another name change for the arena

[DetDannyWilliams]

Buffalo, NY (WGR 550) -- The First Niagara Center will likely be no more in October.

KeyBank is merging with First Niagara Bank and officials from KeyBank say pending approval, the Sabres will open next season in the KeyBank Center.

This will be the fourth name for the arena which has also been known as HSBC Arena and Marine Midland Arena.

The arena became the First Niagara Center in 2011.

http://www.wgr550.com/The-downtown-arena-is-getting-its-fourth-name-chan/22738993

actually it's the fifth name change... the Arena was originally supposed to be named Crossroads Arena because it was being built across the street from the Aud.

[gebobs]

Enough already. You're fired, Key Bank. Just call it Hockey McHockface.

[WagonCircler]

The smart play would be to put a giant LED board where the current First Niagara Center sign is.

That would make it so much easier every time one bank eats another and changes the name again.

Makes no difference to me. I started calling it "The Arena" about 20 years ago.

[DetDannyWilliams]

I still call it the Auditorium...just like I still call RWS Rich Stadium, I don't why they can't put Auditorium in the name KeyBank Auditorium has a nice ring to it. Boston kept Gardens in their name after Boston Gardens was torn down TD Bank North Garden

[JATMtheJATM]

I still call it the Auditorium...just like I still call RWS Rich Stadium, I don't why they can't put Auditorium in the name KeyBank Auditorium has a nice ring to it. Boston kept Gardens in their name after Boston Gardens was torn down TD Bank North Garden

Boston's arena was originally called the fleet center.

[OpIv37]

Boston's arena was originally called the fleet center.

Has DDW ever said one thing that was correct? Even mundane posts about arena names have factual inaccuracies.

Maybe it's a bit. No one can be accidentally wrong that often.

[JATMtheJATM]

Boston's arena was originally called the fleet center.

And while it was being constructed, it was the Shawmut center. Before Shawmut and fleet merged. All the seats in the arena had Shawmut bank logos on them, and right before it opened, they had to replace all the seats. LOL Boston

[Dude]

Any sports arena with the name "Auditorium" in it gives the impression of a run-down, 50+ year-old barn with ****ty sight lines that smells like stale beer and urine. Maybe fans are OK with that, but it doesn't project a good image for the brand that puts their name on the building.

Refusing to move on and accept name changes just makes you look ignorant.

[Dr. Lecter]

Are you insulting the odor of stale beer and urine?

Why do you hate America?

[Dr. Lecter]

Has DDW ever said one thing that was correct? Even mundane posts about arena names have factual inaccuracies.

Maybe it's a bit. No one can be accidentally wrong that often.

he's Bizarro-Op.

You've never been wrong here and he's never been correct.

[Dude]

Are you insulting the odor of stale beer and urine? Not in the least. It brings back fond memories of the tunnels down to the gold seats.

[WagonCircler]

50+ year-old barn with ****ty sight lines that smells like stale beer and urine.

****ty sight lines? Were you ever even at the Aud? The sight lines were fantastic. Your were twice as close to the ice as you are in modern buildings. They're not allowed to build them that steep anymore, since the Americans With Disabilities Act in the early 80s.

Whine about stale beer smell if you want to, but the sight lines were WAY better in the Aud.

[Dr. Lecter]

Were you ever in the upper blues, with the over hang from above? Those site lines sucked.

[Dude]

****ty sight lines? Were you ever even at the Aud? The sight lines were fantastic. Your were twice as close to the ice as you are in modern buildings. They're not allowed to build them that steep anymore, since the Americans With Disabilities Act in the early 80s.

Whine about stale beer smell if you want to, but the sight lines were WAY better in the Aud.
a) I'm not whining. You're confusing me with the thread starter.

b) My analogy was not specifically referring to the Aud. The word "auditorium" (lower-case a, not upper case as in Memorial Auditorium - my bad) invokes a feeling of an aging building.

[coastal]

we sat center ice reds most times (shared seasons with a friend of the family), but occassionaly this spoiled suburban kid had to slum it in the oranges... and quite frankly... it was awesome!

the crowd in the oranges sat on the fringe of mental stability and sobriety. The steepness of the section only added to anxiety of the whole experience.

then someone like the Bruins would roll into town and everyone of your neighbors up there became warrior poets in what for me is one of the best memories of my childhood. Schoenfeld or Playfair dropping em... Gare or Perrault scoring... Rammer just being Rammer....

i don't remember the reds... I remember the oranges.

Nothing like that exists anymore.

[WagonCircler]

i don't remember the reds... I remember the oranges.

Nothing like that exists anymore.

And it never will again.

Now, sitting in the 300 level is like watching from the middle of the Small Boat Harbor.

And then there's this:

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/6527/Izd1dg.jpg

[coastal]

There's just so many things about that picture that suck.

[JATMtheJATM]

And it never will again.

Now, sitting in the 300 level is like watching from the middle of the Small Boat Harbor.

And then there's this:

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/6527/Izd1dg.jpg

All arenas are built like this now. It's cause of luxury boxes and club seating.

