Rogers Arena

I had a great time at rogers arena. Me and my friends went to a Canucks game on a Saturday night. The stadium was packed!! It was a lot of fun watching the game.

The stadium was generally really clean and nice. It was a cashless stadium but you could still exchange cash for gift cards at the service desk. Even in the very top row you could still see the action pretty well. The seats were relatively comfortable compared to other stadiums.

I only wish the monitor in the middle of the arena was a little bit bigger. But as far as stadiums go this was pretty nice

What a nice arena. Got to sit close to the game so it's a pretty good view. Not from around here so only got to enjoy it for a short time. Would say it's nice and walkable!

I did see a Costco outside... great way to save money and eat there first and head over for the event :)

It's a stadium. With stadium pricing.
Staff and security team are super nice.
Commenting on seats.
I've had the privilege to sit in different seats this time, from row 1 (premium has cup holders, to regular stadium seats (that have no cup holders) and box which is mainly standing.
It's 2023, these seats are tiny for the most parts.
There is generally no coat check, so these seats are even tinier if ones wearing outerwear or layers with nowhere to put your layers.

Beer is usually poured from taps to cups with poor lids, there are full service bars and they provide a better vessel in a can.
Tim Hortons has coffee, tea and hot chocolate.

TIPS:
Wear thermals with light layers that you don't mind scrunching in a bag.
One gets a myriad of temperature of walking around, waiting in lines, watching games. When done with your bottle drink, there are water fountains that you can refill your water bottle.
Log in with your barcode 90 minutes before game starts, as there are times when there is weak signal on your phone with massive usage in the area.
Wifi is available, however. Use as backup.

We came from Seattle to see Madonna. Great show, stadium is nice and seats are spacious.

Located on the 500 level of Roger's Arena through gate 16 is Club 500. After you clear security and a quick elevator ride, you will be greeted by the warm hosting staff and led to your seats if you are a first time guest.

Nicely decorated with Canuck's memorabilia and cinema lighting, you will stroll through a corridor and into a wider landing offering the first of many buffet style food stations that line the inner corridor of the 500 section.

First stop - a sushi and oyster bar with a sushi master replenishing the various maki complete with pickled ginger and wasabi.

Adjacent to the sushi is a buffet of charcuterie style cold cuts, cheeses, breads and soup.

As you traverse the inner ring you'll find several stations offering baron of beef (with the trimmings), assorted cooked seafood, vegetables, chicken, rice, salad and accompaniments. Last stop are the desserts.

Coffee and tea are included and self serve. There is a centrally located bar, service staff offer drinks and clear away dirty dishes, but if you don't want to wait a while as service is hit and miss, you should go to the bar and order directly.

Today was the first pre season home game of the Canucks 2023-2024 season. Our seats were on row 3, which is at the top (not cantilevered over the upper section). It was the 2nd period before we were checked on by service staff, which was slow compared to other visits.

In this section there are no bad seats, plus you have all of the TV's covering the game mounted in strategically located viewing spots. Ice visibility is excellent and even though you're high, you see all the action.

You should be aware that event parking is around $40, so you may want to Uber if you are close by.

I made it to my first ever Canucks Hockey Game here at Rogers Arena, located right in the heart of downtown Vancouver, BC.

Funny, I started sensing a pattern during my travels throughout Canada...
The week prior, I was in Edmonton and checked out the Oilers home venue and that was called Rogers Place.
And, in Toronto...the BlueJays MLB Stadium is called Rogers Centre!!

Lol, now I'm confused!
To recap...
- Rogers Arena - Vancouver
- Rogers Place - Edmonton
- Rogers Centre - Toronto

Interestingly...I also have Winnipeg, Ottawa and Montreal on my To Visit List...I wonder what those are called?!

Anyhow, yeah I was excited to come to Vancouver for the first time.
I got fortunate that the Canucks were in town.
I purchased a ticket on StubHub for $22 Canadian! What a bargain considering I'm from the USA.

