THIS TIME IT BETTER BE THE LAST!!! (I was wrong after 2019)
The Pelicans' Smoothie King Center is a dump in a dump of a city. Tear the thing down, play in the Superdome for a couple of years and rebuild from the ground up.
El Paso County Colesium is the absolute worst built in 1942 it is old, small, and depressing. Tucson Convention Center was built in the early 70s, Old, small dilapidated. Arizona Veterans Memorial Colesium was built in the mid 1960s. It is dated, although large, the seats seem too far from the action. Cow Palace in San Francisco 1941 antique. Outdated, but in 17 years it will be 100 year old.
Do they have room around the Ottawa arena to build homes, malls, and other places where people can gather ? Maybe they need to leave the arena alone and look long-term when the neighborhood keeps growing
The entire area around the arena is growing rapidly. There is a Tanger Outlet, Cabela's, Large Auto Park, Police Station etc... all within the walking distance.
Canadian cities aren't like US cities, though. They are a lot more dense, with most Canadians living close to the city centre. Having the arena closer to downtown will always be the best option. And it looks like that will happen in Ottawa, regardless.
Wow, da Cattledome🤠 is 41 years old! I guess dat makes me an old fart? Surprised Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre (originally Copps Coliseum) didn't make, maybe cause it b 1 year younger than the forementioned? Every time they wanted a NHL team [bud and me put down payments 4 season tix], YYZ and Buf vetoed it. 4 NHL, it's well past it's prime. Butt a great place 4 concerts as many BIG time acts would play there midweek as they travel between da big cities. Caught RUSH, Peppers, Green Day, etc, and missed many others. Once da lights go down who cares a boot da crappy arena. Unless it b RUSH, and u need 2 use da men's room at halftime...🤪 [I know da arena well so I'd sneak out during da last song on da 1st set, tap a kidney and get a beer, then watch da line up 2 both😜 ]
Is Sheila Copps Coliseum ever going to have hockey in there again? I saw one video where all they talked about was making a full time concert venue and no reference of hockey being played in there anymore.
Correction : Buffalo city may have lost some of its population, but the surrounding areas are growing at a pretty good rate and as far as Pegula holding back, he is in deep with the new Bills stadium so don't make it out like he's a cheap skate. The Sabres aren't worth upgrades to the building or having a replacement built at this time.
He is a cheapskate, hes worth 7 bil and hes trying to fleece season ticket holders into paying for his part of the stad with ridiculously priced psls, he originally didnt want to pay for any of the new stad either at the very least he could put up a few mil to get the seats replaced, dan gilbert in cle payed to replace the seats at the q only 11 years after it opened…
Cincinnati will ALWAYS have WKRP. With God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly.
They do but you really have to be moving when you hit them with your car. 😂
There is a huge 80,000 seat stadium in Columbus that no one has used sonce 2014. I think its owned by The University of Michigan now.
Nice.
100,000+ k
I would put XL Center in Hartford on this list. Also, the Baltimore Arena just underwent a major renovation and reopened in 2023, so I don't think it's going anywhere anytime soon. It is now mainly used as a concert venue.
Passed by Canadian Tire Centre to get to my wife’s cousin’s wedding, was surprised to see the arena essentially in the middle of farmland.
That's how we like it!
I have NO IDEA what or where The Canadian Tire Centre is. I love how these arenas change their names every few years.
Edit: Watched the video. Its in Ottawa. Looking at the Arena makes me want to go buy a hammer. Luckily enough there is an actual Canadian Tire right around the corner...
@@garcemacit’s in suburban Ottawa where the senators play.
It's fitting that you pretty much call CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore a de facto auditorium, as the operators basically have no interest in hosting any kind of sports related tenants there. We haven't had a team of any kind call that arena home since 2019 when it was used by one of the incarnations of the Arena Football League and it really hadn't been consistent before that since the Baltimore Blast indoor soccer team left for a small venue north of the city on a university campus a few years prior to that.
Is that the old Civic Center where the Baltimore Clippers hockey team played?
@rodzilla47 yeah, same place.
I watched a video a couple of days ago from Brodi Brazil. that talked about Heritage Bank Center. He showed the proposed locations and drawings of its replacement. He also mentioned the funding since the city does not have a NHL or NBA team with big pockets. On another note it is nice to see that you think that Nationwide Arena is a great facility.
