Took in my first hockey game at the arena with Coyotes taking on my team the Saint Louis Blues on 3/2/10. My wife and I had great seats 5th row from the glass so the action was acourse awesome.
Prior to this game, the last time I was at this arena was in 2004 so it took me awhile to figure out where everything was such as concessions because this arena had lots to choose from than just your ordinary hot dog and popcorn.
The arena for a hockey game is absolutely the best and I agree that any seat in the house would be a good seat to see the action.
However, I like to be up and close besides I will only be attending a game or two a year so I can easily afford to splurge on the higher priced seats once or twice a year.
The prices were reasonable for an arena but expect smaller quantities. For instance, they want $6 for a soda but it was only like a 24 oz maybe so settle for the $4.50 bottle soda.
The beer prices appeared to be about a buck cheaper than over at U.S. Airways Center.
Do not eat anything from the Hooter's concession stand. I bought a small cup of french fries ( $4 ) and two orders of 10 wings ( $8.75 ea ) because we love wings and we heard good things about Hooter's wings.
We get down to our seats and the fries and wings are cold ! We just wasted $21.50. We will never eat at this arena again.
Parking is free so don't pay $10 for the premium parking unless you just want to throw money away like we did for our food. Get out and walk as Westgate is nice to stroll through on the way to the arena.
Overall great place to catch a live NHL game and on Thursday's they have all you can eat hotdogs, nacho's and popcorn I believe including soda for $30 per person.