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Dr. Pepper StarCenter in McKinney, TX Reportedly Planning Big Expansion
Yesterday, Cassidy Ritter in Dallas-Fort Worth Community Impact reported that Dr. Pepper StarCenter McKinney will add an additional 1,800 seat NHL-sized sheet, with more parking and locker rooms. What makes this article especially interesting is the details of what was said in the presentation to the McKinney City Council, the repurposing of space devoted to ball fields…
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Is Louisville Laying the Foundation for an NHL Future?
The Louisville Kentucky city council and the chairman of their arena authority are discussing adapting the KFC Yum! Center for NHL hockey. The KFC Yum Center is an arena now primarily used for Louisville Cardinals basketball games. It was originally built without an ice plant because the basketball floor might get slippery, and– why would…
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RinkAtlas Search Improved for Arenas in French-Speaking Areas of Canada
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added information to the directory entries for arenas in the French-speaking areas of Canada to allow RinkAtlas users to search according to the city and arena names as they are typically spelled in either French or English. This means that arenas like “Aréna de Bernières Saint-Rédempteur” in Saint-Rédempteur, Québec can…
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Total Fan Experience at Pro Hockey Arenas Impacts Attendance
As those of us who grew up in the New York Metropolitan area are painfully aware, the Ottawa Senators eliminated the New York Rangers to advance to the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night. You’d think that, with their on-ice success, the Senators franchise would be turning fans away from their games, right? That’s not…
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Celebrating the Expansion of the NHL Over the Past Century
Today the NHL released this visualization of the expansion of the National Hockey League over the past century. #NHL100
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RinkAtlas Directory Complete for New Brunswick
We completed the arena directory for New Brunswick today. There are 95 arenas in New Brunswick and 2 closed arenas that some websites still show as if they are open. RinkAtlas now has all of the indoor arenas in the Maritimes in its database. This includes every arena in Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. We’re…
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Why Did RinkAtlas Display Some Arena Names Twice with Minor Spelling or Wording Differences?
Some RinkAtlas users may notice that we list some arenas by multiple versions of their names. In some situations, there was sometimes little difference between the versions of the arenas’ names. An example is Réal-Boudreau Centre in Beresford, New Brunswick. We now list this arena as: Réal-Boudreau Centre The reason we did this was because the database underlying RinkAtlas is…
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RinkAtlas Directory Complete for Nova Scotia
We completed the arena directory for Nova Scotia today. There are 77 arenas in Nova Scotia and 3 closed arenas that some websites still show as if they are open. Our goal with RinkAtlas is to provide the most accurate directory of currently operating North American hockey arenas possible, so where it was necessary, we confirmed the…
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RinkAtlas Database Complete for Prince Edward Island
Monday night we finished adding the remaining arenas on Prince Edward Island to RinkAtlas! This makes PEI the second Canadian province where every indoor hockey arena is listed in the RinkAtlas directory. We are on our way to completing our directory of Canadian arenas.
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RinkAtlas Helps You Find Good Coffee Near Over 2,100 Arenas in North America
One comment we’ve heard since the new version of RinkAtlas launched is that the restaurants that are listed by RinkAtlas are often not open at breakfast time. So, we added a “Coffee” category, which allows you to find restaurants serving coffee and/or breakfast near each arena. We chose to illustrate how the new Coffee Listing…