The new roof at KeyBank Center is definitely out of necessity, especially with the winters we have in Buffalo having its toll on the roof. This precedes many other needed renovations, such as new seats and other improvements to the overall fan experience. They should also reduce the seating capacity, as about 19K is a lot, and they struggle to sell out games (part of which is due to the product on the ice during a long playoff drought).
Dude I feel for Sabres fans. You guys are a passionate fanbase who deserve way better than a cheapass owner fielding a shitty on-ice product in a broken down barn, year after year after year.
they sell out when the leafs are playing
Seems weird given that the Bills were selling out 76000 even during the Rex Ryan years
I once saw an NBA game in Madison Square Garden. I needed binoculars to see the Jumbotron.
The one in Baltimore (roy-fo arena) is awful. Its the worst indoor venue i have ever been in for a concert
Vancouver's arena should be on the list. It's concourses are so small, it's ridiculous
Ottawa-Gatineau is 1.5million people, The 18,000 sold out for years straight. The decline in sales happened around the whole situation with the old owner, Melnyk. The issue was CTC was built in the middle of nowhere, 20km from Downtown. The area is just starting to be filled in now, as they plan to move to LeBreton Flats right west of Downtown. It's a shame because the CTC is a beautiful building even with it being 30 years old.
If you own a bunch of land in Stittsville, and the federal gov't doesn't want to trade you for an ideal empty downtown plot of land it controls, I guess you're building the arena in Stittsville. **shrug**
only ever sold out when the leafs were in town.
I thought I read that the Senators LeBreton Flats proposal was to build a 16,000 seat arena. They will end up with the second smallest arena (once Utah renovates Delta Center) in the NHL.
The also got a lot of government help in the form of free land, a free highway exit etc.... There was expectation that a big retail park would be built around it but that never happened. It's actually not a bad arena to see a game in, it's just a massive ballache to get to. If the Lebreton flats scheme actually happens it will be just west of downtown and linked to two LRT stations. It will also be walking distance from my house lol
@@senorsoupe The Queensway interchange near CTC wasn't free. The owners had to pony up a few million dollars to have it built.
If I was still living in Almonte, the worst part of the drive would have been leaving the parking lot because all the traffic would have been heading back into the city and I would have gone home with the Carleton Place, Arnprior and Almonte traffic to smaller towns.
The Baltimore Arena was outdated even in the 70s..... Combined with having ZERO anything around it, horrible parking, and crime ridden light rail. The one thing Baltimore arena does do right is concerts. It's a great venue for concerts with the stage.
*assumes the Saddledome was going to be mentioned*
I worked there for six years. Although the club seating and amenities in the lower bowl were gutted and overhauled after the 2013 flood, the rest of the building is pretty outdated. The scoreboard shown in the photos was just replaced before the start of the 2024-25 NHL season. The equipment used to operate it was over 15 years old, so the Flames decided to install a new 'temporary' scoreboard. But the 'new' scoreboard won't be coming over to Scotia Place as they'll be designing one specifically for the new arena. Will definitely miss the cheap "press level" nosebleed seats.
what about San Diego Sports Arena 1966 12,500 capacity
I saw the Grateful Dead in what used to be Riverfront Arena in Cincinnati, and it wasn't a terrible experience. Not like it was a few years earlier when The WHO played there, and at least four people DIED trying to get in for a "festival seating" show. It spawned the T shirt "I'd walk over you to see The WHO". Grim I know, but these are facts.
Why would Baltimore need an arena with a bigger capacity? They’ll never get an NBA or NHL team and OPACY and M&T Stadium are plenty big enough to host concerts.
Canadian Tire Centre would be fine if it was closer to downtown.
Cincinnati just recently proposed to build a new arena I thought, and the plan was based on not having a major sports tenant.
The Long Beach Arena in Southern California is starting to show it's age as well. 62 years old now.
One that I wish would get a huge renovation would be sullivan arena in Anchorage. Due to it being one of the only venues to host major events it has a lot of history and got a small renovation in 2015. I would love for it to have some natural light and new exterior.
Up next: The best large arenas in Canada and the United States.
Thanks for including Canada. Much appreciated. I think your analysis was spot on. PS tough loss for the Buckeyes yesterday.
