Warrior Ice Arena

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Warrior Ice Arena @ Boston Landing
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Warrior Ice Arena
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Warrior Ice Arena
Location within the United States
Location90 Guest Street, Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′27″N71°08′39″W / 42.35750°N 71.14417°W / 42.35750; -71.14417
Public transit MBTA.svg   Framingham/Worcester Line   at Boston Landing
Owner New Balance
OperatorFirst Fitness Management, NB Development Group
Capacity 700
Field size200' x 85'
SurfaceIce
Construction
Broke groundDecember 2014
OpenedSeptember 8, 2016
ArchitectElkus-Manfredi
Tenants
Boston Pride (PHF) (20162023)
Boston Bruins (practice facility)
Website
warrioricearena.com

Warrior Arena is an ice hockey arena and practice facility in Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts. The arena is part of a larger mixed-use development being constructed by New Balance at Boston Landing that includes the headquarters of New Balance and that will also include shops, a hotel and the practice facility for both the Boston Bruins and a separate one for the Boston Celtics next door (The Auerbach Center). [1] The arena is named after New Balance's Warrior Sports brand, which is the brand New Balance uses for their hockey products.

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Hockey Stick Display Statue - Warrior Ice Arena Boston

Warrior Arena was the home arena of the Boston Pride of the Premier Hockey Federation and the practice facility of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League who moved in from Harvard University's Bright-Landry Hockey Center, and Ristuccia Ice Arena in Wilmington, Massachusetts respectively. [2]

Public transit to the facility is via the MBTA Boston Landing station, a station on the MBTA Commuter Rail system's Framingham/Worcester Line. Groundbreaking took place in December 2014, with the completed facility hosting its grand opening on September 8, 2016. [3]

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