List of the largest ice hockey stadiums in the world

The SKK Peterburgski in Saint Petersburg is the largest ice hockey stadium in the world

The Lanxess Arena , which holds 18,500 spectators, is the largest ice hockey arena in Germany

The list of the largest ice hockey stadiums includes all stadiums worldwide that have a permanently installed or installable ice hockey surface in accordance with international (61 × 30 m) or North American (56 × 26 m) regulations and whose current official audience capacity is at least 10,000 seats. From this size on it is often referred to as a large ice hockey stadium. The year of the opening, the audience capacity and the ice hockey teams that regularly play games in the respective stadium are named. There are currently 164 stadiums that meet the above requirements. Four stadiums are in Asia , 43 in Europe and 118 in North America - 13 of them in Canada and 105 in the United States . Germany is represented with eight stadiums, in Switzerland three ice hockey arenas meet the criteria.

Explanation

• Place: states the ranking position that the stadium occupies in the list according to its official audience capacity.
• Capacity: indicates the stadium's official audience capacity for ice hockey games. This can be both seated and standing. Arenas not yet opened or closed are not taken into account. The official audience capacities shown in the list are as of September 18, 2008.
• Name: gives the name of the stadium.
• City: Name the city in which the stadium is located.
• Country: The country in which the stadium is located. The national flag is shown and the three-digit ISO-3166-1 code is called.
• Continent: Name of the continent on which the stadium is located.
• Opening: states the year in which the stadium was opened.
• User: Names the ice hockey teams that regularly play games in the respective stadium. If the stadium is not used regularly or if teams only play games in the respective stadium in exceptional cases (e.g. international matches, finals, derbies ), no user is specified (-). Other sports that are played in the halls are not included in this list.

Note: The list can be sorted: clicking on a column header sorts the list according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any desired combination can be achieved by clicking two columns in a row.

