Mellon Arena

Pros: History, ticket prices, Location, Staff, prices, view, lighting
Cons: No ticket, Ticket design, Security guard, small concourses, tiny seats aisles w/ no leg space

Mellon Arena or as it will always be known "The Igloo" is home to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Home to the 1991 & 1992 Stanley cup champions. The place where greats like Paul Coffey, Jaromir Jagr & the two greatest pens "Super Mario" himself Mario Lemieux ...

Pros: Mario Lemeiux, Fun Family Atmosphere, Reasonable Ticket Prices
Cons: Parking, Getting to the Arena once you get into Pittsburgh

I recently went to my first ever NHL Hockey game. I live in the Morgantown area, so of course, Pittsburgh is the closest hockey city. A few of my friends and I were lucky enough to get 3rd row tickets in a corner area by the Penguins goal. We paid about...

Pros: Lemieux, Lemieux, Lemieux
Cons: Old, out dated facilities

I love the pens, I love hockey and I love Pittsburgh, but I don't love Mellon Arena. I have been there on several occasions in past, but the most notable was our unforgettable trip there to watch the Pens get blasted by the Devils in a play-off game...

Pros: The Penguins and the fans.
Cons: Everything, yes everything else.

There is a place in Pittsburgh where you can pay $300 just to have the privilage of seeing all of what you came for. You can spend $5 on a hot dog because it is practically all you can get. It is a place where the NHL Eastern Conference Plaques on the...

Pros: Retractable roof,
Cons: Obstructed view seats, expensive new seats

The Mellon Arena (former Civic Arena) has been around for many years, yet it still a good place to catch a hockey game. Recent renovations have added some more modern features, but it could still use more to have any chance of competing with the newer...

Pros: good views from all over
Cons: it's old and you can tell sometimes

I have season tickets to the Pens games and while it is an old arena, it's still a fun pace to catch a game. I think that the best seats are in Section E which is the lower balconies that are at each end. Our seats are in the 2nd row there and you can...

Pros: The Penguins play there
Cons: poorly designed, overcrowded, inaccessible

In the day of the new "Super Arenas" being built, the Mellon Arena or "Igloo" as we call it, is woefully behind the times. I need to preface my opinion by saying that I am not a season ticket holder and I do get my tickets for free....

Pros: Great Venues
Cons: A little dirty at times...but that goes with the atmosphere

The Mellon Arena formally known as the Civic Arena is the best venue in Pittsburgh. Being from the Burgh I know this for a fact. They hold a WIDE variety of entertainment there. I have been to the circus, hockey, Harlem Globetrotters, Pitt Panther games,...

Pros: Lots of good seats, loud fans, #66
Cons: Old, few bathrooms, some obstructed view seats

I have gone to several games at the Igloo, the most recent being game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals versus New Jersey (the Penguins were killed and it was terrible). This was the first time I sat in the E-level, and for a somewhat reasonable price...

Pros: Cozy
Cons: Some say it's old

This is a great arena to attend a hockey game. To me, hockey is a game that should be played in front of an intimate crowd. The arena (The Igloo, where the Penguins live) is cozy. Yet when there is a concert or other event, it's just right for that...

Pros: NHL hockey
Cons: for lawyers and doctors only

I have been to countless Penguins games in the past and have never been to pleased with the arena, but the lore of NHL hockey brings me back. First of all attending a hockey game in Pittsburgh with a family is a very frustrating sitiuation. To be able...

Pros: cheap tickets
Cons: dark

I will always think fondly of the Mellon Arena because I went to my first and only NHL game there with my fiance. I also went to a concert there that same year. I had an excellent time at both. Sat in 2 very different locations and both were excellent ...

Pros: Best Player in the World
Cons: Old

I am live in the Burgh...and I am puck crazy about the pens. This rink has it all compared to those new fance mansy rinks. It has club boxes priced around $100. The igloo section priced around $75-50. Finally the family section $25-down. Great sound...

Pros: Lot's of Seats in small space
Cons: Small narrow seats

What a great arena. There is not a bad seat in the house. You have a great vantage point no matter where your seats are. i have been to many events other than hockey there. With the new seating levels above the goals it is like you are looking down...

Pros: Great team, Great people, Great atmosphere, Good food
Cons: Expensive new seats

I've lived in Pittsburgh all my life, and it was always great to see a hockey game at Mellon arena.It's the oldest arena in the National Hockey League, but it still gets the job done.It's pretty hard to find your seat, but once you do it gets better and...