KeyBank Center
Buffalo · Home of 🏒 Buffalo Sabres
✈️🚗 Getting to KeyBank Center
Nearest major airport: Buffalo (BUF) — about 11 mi / 16 min away.
🚗 Rent a car at BUF🏟️ Fan guide
Best seats
Lower bowl (100s) for the passionate Sabres crowd; 300s are steep but cheap. Downtown by the water — sit lower for the energy.
Parking
Ramps and lots around the arena and Canalside; easy walkable downtown Buffalo. Cheap by big-city standards. ($10–25 USD)
Getting there
Metro Rail to Erie Canal Harbor station at the door; or drive — parking is cheap and plentiful.
Bar scene
Canalside right outside plus the Cobblestone District next to the arena are packed with bars pre-game — a rowdy hockey scene. Chicken-wing central.
Pre-game bars
- (716) Food and Sport — Big sports bar at Canalside.
- Cobblestone District bars — The pre-game strip right by the arena.
Concession prices (USD, approx)
- Beer$10–13
- Buffalo wings$12
- Beef on weck$11
Insider tips
- