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Staples Center
The Staples Center is one of the most comfortable arenas of the NHL. With its Wayne Gretzkey Statue at the entrance, its purple seats, and its nice exterior design makes it a very fan friendly arena. Prior to playing at the Staples Center the Los Angeles Kings played at the Great Western Forum, seating 16.005. They moved to the brand-new Staples Center prior to the 1999/2000 season.
The Staples Center is right downtown Los Angeles , which is very handy (unlike some arenas). It has its own team store (like every other arena). It's got its own bar, restaurant outside of arena. The bar/ restaurant is called the Fox Sports Sky Box, it's a sports bar ( if you prefer sports bars over others). The bar and restaurant is open most of the day, before and after game time. It's not as pricy as inside where it costs $8 dollars for a pint of beer, popcorn etc... It's got very nice architectural design; with glass at the front of the building looking out to downtown Los Angeles.
You get a fairly good view from anywhere in the arena. Although it does have 3 sections of luxury suites between the two levels, unless a sell out, the space makes you feel separated from the people below.
The upper concourse is very steep and there is no railing to protect you from falling two rows. The lower concourse is very wide and spacious which makes it easy to get around. The upper concourse is still spacious, but not as spacious as the lower concourse. There is tons of parking around Staples Center . The convention center is right next door, so if there is a convention you want to see you can go there as well. Then just walk right over to Staples Center.
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