St Pete Times Forum Reviews

This Arena is great to watch sporting events, there's really no bad seat in the house. It's always a little cold during the Lightning games so bring a light jacket. The food is very pricey $15 for a 4 piece chicken tender with fries at the PDQ, but I'm not here to eat fried chicken. GO BOLTS!!

They never answer the phone ! Despite calling within normal business hours! I've been calling for the past three days to ask a simple question. After the voice prompt asks you the same options three times, it puts you on hold for a second, say they're having an unusual high call volume then ask you to leave a voicemail. Which they will never hear or call you back !

Great venue for various types of entertainment from sports to music. Comfortable, clean facility with attractive decor. Arena attendants are always friendly and helpful. Amalie Arena could use more and/or better plant-based food options...otherwise, plenty of popular fast food and standard arena junk food favorites. Sound quality is not ideal in the upper level seating, if that's important to you. Overall, guaranteed good time...worth the ticket price.

What a fun time. Flag football in the afternoon. Watching Storm game in the evening. A great day with family

It was great and the before show was fantastic. "GO BOLTS"!!!!!

Great staff, easy entry, even nose bleed seats have great view of game. Overall, great experience! Will be back.

Great venue to watch a game. The food and drinks are getting expensive.

Just the best for bible talks on different subjects needed for our troubled times

Go Lightning! Amazing arena, numerous vendors to speed lines! Clean and cool, so bring a jacket!

Saw Disturbed here, opening act was In This Moment, it was Amazing!
Good place

Great for events , just the drive or parking can be a mad house.

Seating arrangements are not bad but I am literally appalled that ONE beer costs $18.

Pretty nice facility but the parking is atrocious and there is no signage to guide people.

Home of the best hockey team in the world. GO BOLTS

Great arena with great views all the way around. Sat in 302 and enjoyed the game. Only downside is the drinks and food, 15$ for a tall boy and 9$ for a bag of popcorn.

Really clean & very well stocked bathrooms ( for the women ) the staff was very helpful. They have plenty of food options for the entire family. Sections and seats are easy to find. The seats are a little small and there is not a lot of walk way room during the rows of seats up towards the top sections but they do have cup holders which is very nice. ( No spilled drinks ) when people are walking past you! Getting into the arena is super easy. For 10,500 people to be in there last night it was NOT a nightmare getting out of the building or the parking garage either!

All around great place. No complaints except the drink prices. $10/shot=1 oz. Is insane!

Funtastic Arena! Great home for the Tampa Bay Lightening!!! Mind you this is coming from a Detroit Redwings Fan!!

Saw Eric Church which was a powerhouse of a show. Good view from just about any seat. The house sounded excellent for that show. Only drawback for me was the trek to the smoking section. Too many stairs if you're in the second or third deck.... All the way to the bottom and then two more flights of stairs down to outside, with only a single location.... One attendant was very rude to guests in the smoking section, insulting country music.... At a country music show... Regardless, a good experience, with plenty if parking nearby... Plan ahead well and you won't have traffic issues getting out of the show ;) choose your route carefully ;)

The more I come here the more I like it. Only been for Hockey- but with how great staff have been, the great food, and the surprisingly clean facilitates- I'm hoping to see a concert here soon.

The management team goes out of their way to ensure that you have a wonderful experience. This culture is evident in the employees.

I'm a habs fan but i have to say i was suprised to see the level of fan support at the game. That being said there were a large number of habs fans in attendance. Only giving three stars for two reasons. Beer and food were super expensive. $50 american for two beer and a burger and the second reason was security getting in. Didn't know why everyone was lining up to get into the stadium when we got there at 5:30. Found out quickly when tbey finally started letting everyone in at 6:30 that wechad a 45 min wait to get through security. When we did finally get through we didnt have time to getva beer abd something to eat before the game started. Be prepared to either wait a long time in line or miss some of the game.

Love love love this venue. Seats are comfy and far enough apart that you feel like you actually have a little space. Designated parking garage is SUPER close to the arena, which is nice but be warned: they seem to oversell the presales tickets for the garage and parking is then a nightmare!

Stayed at a WWE show, everything was great. It is possible to park directly at the arena, so it only takes a minute to get to the arena.

Great Place to visit the bolts. Many shops and places to buy food and snacks. Great arena

#98ROCKFEST is my yearly treck to Amalie. I live it.

The Arena is a pleasure for any performance or hockey game. From the time you walk in to sitting down at your seat, You feel the excitement.

I've been there for Winter Jam several times and to Lightning games a few times. Nice venue, staff always helpful.

Drinks are way too expensive but the concerts are always great

Great arena downtown Tampa for sporting events shows and concerts!

Amalie Arena is fantastic. I'm disabled and in a wheelchair. Everyone from the police officers outside to Arena staff outside and inside are always courteous and helpful. The Arena itself is easy to navigate.

So, went to the Trans- Siberian Orchestra concert.... It was AMAZING! Of course, driving in downtown Tampa is terrible and parking is expensive, but that's life in the city. As a concert venue though, Amalie allows acts like TSO to go all out.

Nice venue but food and water etc very expensive. 4.75 water, Pepsi 7.00. Ridiculous

Great for concerts and The Hockey games.Nice variety of food and drinks available as well although a little pricey.

Awesome arena. Great food and drink options. The store has numerous options to bring a t-shirt or jersey home. Prices are reasonable. Bathrooms were clean. Arena was state of the art! Team played fantastic.

We saw Elton John there it is a nice place to have an event and even the Acoustics aren't bad

Love love love. The views from all seats top notch.

Enjoyed the arena, but $12.50 for a beer is a bit much!

Such a beautiful arena. Lots of great sports matches are played here. It is a great place to go with a friend or even someone you just kinda like.

Great view from anywhere.
Security procedures are awful though, be prepared to wait 45mins to just get in.

I've been coming here since it was built. In the years since Vinick has owned the Lightning he has turned this into a great place to see a concert, arena football, basketball, or hockey game.

Prices are crazzy. I know it's an arrena but $10 for a pretzel? $17 a beer 4 beers and a pretzel is almost $90 good thing the team is good.

Toooooo pricey, definitely grab something to eat on your way here. Besides that we loved it here!

Nice venue but prices for concessions are highest I've ever seen. $16.50 for a can of beer?!?

I got scammed out of my tickets and the supervisor was like "looks like you need to buy more tickets"

If going to see a live show, concerts and various performances you will have a great audio experience. Do to the shape of the arena inside creates an amazing concert venue. It is also fairly easy to navigate around inside. Parking is amazing, cannot be possible to not find you ride. The outside environment is entertaining in itself. Musicians playing around the venue, there is an outside smoking section, where you can go and get back in. I have not found much of that available at the majority of the venues I visit at the least, 15 times a year. Handicap accessible.

Why no gladiator games? Why no mid day executions of criminals or run away slaves? When in Rome I give the Flavian Arena known as the Coliseum five stars! I swear the Colosseum in Rome has the most creative executions of criminals that I have ever seen, & only the best gladiators in the Empire go there to fight and entertain us. The US Empire should at least used prisoners with life with parole as gladiators it have creative executions of prisoners on death row in the local Arenas in each City.

The entry process for a concert was terrible...there were literally 10k people waiting in a line to enter. But the seats were great view from section 104.

First hockey game ever. Had a great time. Wow the price of food & drinks was extremely high.

A lot of fun things happen here. Great staff and good food.

Great, fan friendly venue. Try the pretzels. Buttery good.

Went to see a show clean easy and helpful staff. However 18.00 for a beer and 5.00 for purified water is ridiculous. Seating was also very cramped unfortunately.