That’s where the old Baltimore Bullets of the NBA played in the late 60s/early 70s. Earl Monroe days.
Pechanga Arena in SD is far worse than the arena in Cincinnati
The Sports Arena been a dump since before I was born and I was born in 1988
Yes, this could easily have made the list.
Focus was on large arenas in large cities for this video
@@forgottenplaces9780I've heard Barclay Center is the worst.
@@forgottenplaces9780 I am not sure why the San Diego Sports Arena wouldn’t qualify? It is a 13-16k capacity (depending on event), 58 year old absolute dump in California’s 2nd largest city (and 9th largest in US). Loved the video but not sure why this wouldn’t have been considered, given it seems to meet the minimums. Not saying it must be on the list (but it should 😂).
The NBA Bullets played in CFG Arena ("Baltimore Civic Center") but it was back in the Earl Monroe / Wes Unseld era. You're right that it's "more of an auditorium" - it's mostly used for concerts. Cobo Arena in Detroit, where the Pistons played from 1961-78, had a very similar three-sided layout.
I went to see the Bullets at the Baltimore Arena a few times, early 1970’s.
"Not a big hockey guy"?!?!?
BLASPHEMY!!!!!
CFG arena in BALTO received a renovation between 2021-2022 and reopened in early 2023. I haven’t visited CFG since these renovations (I’ve only visited this arena once, in October 2001 for U2) but they have a *robust* schedule of events…and big shows also…Duran Duran and Pearl Jam in recent months (separate shows, not the same bill hah)…CFG looks painfully dated on the outside, and the ‘stage’ has always been controversial (the stage is one of the main reasons that the NHL awarded the Flyers to Philly instead of BALTO for the Second Six expansion of 1967…one of the NHL governors allegedly said (paraphrasing): ‘who designed this building, Frank Lloyd WRONG?’)…so I understand the criticism…BALTO City had ambitions to build a brand new arena close to the harbor about ten years ago with hopes of attracting G league hoops and or AHL hockey…but the City had neither the financial nor political capital to seal the deal…so the new goal became renovating what is now called CFG arena…I think your critique is somewhat unfair…and I hope that BALTO can eventually build a brand new arena at around 15K capacity…but CFG is the main arena in town around these parts…if I get to a show or event there, I’ll follow up with a review!
I've been to the arena in May of last year for AEW; I even posted a "non-recommendation" on their FB page.
The signage on the front and the side of the exterior looks good but they didn't do jack to the other two sides. On the inside, they had self checkout kiosks for concessions and *finally* put stalls in between the men's urinals.
The seats, at least on the lower level, had leather seats, but it was too tight and the legroom was *more* cramped. Everything looked drab and dark and it felt like a complete rush job. It was a one-year renovation project that should've been a three year project to build a new arena. Or, at the very least, six more months minimum to two years for a solid renovation..
Just my two cents.
Ottawa draws 95% capacity for hockey.
Which is amazing considering how bad they are.
Yeah, I remember when what was then Riverfront Coliseum was one of the many then-new WHA arenas.
Finally an Arena video! Keep up the good work!
Really the only issue I have with KBC in Buffalo is the seats. I go to a handful of Sabres games every year and they're too narrow. I don't believe many people in this city really care how 'tired' the arena looks (not that I think it does!) - we just want the team to be good. Nor do I believe having an arena like Toronto would be very popular. Major music acts wouldn't be stopping in both cities regardless
Maybe do a video about bad stadiums that could be renovated vs bad ones that should be replaced? Would be curious to see how you would reason either way.
Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, it's a very nice state of the art Stadium but it's located in a bad location, many people living in Downtown San Francisco or anywhere with the city limits has to make a long drive just to see their 49ers play.
Sports Business Journal named Portland, ME the best minor league sports city recently, yet aside from Hadlock Field (Sea Dogs, AA affiliate of the Red Sox) the facilities are really old.
The Cross Insurance Arena (Maine Mariners, ECHL affiliate of the Bruins) opened as the Cumberland County Civic Center in 1977 and really shows its age. The Portland Expo Hall (Maine Celtics, Boston's G-League affiliate) is even older.
Prior to it becoming Climate Pledge Arena in 2021.Key Arena in Seattle would have made the list.
Should smaller cities be allowed to have a top-level pro team ?
