Buffalo Sabres Arena - Table of Contents

Auditorium and Harbour Club - Buffalo Sabres Arena
1 Seymour Knox III Plaza
Buffalo, NY

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Exposed steel truss work and heat ducts

Press box

Press box

TV interview booth

Door to the Sabres dressing room




Visitors dressing room

 

 

 

       

Harbour Club

Harbour Club

Harbour Club

Harbour Club

 

 

Harbour Club and Skyway piers

 


Bar ornamentation modeled after boat sails

 

 

 

HSBC Pavilion
Research by Penelope Silverman
Edited by Wendy Guba and Paul Waara
All are staff members of
Arts in Education Institute of Western New York

Inside the 19,000-seat Arena bowl the views are spectacular. Seats are stacked to improve the fans' feeling of involvement in the action on the event floor and provide an excellent view of the 200-foot by-85-foot ice surface.

A 34-foot-high by 32-feet-wide H D video scoreboard board weighing 52,000 pounds hangs over the center of the ice.It includes four high resolution LED boards that are 22'10" wide by 13'5" high, two 360 degree ribbonboard video displays, and an illuminated Sabres logo with capabilities for presenting lighting and smoke effects.

Sightlines and acoustics were well planned. The exposed roof struts and sound baffles of the 156' high domed ceiling are a blend of function and beauty. Steel truss rigging beams A and B (identified by2" tall letters painted on the web of the beam), were designed to hold a maximum of 6/000 lbs. and 7,500 lbs. respectively. The highest rigging beams are 127' from the floor. It is one of the highest rigging grids in the nation (highest rigging at MemorialAuditorium was 80').

The last beam put in place during construction was signed by Seymour H. Knox III (late Chairman of the Buffalo Sabres), the ironworkers, and local children.

Harbour Club: On the first level of the HSBC Arena, this dining room/banquet facility can accommodate up to 500 for pre or post event meals or for special occasions.Floor-to-ceiling windows provide a spectacular view of the inner harbor. When the Buffalo Sabres hockey team is playing, the room is for members only with a pre-event buffet as well as snacks at intermission. A video screen gives an unimpeded view of the game and can also be used for closed-circuit video conferences.


Special thanks to HSBC Director of Arena Operations Stan Makowski, Jr. for his cooperation and to Arts in Education Institute of Western New York staff for their assistance
Photos and their arrangement © 2008 Chuck LaChiusa
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