Stages

space	capacity	Surname	city	country	continent	Eröff- voltage	Users
1	25,000	SKK Peterburgski	St. Petersburg	RUS	Europe	1980	-
2	23,000	Rupp Arena	Lexington	United States	North America	1976	-
3	22,500	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama	JPN	Asia	2000	-
4th	22,076	Palace of Auburn Hills	Auburn Hills	United States	North America	1959	-
5	21,273	Center Bell	Montréal	CAN	North America	1996	Canadiens de Montréal
5	21,273	Greensboro Coliseum	Greensboro	United States	North America	1959	-
7th	20,500	United Center	Chicago	United States	North America	1994	Chicago Blackhawks
8th	20,066	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit	United States	North America	1979	-
9	20,000	Little Caesars Arena	Detroit	United States	North America	2017	Detroit Red Wings
10	19,758	Amalie Arena	Tampa	United States	North America	1996	Tampa Bay Lightning
11	19,519	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia	United States	North America	1996	Philadelphia Flyers
12	19,300	Air Canada Center	Toronto	CAN	North America	1999	Toronto Maple Leafs
13	19,285	Scotiabank Saddledome	Calgary	CAN	North America	1983	Calgary Flames Calgary Hitmen
14th	19,282	Quicken Loans Arena	Cleveland	United States	North America	1994	Lake Erie Monsters
15th	19,250	BB&T Center	Sunrise	United States	North America	1998	Florida panthers
16	19,250	Scottrade Center	St. Louis	United States	North America	1994	St. Louis Blues
17th	19,153	Canadian Tire Center	Ottawa	CAN	North America	1996	Ottawa Senators
18th	19,040	Izod Center	East Rutherford	United States	North America	1977	-
19th	18,865	Freedom Hall	Louisville	United States	North America	1956	-
20th	18,700	Nationwide Arena	Columbus	United States	North America	2000	Columbus Blue Jackets
21st	18,690	KeyBank Center	Buffalo	United States	North America	1996	Buffalo Sabers
22nd	18,680	PNC Arena	Raleigh	United States	North America	1999	Carolina Hurricanes
23	18,672	Capital One Arena	Washington, DC	United States	North America	1997	Washington Capitals
24	18,641	Rogers Place	Edmonton	CAN	North America	2016	Edmonton Oilers Edmonton Oil Kings
25th	18,630	Rogers Arena	Vancouver	CAN	North America	1995	Vancouver Canucks
26th	18,545	Philips Arena	Atlanta	United States	North America	1999	-
27	18,532	American Airlines Center	Dallas	United States	North America	2001	Dallas Stars
28	18,500	Lanxess Arena	Cologne	GER	Europe	1998	Cologne Sharks
29	18,482	Center Vidéotron	Quebec	CAN	North America	2015	Remparts de Quebec
30th	18,280	Moda Center	Portland	United States	North America	1995	Portland Winterhawks
31	18,280	Madison Square Garden	New York City	United States	North America	1963	New York Rangers
32	18,118	Staples Center	los Angeles	United States	North America	1999	Los Angeles Kings
33	18,087	PPG Paints Arena	Pittsburgh	United States	North America	2010	Pittsburgh Penguins
34	18,064	Xcel Energy Center	St. Paul	United States	North America	2000	Minnesota Wild
35	18,036	Chesapeake Energy Arena	Oklahoma City	United States	North America	2002	Oklahoma City Blazers
36	18.007	Pepsi Center	Denver	United States	North America	1999	Colorado Avalanche
37	18,000	Colonial Life Arena	Columbia	United States	North America	2002	-
38	17,800	BMO Harris Bradley Center	Milwaukee	United States	North America	1988	Milwaukee Admirals
39	17,800	Toyota Center	Houston	United States	North America	2003	-
40	17,799	Gila River Arena	Glendale	United States	North America	2003	Arizona Coyotes
41	17,654	Arena at Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex	Birmingham	United States	North America	1982	-
42	17,647	Kemper Arena	Kansas City	United States	North America	1974	-
43	17,625	Prudential Center	Newark	United States	North America	2007	New Jersey Devils
44	17,565	TD Garden	Boston	United States	North America	1995	Boston Bruins
45	17,500	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas	United States	North America	2016	Vegas Golden Knights
45	17,500	The O₂ Arena	London	GBR	Europe	2007	-
45	17,500	Target Center	Minneapolis	United States	North America	1990	-
48	17,496	SAP Center	San Jose	United States	North America	1993	San Jose Sharks
49	17,383	FirstOntario Center	Hamilton	CAN	North America	1985	-
50	17,353	Amway Center	Orlando	United States	North America	2010	Orlando Solar Bears
51	17,317	Sleep Train Arena	Sacramento	United States	North America	1988	-
52	17,245	Manchester arena	London	GBR	Europe	1995	-
53	17,200	Jerome Schottenstein Center	Columbus	United States	North America	1998	Ohio State Buckeyes
54	17.174	Honda Center	Anaheim	United States	North America	1993	Anaheim Ducks
55	17.131	PostFinance Arena	Bern	SUI	Europe	1970	SC Bern
