The cost of taking a family to an NHL game can vary dramatically from one arena to another. Canada Sports Betting analysed all 32 NHL venues, combining ticket prices, concessions and game-day parking to estimate the cost of a family-of-four outing and identify the league’s most and least expensive arenas.
The Biggest NHL Arena Cost Takeaways
Five quick takeaways from Canada Sports Betting‘s 2026 ranking of NHL arena costs for families.
Bell Centre Is the Most Expensive NHL Arena for Families
Bell Centre, home of the Montreal Canadiens, tops the 2026 ranking at $1,134.56 for a family of four, which is $368.36 above the NHL average.
Canadian Tire Centre Is the Most Affordable
Canadian Tire Centre, home of the Ottawa Senators, has the league’s lowest family-of-four cost at $516.50, which is $249.70 below the NHL average.
The Average NHL Arena Visit Costs $766.20 for a Family of Four
Across all 32 NHL arenas, four tickets average $677.02. Food and drinks add $62.51 on average, while parking adds another $26.67.
The League-Wide Family Cost Gap Is More Than $600
The difference between Montreal at the top and Ottawa at the bottom is $618.06. Canadian arenas appear at both extremes: Toronto ranks third-most expensive, while Winnipeg is second-cheapest.
TD Garden Has the NHL’s Highest Representative Parking Cost
Standard event parking at TD Garden works out to a representative $62.50 per game, more than twice the league-wide parking average of $26.67.
What Does an NHL Game Cost for Your Family?
Choose any NHL team to see how a family-of-four game day breaks down across tickets, drinks, hot dogs and parking.
Most Expensive NHL Arenas in 2026
Montreal leads the league at $1,134.56, while Vegas, Toronto, Boston and the New York Rangers round out the five costliest family visits. The infographic below shows every part of the same family-of-four package for the 16 most expensive arenas, and you can re-sort it by any cost.
Cheapest NHL Arenas in 2026
Ottawa is the league’s most affordable family visit at $516.50, with Winnipeg next at $531.15. The infographic below shows every part of the family-of-four package for the 16 cheapest arenas, and you can re-sort it by any cost.
Most Expensive vs Most Affordable
Switch categories to compare the five highest and five lowest arena prices for tickets, combined food and drinks, beer, hot dogs and parking.
Full Ranking
Compare all 32 NHL arenas below. Click any sortable column heading to rank the table by total cost, tickets, concessions or parking.
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Methodology and Sources
Total Cost for a Family of Four
This analysis benchmarks the cost of attending an NHL game for a family of four across all 32 arenas. The package includes:
- Four general admission tickets
- Two beers
- Two soft drinks
- Four hot dogs
- One parking spot
Ticket pricing was collected from Ticketmaster, with statistical outliers removed before calculating team-level averages. The underlying workbook reports more than 180,000 individual ticket prices. Canadian Ticketmaster listings were converted using the exchange-rate treatment recorded in the dataset before the final arena totals were produced.
Parking was benchmarked as the representative cost of parking one standard passenger vehicle for one home game. Official team or arena game-day rates were used where a standard public price was available. Where venues did not publish a fixed public rate, current event-parking prices from official parking partners or SpotHero were used, with the midpoint or mean of standard public options taken as the representative cost. VIP, valet, premium, season-ticket-only, oversized-vehicle and playoff-special rates were excluded where possible.
Canadian parking rates were converted to U.S. dollars using a rate of C$1 = US$0.7247, based on the Bank of Canada daily exchange rate available on September 9, 2026. Parking prices can vary by event, opponent, demand and purchase timing.
Beer, soft-drink and hot-dog costs use the historical concession baseline in the source workbook and apply a 3.36% inflation adjustment to estimate 2026 pricing. Child admission policies were cross-referenced and verified against arena or team sources; they are shown as supporting information and do not alter the family-of-four package total.
Ticket prices can vary by opponent, seat location and day of week. Parking and concession costs can also change by event, and premium concession options are not included.
Sources: Ticketmaster; official NHL arena/team websites; official arena parking partners; SpotHero; Bank of Canada; TicketCity’s NHL child ticket policy guide; Ticketmaster’s NHL family guidance.
The full raw data, methodology and sources can be found in the complete NHL Family Costs 2026 dataset.
