The arena is amazing. Nice staff. Great food all o...

The arena is amazing. Nice staff. Great food all over. Been to a lot of arenas for hockey. This is by far the best. From the huge HD jumbotron, to the amazing pipe organ like in hockey arenas of old, the Lightning from the 2 tesla coils (amazing to see and crazy to hear!) it's just a sight to behold. Even the upper tier has great views and padded seats if you're on a budget. And lower bowl seats will give you an amazing experience. Best area though is the second level or the prime areas. Chase club and all. Best view, and a very relaxed and laid back area of the arena. Until the Lightning score of course!

With regards to people posting on here about the ticket situation. Do your research before you post. If you're reading a review, and one of these idiots is saying you can't wear other teams jerseys, that's just plain wrong. They don't want other teams jerseys in "prime" season ticket holder areas. Chase club and so on. I see no issue with this as its where season ticket holders the entire year have downed thousands there and don't want other teams fans around them. It's mainly for "Lightning season ticket holders" who once we play their team they then take off their Lightning gear and put on their other teams. If you have tix for the bolts and root for them all year you can't then root for another team. Sorry and hope you lose your tickets. And a team selling tickets to its states residents only is not just us but pretty much every team when it comes playoff time. Hawks are the same way. Can't control who you sell them to on the secondary market can you?

And a bad business plan? You've heard the Lightning owner is a billionaire who donates 50k a game right? Think the guy knows what he's doing haha. And uh Blackhawks fans Tampa was voted the #4 hockey town in hockey. You guys barely broke the top 10. Also with regard to other teams fans... A Detroit fan tried to light the American flag on fire in the arena covering over 100 ppl... Montreal fans started multiple fights and throwing beer on other fans.... Ranger fans urinating in the stairwells. So now maybe you also see why we may want the scum from other teams not coming and ruining a fun experience for others? Sorry our arena is nicer than yours. But don't ruin ours.

Hockey fans, for the regular season you can buy tickets from anywhere in the world and can sit where you please send wear anything you'd like when it comes to other teams. Don't let people turn you off to this amazing arena and experience. Most of these people never even intended to buy tickets and are just angry fans mad their team is in our rear view mirror these playoffs. It's an amazing place to see a show or game. Don't miss out.