56	17.113	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville	United States	North America	1997	Nashville Predators
57	17,100	CenturyLink Center	Omaha	United States	North America	2003	Hartford Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks
58	17.096	BOK Center	Tulsa	United States	North America	2008	Tulsa Oilers
59	17,000	O₂ arena	Prague	CZE	Europe	2004	HC Sparta Prague
59	17,000	Oracle Arena	Oakland	United States	North America	1966	-
61	16,839	Northlands Coliseum	Edmonton	CAN	North America	1974	-
62	16.606	Thomas & Mack Center	Las Vegas	United States	North America	1983	-
63	16,500	Smoothie King Center	New Orleans	United States	North America	1999	-
64	16,300	Tacoma Dome	Tacoma	United States	North America	1983	-
65	16,234	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Hempstead	United States	North America	1972	-
66	16,210	Talking Stick Resort Arena	Phoenix	United States	North America	1992	Phoenix RoadRunners
67	16,160	Pacific Coliseum	Vancouver	CAN	North America	1967	Vancouver Giants
68	16.005	The Forum	Inglewood	United States	North America	1967	-
69	16,000	Allstate Arena	Rosemont	United States	North America	1979	Chicago Wolves
69	16,000	Verizon Arena	Little rock	United States	North America	1999	Arkansas RiverBlades
69	16,000	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	Jacksonville	United States	North America	2003	-
72	15,795	Barclays Center	New York City	United States	North America	2012	New York Islanders
73	15,490	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	Indianapolis	United States	North America	1999	Indianapolis Ice
74	15,399	Colisee Pepsi	Quebec	CAN	North America	1949	-
75	15,294	MTS Center	Winnipeg	CAN	North America	2004	Winnipeg Jets
76	15,237	Kohl Center	Madison	United States	North America	1998	Wisconsin Badgers
77	15,181	Wells Fargo Arena	Des Moines	United States	North America	2005	Iowa Wild
78	15,177	KeyArena	Seattle	United States	North America	1995	Seattle Thunderbirds
79	15,025	Arena Zagreb	Zagreb	CRO	Europe	2008	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
80	15,000	Intrust Bank Arena	Wichita	United States	North America	2010	Wichita Thunder
80	15,000	Kisstadion	Budapest	HUN	Europe	1960	MAC Népstadion Budapest
80	15,000	Minsk Arena	Minsk	BLR	Europe	2010	HK Dinamo Minsk
83	14,716	XL Center	Hartford	United States	North America	1974	Hartford Wolf Pack
84	14,475	Tipsport Arena	Prague	CZE	Europe	1962	HC Sparta Prague
85	14,311	SaskTel Center	Saskatoon	CAN	North America	1988	Saskatoon Blades
86	14,200	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Berlin	GER	Europe	2008	Polar bears Berlin
87	14,119	Ericsson Globe	Stockholm	SWE	Europe	1989	AIK , Djurgårdens IF
88	14,100	Spectrum Center	Charlotte	United States	North America	2005	Charlotte Checkers
89	14,000	Vivint Smart Home Arena	Salt Lake City	United States	North America	1991	-
89	14,000	AccorHotels Arena	Paris	FRA	Europe	1984	-
91	13,941	Times Union Center	Albany	United States	North America	1990	Albany River Rats
92	13,800	AT&T Center	San Antonio	United States	North America	2002	San Antonio Rampage
92	13,800	Save Mart Center	Fresno	United States	North America	2003	Fresno Falcons
94	13,730	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Phoenix	United States	North America	1965	-
95	13,707	Bon Secours Wellness Arena	Greenville	United States	North America	1998	-
96	13,665	Hartwall Arena	Helsinki	FIN	Europe	1995	Jokerite
97	13,600	SAP Arena	Mannheim	GER	Europe	2005	Adler Mannheim
98	13,400	ISS Dome	Dusseldorf	GER	Europe	2006	Düsseldorfer EG
99	13,399	Cox Convention Center	Oklahoma City	United States	North America	2003	Oklahoma City Blazers
100	13,000	Hallenstadion	Zurich	SUI	Europe	1939	ZSC Lions
101	12,888	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Portland	United States	North America	1960	Portland Winterhawks
102	12,823	Heritage Bank Center	Cincinnati	United States	North America	1975	Cincinnati Cyclones
103	12,822	Barclaycard Arena	Hamburg	GER	Europe	2002	-
104	12,500	Malmo Arena	Malmo	SWE	Europe	2008	Malmo Redhawks
104	12,500	Thialf	Heerenveen	NED	Europe	1967	Heerenveen Flyers
104	12,500	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum	Fort Wayne	United States	North America	1952	Fort Wayne Comet
107	12,440	CenturyTel Center	Bossier City	United States	North America	1998	Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
108	12,350	Ice Palace Saint Petersburg	St. Petersburg	RUS	Europe	1999	SKA Saint Petersburg
109	12,239	DCU Center	Worcester	United States	North America	1982	Worcester Sharks
110	12,150	Olympia Hall	Munich	GER	Europe	1972	-
111	12,126	Mega sports arena	Moscow	RUS	Europe	2006	-
112	12,100	Donald L. Tucker Center	Tallahassee	United States	North America	1981	-
