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| - Let's-go-Wranglers! (Clap clap--clap clap clap!)
I've been here enough times that I feel more than confident putting my two cents in. I've never been to the arena for anything other than Wranglers games, but after finally visiting an NHL arena, I can now compare.
First of all, parking. Parking is great. You can park outside the arena, in front of the hotel, in the parking garage, at the hotel valet, whatever you want! Sometimes, it does get gridlocked after a very busy game, which is why you might want to park at the hotel instead. We went to a game during Viva Las Vegas earlier this year and boy, was that a mistake for those events to happen at the same time. Hockey fans and rockabilly fans don't like to share (bars, parking lots, anything) and shouldn't be forced to.
But back to the arena. It's fairly small, so wherever you sit, you're pretty close to the glass, unless you're in one of the fancy boxes at the top. You can get $20 seats a few rows from the glass, though, which I would prefer to an overhead view. It's much more fun to see the expressions and hear what the players and coaches are yelling. I've even taken to sitting behind the home bench so I can try to see what play the coach is writing up during time-out.
Note: if you sit in the glass seats, you don't get a cupholder. This doesn't make sense to me, but I guess it's not a big enough issue to warrant new seating. The Wranglers mascot, Duke, seems to prefer the cupholder seats because they're easier to climb around on. Duke's cool.
Compared to the NHL arena, this place is TINY! Trinity said it seats 9,000, which is about half of what the Honda Center can hold. Bathrooms are plentiful and although there is inevitably a line for the ladies' room, it usually goes pretty fast, even during intermission. The jumbotron is on the wall rather than hanging above the ice, which makes it impossible to see from some seating sections.
Food and drinks are adequate. The nachos are disgusting, but the waffles fries are good and the pizza looks pretty good, although I haven't tried it. There are plenty of places to get alcohol: $5.50 cocktails, $5 wine, $6 or $7 beer, etc. They used to have $1 beer on Thursdays, but they've done away with it this season. :( The bartenders and guys with coolers are pretty hit or miss, service-wise. As if you're there for bar service.
Regardless of the details, I'll be back to see the Wranglers play again ("Ref, you suck! Ref, you suck!")
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