NHL Arenas 3D Seat Views

See the view from your seat before you buy

A hockey ticket is a fixed window on a sheet of ice 61 metres long — more than twice the length of a basketball court — and that single fact changes what a good seat is. Inside one building the same price band can buy two completely different games: a seat on the glass behind a goal, where you feel every hit and lose the far end, or a seat twenty rows up at centre ice that shows you the whole rink, both blue lines and every line change. Seating charts show you where a section is. They do not show you what it sees. This site gives you an interactive 3D map of each arena — click a section and a real panoramic view from that part of the building opens instantly.

31 of the league's 32 arenas are here, one per team, grouped the way the NHL groups them. Compare the league's largest bowl at the Bell Centre with its smallest at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, see why a hockey-first building like Grand Casino Arena puts its upper deck closer to the ice than some arenas half its size, or find out what the saddle roof at the Scotiabank Saddledome does to the end sections. Every page also carries the team's full home schedule and links to the arenas closest to it.

Frequently asked questions

How can I see the view from my seat at an NHL arena?

Open the arena's page, click any section of the interactive map and a real panoramic 3D view from that part of the building opens instantly — so you know what the ice looks like from that seat before you buy a ticket.

Which NHL arenas have 3D seat views?

31 of the 32, one per team. Delta Center in Salt Lake City is the only one still to come — its 3D map is not in the catalogue yet.

Which is the biggest and which the smallest NHL arena?

Bell Centre in Montreal is the largest at roughly 20,962 for hockey, and Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg the smallest at about 15,321. That is a gap of about 5,641 seats — and the small buildings are not the worse ones: a compact bowl puts the upper deck closer to the ice than a large one puts its lower deck.

Why is an NHL arena's capacity different from the same building's NBA capacity?

Because the playing surface is a different size. An NHL rink is 61 by 26 metres against the 28 by 15 of a basketball court, so the bowl is reconfigured and the seats nearest the floor change or disappear. Ten of the arenas here also host an NBA team, and the difference reaches 1,700 seats. The capacities on these pages are the hockey ones.

When does the 2026-27 NHL season start and finish?

It runs from 29 Sep 2026 to 10 Apr 2027, and for the first time since 1993-94 each team plays 84 games — 42 of them at home. There is an All-Star break from 4–7 February 2027, with the All-Star Weekend itself on 5–6 February 2027 at UBS Arena.

Are any 2026-27 games played away from these arenas?

7 of them, across 5 events, and they are marked as such on the arena pages rather than listed as home games: the Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at Princess Auto Stadium, Winnipeg on 25 Oct 2026; the NHL Global Series Finland at Veikkaus Arena, Helsinki on 12 Nov 2026 and 14 Nov 2026; the NHL Global Series Germany at PSD Bank Dome, Düsseldorf on 18 Dec 2026 and 20 Dec 2026; the Discover NHL Winter Classic at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City on 31 Dec 2026; the NHL Stadium Series at AT&T Stadium, Arlington on 20 Feb 2027. Those venues are not part of this catalogue.

How many NHL arenas are in Canada?

7 of the 31 here: Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Rogers Place in Edmonton, Bell Centre in Montreal, Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg. They are the buildings where the sport is loudest, and every one of them has a full 3D seat map on this site.

Are these official team seating charts?

No. These are independent interactive 3D arena maps built with 3D Digital Venue technology. This site is not affiliated with the NHL or any team.