Ottawa Senators game
by Louise on 2023-10-10Canadian Tire Centre - OttawaRating: 5 out of 5Always a great time. Parking is now too expensive for being so far out of town. It took us over an hour to get out. Should be no more than 10$

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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.
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Conference: Eastern
Division: Atlantic
Year Founded: 1883
Team Colors: Black, Red, Gold
Team Rivals: Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres
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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.
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Always a great time. Parking is now too expensive for being so far out of town. It took us over an hour to get out. Should be no more than 10$
Getting into the parking took about an hour and we missed the beginning of the game. Getting out after the game also took an hour and kids were crying in the back of the car. The amount of effort it takes to bring 2 kids to a sens game with this stadiums' location is just to long. Once a year is quite enough for me. At least until they change the venue or make it easier to access for families.
Good place to go for a NHL match , not expensive at all and free access with bus and train
Fun time, worth it. If ypu pick a row above it might be tight seating but it is what it is. It doesn't take away from the show. Security top notch. Felt safe even with the ampunt of people present. Thank you!
As much as I love coming to the CTC to cheer on the SENS, the building needs a cleaning, the stands and stairs are extremely sticky and dirty making it difficult to walk around. I’ve been multiple times just this preseason and fans around me have been making the same complaints. It’s a beautiful center with great entertainment but the stands need some cleaning.
Great for the kids. They had a blast and that was good. Make them Sens Fans early. However, no interaction with players or management at all. No announcements of fan appreciation. Practice was good. But the players ignored the fans. The autograph section was limited to those who had wristbands and the line ups were LONG. The line up to the Sens Store was stupid long. The whole event felt half hearted and aimed at making money only. Not a Sens Fan event as per previous years.
When I thought of Fan Fest Ottawa Senators I was super excited to take my kids and grandkids. I drove 3hrs and got a room. Only to have to wait in super long lines with the kids, waited over hour for a ride to only stand in another line for over an hour to get a balloon animal. I was excepting maybe a big BBQ outside, more activities (then lines up wouldn't of been so long), maybe a couple of players coming out to thank the fans that support them all year long. Drinks outside would of been great since it was so hot. I've been to hockey games that had more energy then Fan Fest. I was very disappointed with Fan Fest. There should of been more presents from the Ottawa Senators, maybe grab bags for the kids. I put more thought and planning into birthday parties then what the Ottawa Senators planned for Fan Fest. I will not return next year for this reason.
I wanted to get some autographs of some players. However, I was not informed anywhere that you had to have a wristband. I was disappointed about this. For next year, please inform people that they have to have a wristband to get autographs, if there is an autograph session with the players.
Unfortunately, there was no consideration wrt date/start and end time, for those who cannot attend, due to religious reasons, until later that Saturday! I arrived @ 1 pm only to be told that everything was closed.
There were limited number of autograph tickets which i the main reason i went.
The team looks really good. The "kids"have loads of energy and superb skills. The venue is still sub-standard, but the entertainment value of the games makes up for it. Go Sens!
My son wanted to have autographs of the players; however, when we arrived we were told that getting autographs was no longer possible. The line-ups for the number of stations were insane. One had to stay in line for two hours to get to the face-paining station, for example. As a result, we didn’t participate in anything. It was a poorly organized and disappointing day. Won’t do it again.
Worst Fan Fest event EVER! For starters, disabled parking lot was converted to part of the venue using up over 80% of disabled parking for a giant slide and kids area rather than leaving it open for those of us with disabled parking passes. Could have set that stuff up over in Lot 6 or Lot 2 in front of the main gate entrance. Instead, no employee in the parking booth meant disabled parking pass holders were caught in a ridiculous free for all over in the passholders lot which is in Lot 3. Secondly, a major reason I bought season tickets this year was last years disappointment at Fan Fest in which I got stuck with Zaitsev and Thomson as my autographs because the premium players were kept over in a separate area for season ticket holders. So I buy season tickets hoping for a shot at two of our better players and arrive to find out they only gave out 1000 bracelets to ALL fans in attendance and well over 200 of them didn't get an autograph at all because "they ran over their time limit". Unreal. Stood in line for hours for NOTHING! Only 'perk' I saw as a season ticket holder was a ballot into a raffle for a lousy waffle breakfast served by a few Sens players of which very few got selected. I wasn't one of them. All in all, brutal event. I drove 90 minutes from Cornwall for a massive disappointment. Probably won't ever attend a Fan Fest again. Got screwed over in 2022 as a general admission fan, and got screwed over in 2023 as a season ticket holder. Monumental waste of time.
The good news is: there were thousands of people in attendance. The bad news is: the organization was not prepared for the number of people who went to the event - the lines for the activities and the one concession stand that was open were very long; the popcorn was outrageously expensive; the practice roster was thin on regular players and the sound during the kids’ press conference was muffled, especially when the players were speaking. Also, I had won two tickets for breakfast with some of the players, but had to decline the offer as a third seat for my five-year-old grandson was not available. Overall, the experience was ho-hum, very disappointing given the hype around the new owner. I expected much better.
Loved it. I even brought my 12 year old daughter and her friend. They enjoyed doing the broadcasting event 😁
Asked employees that work there and it looks like nobody knows where the toilets are. My buddy had to leave the game as he release himself in his pants. I'm not going to another game if the employees have more training
We sat in section 310 and the floor was so sticky we had trouble walking up the stairs. Also, they ran out of their famous egg rolls before the game even started.
Great time spent with my boy. Loved the sens game vs the maple leafs. Was amazed at home many people were in the wrong seats. There was 4 seat changes in that area. Nothing the staff can do… tons of resources… people just need to learn to ask if they don’t know the arena. Overall great time!!!!!
I will never pay in over 100 dollars again to Watch mostly non nhl players. Neither team dressed more than 4 NHLers. Very sad
Going to an NHL game is always worth it! Unfortunately the Leafs didn’t win this game but hey it was still really fun to come to this game with my friends! 10/10