Though, I've sat in the 300s. First niagara, for its capacity, has fine sightlines. You just have to know how to watch a hockey game.

[ckg927]

Were you ever in the upper blues, with the over hang from above? Those site lines sucked.

Actually, yes. They used to have TV monitors focused on the scoreboard.

[ckg927]

All arenas are built like this now. It's cause of luxury boxes and club seating.

Though, I've sat in the 300s. First niagara, for its capacity, has fine sightlines. You just have to know how to watch a hockey game.

Detroit's new arena(sorry, I STILL can't bring myself to say its name)will also likely have some damned good sightlines, including a gondola seating level above the stands.

[JATMtheJATM]

Detroit's new arena(sorry, I STILL can't bring myself to say its name)will also likely have some damned good sightlines, including a gondola seating level above the stands.

Detroit's new arena is supposed to be very reminiscent of old olympia. Very nice, but compact. First niagara is pretty compact in that way compared to other arenas built in that time period.

[WagonCircler]

All arenas are built like this now. It's cause of luxury boxes and club seating.

Though, I've sat in the 300s. First niagara, for its capacity, has fine sightlines. You just have to know how to watch a hockey game.

**** off.

Know how to use x-ray vision to see through the head of the idiot in front of you?

[JATMtheJATM]

**** off.

Know how to use x-ray vision to see through the head of the idiot in front of you?

Not my fault the guy in front of you has a giant head

[DetDannyWilliams]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sabres expected to announce new Wi-Fi system in First Niagara Center that will aid fans&#39; internet access. <a href="https://t.co/FMUZqhPree">https://t.co/FMUZqhPree</a></p>&mdash; John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuffNewsVogl/status/741356324106162176">June 10, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><strike></strike>

[WagonCircler]

Not my fault the guy in front of you has a giant head

What does this have to do with "knowing how to watch a hockey game"?

What particular bit of wisdom would solve this situation?

[JATMtheJATM]

What does this have to do with "knowing how to watch a hockey game"?

What particular bit of wisdom would solve this situation?

I wasn't talking about you.

Alot of people watch the game and aren't sure what they are watching. Unfamiliar with how the sport is actually played. These are the people bored of it. Or say it's too hard to follow the puck.

It's not hard to follow the puck if you understand the sport. I doubt you have this issue. Though some posters here I assume do.

[DetDannyWilliams]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Federal Reserve approves Key deal for First Niagara <a href="https://t.co/lBTneBdKl6">https://t.co/lBTneBdKl6</a> <a href="https://t.co/U8YHYDljcr">pic.twitter.com/U8YHYDljcr</a></p>&mdash; The Buffalo News (@TheBuffaloNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBuffaloNews/status/752966677655150592">July 12, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[DetDannyWilliams]

Sabres say that changes to the arena should start soon now...first thing is taking down the First Niagara Center name that is on the outside of the arena and painting changing the name on the canopies that are over the entrances of the arena after that the new name KeyBank Center will be put up in it's place. It's not known if Key Bank plans to paint anything inside the arena all the work should be done before the Oct. 13th home opener against Montreal Canadiens

http://www.delawarenorth.com/~/media/delawarenorth/images/venue%20images/sportservice/first_niagara_center_sabres_t1.jpg?h=350&la=en&w=804<strike></strike>

[ckg927]

Boston's arena was originally called the fleet center.

It WAS going to be known as the Shawmut Center(after another bank in the area); however, during the time the arena was being built, Shawmut was bought by Fleet Bank...hence, the FleetCenter.

[gebobs]

It WAS going to be known as the Shawmut Center(after another bank in the area); however, during the time the arena was being built, Shawmut was bought by Fleet Bank...hence, the FleetCenter.

Ohhhh... I always thought it was Fleet Enemas.

[JATMtheJATM]

It WAS going to be known as the Shawmut Center(after another bank in the area); however, during the time the arena was being built, Shawmut was bought by Fleet Bank...hence, the FleetCenter.

I think I posted that up originally. They even had to replace the seats as all said "Shawmut center"

[DetDannyWilliams]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Sabres&#39; arena is 20 years old, and a lot has happened in two decades. <a href="https://twitter.com/BNHarrington">@BNHarrington</a> takes a look back. <a href="https://t.co/VGjjW29i3E">https://t.co/VGjjW29i3E</a> <a href="https://t.co/Xo6X5tv6kw">pic.twitter.com/Xo6X5tv6kw</a></p>&mdash; John Vogl (@BuffNewsVogl) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuffNewsVogl/status/784753035411132420">October 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[DetDannyWilliams]

new food for this season at KeyBank Center


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVA2jtIvvGA

[DetDannyWilliams]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Exciting upgrades at <a href="https://twitter.com/KeyBankCtr">@KeyBankCtr</a> for 2016-17: <a href="https://twitter.com/LaurenHall">@laurenhall</a> catches you up on what&#39;s new. <a href="https://t.co/9rEO97o2C0">pic.twitter.com/9rEO97o2C0</a></p>&mdash; Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) <a href="https://twitter.com/BuffaloSabres/status/785550563861639169">October 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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