from Tim Campbell of NHL.com,
Rexall Place, at 485,000 square feet, was the League's second-smallest and second-oldest arena. MTS Centre, home to the Winnipeg Jets, is 440,000 square feet. Madison Square Garden, home to the New York Rangers, opened in 1968.
Rogers Place, which seats 18,641 for hockey, has more than 9,300 lower-bowl seats, compared to 5,800 at Rexall.
It has 57 suites, five different premium-seat areas, can hold 20,734 for concerts and the largest high-definition center-hung scoreboard in the NHL. It has four restaurants, the two-level Sportsnet Club, the Molson Canadian Fan Deck, the Sky Lounge premium lounge/nightclub and the reservation-only Curve Restaurant. There is Wi-Fi throughout the building, phone-charging stations and more than 1,200 TV monitors.
The seven-level building rises 141 feet above street level, contains 9,000 tons of structural steel and 24,000 cubic meters of structural concrete.
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