An ice hockey arena (or ice hockey venue, or ice hockey stadium) is a
sport venue in which an
ice hockey competition is held. Alternatively it is used for other sports such as
broomball,
ringette and
rink bandy.
Multi-purpose arenas
A number of ice hockey arenas were also designed for use by multiple types of sport, such as
basketball. In many of these multi-purpose arenas, such as the
United Center in Chicago and the
Staples Center in Los Angeles, an insulated plywood floor is placed, piece-by-piece, on top of the ice surface, and then the basketball court boards are placed over that.[1][2]
Matthews Arena, in Boston, the world's oldest indoor ice hockey venue still in use (opened 1910), hosts the
Northeastern Huskies collegiate hockey teams
Boston Garden in
Boston* (1928–1995) had an undersized rink because it was built when the NHL had no regulation rink specifications
Appleton Arena in Canton, New York has been home of the St. Lawrence University Skating Saints since opening in 1950
TD Garden in Boston, capacity of 17,565 for Bruins games