113	12,068	Cajundome	Lafayette	United States	North America	1985	-
114	12,044	Scandinavium	Gothenburg	SWE	Europe	1971	Frölunda HC
115	12,000	Bolshoi Ice Palace	Sochi	RUS	Europe	2012	HK Sochi
115	12,000	Makomanai indoor stadium	Sapporo	JPN	Asia	1970	-
115	12,000	Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic Hall	Sarajevo	BIH	Europe	1983	HK Alfa Novo Sarajevo HK Bosna HK Ilidža 2010 HK Stari Grad
115	12,000	Cortina Olympic Ice Stadium	Cortina d'Ampezzo	ITA	Europe	1956	-
115	12,000	Palais des Sports	Grenoble	FRA	Europe	1968	-
115	12,000	Arēna Rīga	Riga	LAT	Europe	2006	Dinamo Riga
115	12,000	Rimrock Auto Arena	Billings	United States	North America	1975	-
115	12,000	The SSE Arena Wembley	London	GBR	Europe	1934	-
123	11,911	Dunkin 'Donuts Center	Providence	United States	North America	1972	Providence Bruins
124	11,820	Gatorade Center	Turku	FIN	Europe	1989	TPS Turku
125	11,571	Tingley Coliseum	Albuquerque	United States	North America	1957	New Mexico Scorpions
126	11,500	Luzhniki Sports Palace	Moscow	RUS	Europe	1980	-
127	11,450	Pala alpitour	Turin	ITA	Europe	2005	-
128	11,411	FedExForum	Memphis	United States	North America	2004	-
129	11,406	Ralph Engelstad Arena	Grand Forks	United States	North America	2000	North Dakota Fighting Sioux
130	11,300	Selland Arena	Fresno	United States	North America	1966	-
131	11,271	Royal Farms Arena	Baltimore	United States	North America	1962	-
132	11,215	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Madison	United States	North America	1967	-
132	11,215	Blue Cross Arena	Rochester	United States	North America	1956	Rochester Americans
134	11,200	Infinite Energy Arena	Duluth	United States	North America	2003	Gwinnett Gladiators
134	11,200	Fort Worth Convention Center	Fort Worth	United States	North America	1992	-
134	11,200	Long Beach Arena	Long Beach	United States	North America	1962	-
137	11,089	Cow Palace	Daly City	United States	North America	1971	-
138	11,088	Richmond Coliseum	Richmond	United States	North America	1971	Richmond RiverDogs
139	11,019	Nutter Center	Fairborn	United States	North America	1990	Dayton Bombers
140	10,944	Oklahoma State Fair Arena	Oklahoma City	United States	North America	1965	-
141	10,834	Van Andel Arena	Grand Rapids	United States	North America	1996	Grand Rapids Griffins
142	10,783	UW – Milwaukee Panther Arena	Milwaukee	United States	North America	1950	-
143	10,767	TUI Arena	Hanover	GER	Europe	1998	-
144	10,587	Mariucci Arena	Minneapolis	United States	North America	1993	Minnesota Golden Gophers
145	10,595	Scotiabank Center	Halifax	CAN	North America	1970	Halifax Mooseheads
146	10,537	North Charleston Coliseum	North Charleston	United States	North America	1993	South Carolina Stingrays
147	10,500	Mediolanum Forum	Milan	ITA	Europe	1990	-
147	10,500	Giant Center	Hershey	United States	North America	2002	Hershey Bears
147	10,500	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyōgijō	Tokyo	JPN	Asia	1964	-
150	10,440	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	Spokane	United States	North America	1995	Spokane Chiefs
151	10,425	Expo Hall	Tampa	United States	North America	1992	-
152	10,400	Atlas Arena	Łódź	POLE	Europe	2009	-
153	10,318	Omsk Arena	Omsk	RUS	Europe	2007	HK Awangard Omsk
154	10,300	Patinoire de Malley	Lausanne	SUI	Europe	1987	Lausanne HC
155	10,285	Ice rink on Brehmstrasse	Dusseldorf	GER	Europe	1935	DEG Youngsters
156	10,200	Resch Center	Green Bay	United States	North America	2002	Green Bay Gamblers
157	10.194	Tipsport arena	Pardubice	CZE	Europe	1947	HC Moeller Pardubice
158	10,104	Big hat	Nagano	JPN	Asia	1995	-
159	10.100	Maverik Center	West Valley City	United States	North America	1997	Utah grizzlies
160	10,050	Stockton Arena	Stockton	United States	North America	2005	Stockton Thunder
161	10,029	SNHU arena	Manchester	United States	North America	2001	Manchester monarchs
162	10,000	Arena 2000	Yaroslavl	RUS	Europe	1999	Yaroslavl locomotive
162	10,000	Håkons Hall	Lillehammer	NOR	Europe	1993	Lillehammer IK
162	10,000	BMO Harris Bank Center	Rockford	United States	North America	1981	Rockford IceHogs
162	10,000	Olympic oval	Calgary	CAN	North America	1987	Calgary Oval X-Treme
162	10,000	Saku Suurhall	Tallinn	EST	Europe	2007	-
162	10,000	Spodek	Katowice	POLE	Europe	1971	-
162	10,000	Tatneft arena	Kazan	RUS	Europe	2005	Ak Bars Kazan

See also

• List of the largest stadiums in the world
• List of the largest football stadiums in the world

Web links

• European ice hockey stadiums on hockeyarenas.net
• World stadiums

Individual evidence

1. ^ European ice hockey stadiums
2. ^ Stadium list on hockeyarenas.net
3. ↑ worldstadiums.com

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