Welp, my seat was in the 2nd row from the top, yet...the views from high above were terrific! I had no viewing hindrances and actually saw the rink pretty well!

Overall...my first sense of this Rogers Arena was that it was a little on the older side and worn down some, but...I was really satisfied with my seat!
No complaints here.

Also, the game was played on a Sunday in the afternoon time at 4pm so I had the earlier part of the day to explore around Vancouver.
And because it was a Sunday, I found free parking on the streets and walked 10 minutes over to the arena.

For a 4pm game, they let fans inside starting at 3pm. This gave me a chance to enter right away and start taking photos without many people around, including...grabbing a picture with the team mascot, being a shark of some sort.

The introductions to the game were exciting with cool sound effects attempting to ignite crowd noise in support of the Canucks.
But, actually, the following evening I was in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena for the Kraken's Hockey Game and the pre-game festivities were much more energetic than here at Rogers Arena. Really, a much noticeable difference.

For being one of the very first home games of the 2022 - '23 season, the stands were about 3/4's full and when the Canucks scored a goal and did well...you could feel the loud support for the home team.

And yes, my seat being in the corner Section 327 of the arena in Row 14 at the top was just fine for watching the game, even if I did have two strangers sitting beside me. I didn't mind...there was enough spacing.

My only disappointment with the experience was trying to get a few pictures of myself and the hockey rink in the background.
Every time I asked someone to take my photo, I appeared completely in the dark. Even when I used flash, the results were the same.

And this brings me to another point. It's not just here at Rogers Arena, but I've been noticing a lot of NBA and NHL settings have this shadow/darkness issue. When fans try and take pictures of themselves, they're not coming out clearly.
Even when the game finished, people stuck around to grab last minutes pics and were letdown by the lighting.
I am not sure if the arena dimming the lights too much or not brightening up the "house lights"? I don't understand. But, I'm finding this issue to be frequent at indoor sports games.
Yet...the next night at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, this darkness factor was nowhere to be found. I actually captured some great moments of me and the hockey rink that left me with fond memories of the game.
So, I don't know...sometimes they just vary...is all I can say.

In the end, regardless of whether I got the most fulfilling pictures or not, I still had a great time at my first ever Canucks game. And, it actually went into overtime so I got 5 bonus minutes to enjoy. Unfortunately, there were no sudden death penalty shots as the game finished in OT.

Lastly, there is something about attending NHL hockey games that I find so exciting, to be in the action of it all rather than sitting at home and watching on television. Hockey games are fun and I'm glad I got to be here at Rogers Arena.

Came to the arena to take some photos and saw a sign that read, "Welcome back Michael." I didn't realize they meant Michael Buble! So I bought tickets to his concert which he played one night only.

This is a beautiful arena right on the edge of Chinatown. Behind it is the soccer stadium for the Whitecaps.

The acoustics were good and the seating was great. Clean and we'll kept.

Michael was awesome and very comedic. He didn't play a lot of his songs but did lots of covers which disappointed me a bit.

Not a bad place to hold an event . I was there for a UFC event. I was amazed on how clean the arena is ...well the whole city is clean.A LOT of cool things to do in Vancouver!

Went here with my friends for Swedish House Mafia concert. Security is pretty lax, no crazy pat down. Venue itself was pretty good, not too big that you cannot see anything; we were at lower bowl. The washroom was pretty clean, there are not that many stalls, so the queue is always long.

The drinks stands was worst I have ever experienced. Bought 3 beer, each cost $12, which is expensive but normal for venue like this. When the staff poured the beer from the can to a plastic cup thing, they didn't tilt it. One of my cup, half of it is just foam. The other two has 1/3 foam. Lesson learned, will not buy drinks here.

Iron Maiden!! Nice venue and friendly staff. Priced as expected for any arena event. Wheelchair accessible seating. Super convenient transit from expo line, 1 block away.