Yes it's out of the way for a lot of people in the valley..but it is a very nice and modern arena....it reminds me of the Miami Panthers arena in Sunrise, FL in a way....they're both next to shopping malls in heretofore undeveloped suburbs far from downtown...and you can park for free...Lines to buy tickets and to get in after tickets were bought were long...I guess that was because it was a holiday weekend and the Coyotes are good again....we bought tickets for $25 in upper end and that included a 12-oz Pepsi and a hot dog...that as well as pregame meal and drinks elsewhere cut down on spending for overpriced (and mediocre) food and drinks in arena...lots of standing room behind last row of each level...moved down to first level centre ice standing last two periods...view was great....concourses were roomy....new arena was built because Coyotes had played at America West Arena downtown and it wasn't built well for hockey (seats in lower end had to be rolled back).