Basically, they want over $200 million for an owner to get into a league plus season tickets holders and corporate sponsorship. They want taxpayers to pay for the arena or stadium. Later, they can move the team. Maybe they should have more baseball, hockey, and basketball teams
I personally think in certain sports like the NHL, some smaller cities would do better than the cities they have. Like Duluth mn could probably support a team, or Rochester mn, or ny. Places where hockey is actually played regularly lol
Green Bay is the one of the smallest markets in professional sports on paper; yet, they have been able to host a team. NFL used to be a lot of small market teams originally. Portsmouth, Rock Island, Decatur, etc. if I remember correctly.
@@GTcook15Maybe if the NHL was still a gate-driven league. TV broadcast rights are the biggest revenue source for any major league. Since 2017, the NHL is the only major US/Canadian pro league without a team in every top 10 US media market (NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Boston, Washington DC, and the SF Bay Area).
@henryca03 good point. It's a shame
There is a tax on private boxes at the stadiums/arenas. There is a waiting list. They have private elevators and personal catering/bartenders.
Some businessmen don't even watch the game. It will backfire because a family of 4 can not pay for parking, food, tickets, and team kits. It will cost $ 600.00. The Blue Jays are offering $9.00 tickets on the 500 level for midweek games against teams like Tampa Bay Rays.
It doesn't matter. Let the New York Yankees fans pay $1000 for seats behind the rhome plate. Keep prices low and sign low-cost players . Even the Atlanta Hawks and Detroit are having trouble selling out. The Florida hockey teams are struggling.
Just lower prices.
Canadian Tire Center say hi to Richfield Coliseum.
If it still existed, Richfield would definitely belong on this list
Or it still existed, Palace of Auburn Hills (Canadian Tire Centre's inspiration inside and location)
Do a video of former NHL and NBA arenas of years past
@7:00 KeyBank Center is owned by Erie County, NY. The owner of the Sabres only leases the stadium as far as I understand. Many stadiums are owned by municipalities.
@@TJR93 yes but he is allowed to invest in the facility regardless
@@forgottenplaces9780The roof was a necessity and that was replaced this past summer. Also the Sabres now have one of the larger video scoreboards in the league as that was replaced this summer. There has been some preliminary talks about a large scale renovation of the KeyBank Center. However, that would likely happen after the new Highmark Stadium opens in less than 2 years.
@@forgottenplaces9780doesn’t work like that…you don’t alter without permission and you don’t put your own money into what you don’t own especially when you don’t have to
this is also true of several of the other venues, they’re owned by the public not the team owners
Being from Baltimore I disagree with some of the criticisms of CFG Bank arena. For what it is worth it was just renovated over the past couple of years (privately funded) and I think it is the right size for the city. We’re never going to get an NBA/NHL team so why bother with a traditional bowl/larger capacity.
We’ve also got Camden Yards and M&T Bank right next door so there is space available (during warmer months) for mega tours to go anyway.
Man has the most soothing voice in the world.
Joe Machi’s little brother!
The SkyDome still chuckles.
To be fair the KeyBank Center has undergone more renovations than just the roof. This past summer a new scoreboard was installed and some other internal renovations were made. As far as Buffalo losing population, it was but I think it's been slowly gaining in population over the last decade
disturbing to think people from buffalo are reproducing
Add San Diego to the list. San Diego is the 5th largest city in the USA and it's dilapidated arena is 60 years old. Thanks for the video.
The CTC gets too much slander. It is a bit inconvenient but the rink feels classic and has more character than a lot of other rinks. Just sucks if u wanna drink and gotta fork out $60 for an uber
The CTC or the Paladium as it was originally called was built in Kanata because of ost. The land was cheaper. The original owners(Firestone Group) bought tons of land around the arena latter sold off portions of land(making a porfit). They wanted to build it at LeBrent Flats first, but the cost of the land and cleanig up the land due to it be contaminated was to costly not to mention dealing with the NCC(National Capital Commision). Now supposedly it's going back downtown wuthe new owner
Would you count Tropicana Field as an arena given it (had) a roof? I guess it’d certainly be at the top (or rather bottom) of worst large arenas in the US/Canada.
Indoor stadium.
