Canadian Tire Centre is now a cashless environment. Please plan on using Visa, MC, AMEX or debit. Bags/purses are restricted to 4" x 6" x 1.5". Exceptions include diaper bags and medical device bags, which must be inspected prior to entry.
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Ottawa Senators History
The original Ottawa Senators were founded in 1883 and were one of the founding teams of the NHL during its early years, winning 11 Stanley Cup Championships between 1903 and 1927. When the NHL started to expand to the U.S., the Senators were sold to St. Louis and became the Eagles, but the team shuttered after one year. The second incarnation of the Senators joined the NHL in 1992. The Senators have since gone on to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs 16 times.
Ottawa Senators Team Info
Conference: Eastern
Division: Atlantic
Year Founded: 1883
Team Colors: Black, Red, Gold
Team Rivals: Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres
Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre
Located in Kanata, a vibrant suburb of Ottawa, Canadian Tire Centre(Opens in new tab) is one of the region's premier entertainment venues. Since opening in 1996, the arena has served as the home of the Ottawa Senators. Capable of hosting 18,000 fans for hockey games, the arena is also regularly used for concerts and other sports events. In 2007, the arena hosted games three and four of the Stanley Cup Finals. The arena is also known for being the place where Wayne Gretzky played his final NHL game in Canada.
The Ottawa Senators schedule for the 2025–26 regular season can be viewed on Ticketmaster.
Tickets for the 2025–26 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the Ottawa Senators. And if you're thinking about last-minute tickets, all tickets purchased through Ticketmaster are 100% verified and instantly delivered to your phone.
Ticket prices for Ottawa Senators games depend on a variety of factors, including date and time, city, matchup, seat location, and when the tickets are purchased. You can find Ottawa Senators tickets for as low as $50.
Since joining the NHL in 1992, the Senators have made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Final (in 2007), but have never won the Stanley Cup.
The seating map for Canadian Tire Centre can be viewed on Ticketmaster(Opens in new tab).
I didn’t like how the fans starting bitching at me for cheering for a Tampa bay goal then it got declined and they told me after that your team is so shit fucking losers
Impossible to get a taxi after the game, half the concessions closed, arena built in the middle of nowhere.... certainly not an NHL level experience !!!
Event venue was well organized, and the staff were very polite and hard working. Impressed with the overall experience from entering to leaving
200 level seating at centre ice provides great views!
Every time I go to the Sens games I have a great time! Although they struggled the effort this young team exerts is always entertaining. There are no bad seats at the Canadian Tire Centre. The view of the ice surface and the action is fantastic from the 100s, 200s, and 300s. The CTC staff are friendly and outgoing and provide a safe atmosphere even during the pandemic. The Ottawa Police are visible but not intrusive. They act professionally and interact with the fans in a fun and outgoing way. The only improvements could be to the food. We ate at the Royal Oak and to say their nachos were abysmal would be an understatement especially at the price. The beer prices at the concession stands and restaurants are high but not surprising.
Awesome night ! Sens played really well and the atmosphere was great
Missed start of game due to them not mentioning bag rule earlier. Beer overpriced and my fav Sid Crosby not playing. I left disappointed after second period.
Great atmosphere and building Way better then a game in Toronto.
The Canadian tire centre is very accessible. Lots of parking, passes can be purchased in advance. Lots of space, organized very well to accommodate big groups. Atmosphere is amazing. DJ party between periods at hockey game. Lots of fun fan games and interaction. Great price points :)
Absurdly high prices for a nearly AHL-level hockey team. When you are consistently trading away recognizable names and finishing 30th in the league, you might think to start doing more to pull people out to games.
All went well to go in with our passport and then with our e-tickets. Thanks to all the staff.
Lack luster event for even low the cost of the NHL ticket. When in the Ottawa area I will spend less half the money to see the 67's or Olympiques.
The arena is beautiful. The game was good. Arena sound system was amazing at 97 dB. Had lots of fun. However, everything was too far out ! The arena is too far out from downtown, and the popular restaurants are too far out from the arena. We were staying in downtown Ottawa and took an Uber to the game. But because the restaurants are far away from the arena, we would have had to take a cab to the game after our pre-game meal. So we cancelled the Moxie reservations and got a pizza at the rink. After the game we were charged $125 to ride back downtown because of surge pricing. Who knew ? I never appreciated the Toronto situation where you could take a $2.50 subway and be home in under an hour. Great experience, but it was too far out !
I was there to see VEGAS KNIGHTS so I was pleased. SENS WILL BE SENS. In general COVID rules were respected but the wearing of the mask SHOULD be enforced by security at all time because of the number of people.
What other say about the concessions is true; takes way too long. Look, I know if I'm going to a sporting event I'm going to pay $18 for a beer. What's inexcusable is the fact that it takes 25-35 minutes to get it. A significant amount of people miss half a period of hockey. Every concessions seems to have the following set-up: 1 or 2 people that know what they're doing, and the rest are people who can only hold seasonal jobs and are... bad at customer service/speed/competency to say the least. I had to politely tell a worker that I wanted a simple can of beer like times, and they just started at me with a blank face and what I assume to be an exasperated agape mouth beneath their mask. It took one of the supervisors to notice and process my order in a matter of seconds.
Overall good experience with a rather exciting, unexpected ending.
Everything was perfect except for the parking and getting out on the highway. That alone is enough to not go back. There are no ways of getting out of the parking lot unless you wait for all the rows to be emptied. So, if you are parked close to the arena, you have to wait for an hour or more to only get out of the parking lot. After that, you need to do a silly road and turns to get back on highway to go east bound. Crazy crazy.
I’ve been to Buffalo and Montreal games . Both had sharks Merchandise available. You had no merchandise sales to any shark fan . Poor organizational choice . So every game you lose out on visiting team sales? Pretty stupid choice by whoever is in charge!
For all the people that didn’t know about the sudden change to bag size it was frustrating. We were given the ultimatum to bring the now over sized bag back to the car or forced to go through the entrance w the X-ray. This should have been made more clear with pre game day communications.
So... having to purchase tickets from Ticketmaster is bad enough. However... if you want to share the tickets with a friend, you can't just email the tickets to them. Ticketmaster forces them to have a ticketmaster account. Which.. after snagging their personal information, they will then start spamming them with their regular spam. If there hasn't already been class action suits against ticketmaster, there should be. But ..yeah the game was fine.