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Current · NHL
Nationwide Arena
Home of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus, OH
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Teams
Columbus Blue Jackets
NHL · hockey
2000–present
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 18,500
- Hockey, or 19,500 with standing room. Basketball is listed at 19,500. Concerts are listed at 20,000.Source for capacity
- Record attendance
- 19,434
- March 5, 2022, against the Boston Bruins, listed as the latest home-game attendance record. An earlier mark was 19,219 on April 21, 2009.Source for record attendance
Names and sponsors
Nationwide Arena
2000–present
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Timeline
2000
2000
2009
2014
2015
2018
2022
September 9, 2000
Opens in the Arena District
Nationwide Arena was completed in 2000, and the infobox dates the opening to September 9, at a cost of $175 million. It has been the Blue Jackets' home since the start. The page also calls it the first NHL arena with an on-site practice rink.
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