Having been to Heritage Bank Center several times for Cyclones games, I can confirm that place is a dump. On more than one occasion my seat's armrest didn't even have the plastic covering it was supposed to, it just had the bare metal part with bolts sticking out.
You 100% right about Cincinnati arena it's a piece of crap
Tacoma dome would be a good one for a follow up video. I weirdly love the dome but also it's obviously a giant ugly hunk of outdated nonsense
MTS center and paycon arena in Oklahoma should be here
Canada life centre is not a bad place to watch any event in. It’s smaller and a bit more on the basic side but there is nothing wrong with its amenities.
KeyBank Center is also home to the National Lacrosse League's Buffalo Bandits, who averages more fans per game last year than the Sabres did.
Rupp arena is awful
I'd add Barclays Center in Brooklyn; Lousy sound and the upper tier is a virtual death trap it's so steep..
Pegula the Sabres owner already spent $100 million on a hockey arena.... Penn State's
Calgary is getting a new arena and football stadium construction started this fall
Arena yes football stadium no!
What football stadium. Harder to believe that the garbage dump called McMahon Stadium is hosting the 2026 Grey Cup. THIS TIME IT BETTER BE THE LAST!!! (I was wrong after 2019)
The Pelicans' Smoothie King Center is a dump in a dump of a city. Tear the thing down, play in the Superdome for a couple of years and rebuild from the ground up.
El Paso County Colesium is the absolute worst built in 1942 it is old, small, and depressing.
Tucson Convention Center was built in the early 70s, Old, small dilapidated.
Arizona Veterans Memorial Colesium was built in the mid 1960s. It is dated, although large, the seats seem too far from the action.
Cow Palace in San Francisco 1941 antique. Outdated, but in 17 years it will be 100 year old.
Do they have room around the Ottawa arena to build homes, malls, and other places where people can gather ? Maybe they need to leave the arena alone and look long-term when the neighborhood keeps growing
The entire area around the arena is growing rapidly. There is a Tanger Outlet, Cabela's, Large Auto Park, Police Station etc... all within the walking distance.
Canadian cities aren't like US cities, though. They are a lot more dense, with most Canadians living close to the city centre. Having the arena closer to downtown will always be the best option. And it looks like that will happen in Ottawa, regardless.
i live in Ottawa and there’s a outlet mall and a bunch of new houses being built around it
Good list.
Wow, da Cattledome🤠 is 41 years old! I guess dat makes me an old fart?
Surprised Hamilton's FirstOntario Centre (originally Copps Coliseum) didn't make, maybe cause it b 1 year younger than the forementioned? Every time they wanted a NHL team [bud and me put down payments 4 season tix], YYZ and Buf vetoed it. 4 NHL, it's well past it's prime.
Butt a great place 4 concerts as many BIG time acts would play there midweek as they travel between da big cities.
Caught RUSH, Peppers, Green Day, etc, and missed many others. Once da lights go down who cares a boot da crappy arena.
Unless it b RUSH, and u need 2 use da men's room at halftime...🤪
[I know da arena well so I'd sneak out during da last song on da 1st set, tap a kidney and get a beer, then watch da line up 2 both😜 ]
Is Sheila Copps Coliseum ever going to have hockey in there again? I saw one video where all they talked about was making a full time concert venue and no reference of hockey being played in there anymore.
There us nothing wrong with key bank center....its a nice area and im not sure why you would call it a piece of crap
Calgary also has the worst CFL stadium, McMahon is really old and dated. Fine sightlines but the concourses are totally obsolete and it looks poor.
And will be hosting the 2026 Grey Cup!!😠😠😠 Better be the last time that garbage dump hosts a Grey Cup!!
Go Blue!
Correction : Buffalo city may have lost some of its population, but the surrounding areas are growing at a pretty good rate and as far as Pegula holding back, he is in deep with the new Bills stadium so don't make it out like he's a cheap skate. The Sabres aren't worth upgrades to the building or having a replacement built at this time.
He is a cheapskate, hes worth 7 bil and hes trying to fleece season ticket holders into paying for his part of the stad with ridiculously priced psls, he originally didnt want to pay for any of the new stad either at the very least he could put up a few mil to get the seats replaced, dan gilbert in cle payed to replace the seats at the q only 11 years after it opened…
Crying Ryan!!
Hockey is the best sport come on give me a break dude.