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PPG Paints Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Pittsburgh that serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). It previously was the home of the Pittsburgh Power of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 2011 to 2014.
The Steelers notified the Pittsburgh Stadium Authority in December 2010 of their intention to add up to 4,000 seats to the lower southern end of the stadium. The plan would increase seating up to 69,050 as soon as the 2012 NFL season. [103] Seating was added in that section for the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, which had an attendance of 68,111.
With a hockey seating capacity of 12,508, Pittsburgh's Mellon Arena was eight seats over the NHL's minimum seating benchmark. [16] Due to its outward appearance, the arena was nicknamed "The Igloo" which led to the naming of the Penguins. [40] The Penguins debuted at the Civic Arena on October 11, 1967, in a 2–1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.
Pittsburgh United States: Pittsburgh Penguins (2010–present) 20: Videotron Centre: 18,259 [19] Quebec City Canada: Quebec Remparts (2015–present) 21: Crypto.com Arena* 18,230 [20] Los Angeles United States: Los Angeles Kings (1999–present) 22: Nationwide Arena* 18,144 [21] Columbus United States: Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–present) 23
Iceburgh, the mascot of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Despite Pittsburgh's long history with hockey and a small but loyal fanbase, the Penguins struggled with fan support early on in its history, at times averaging only 6,000 fans per game when Civic Arena had a seating capacity of over 16,000.
The Philadelphia Flyers played against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 25, 2017. [1] This was the only game in the Stadium Series scheduled during the 2016–17 NHL season, although there were three other outdoor games previously played in that season. It was one of the most attended outdoor NHL ...
In 2016, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers worked out an agreement to play a home-and-home series of outdoors games. [2] The first game that was planned eventually became the 2017 Stadium Series game at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The NHL does not usually schedule teams to appear in outdoors games in consecutive years, so ...
They are ranked by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. All U.S. stadiums with a current capacity of 10,000 or more are included in the list. The majority of these stadiums are used for American football , either in college football or the National Football League (NFL).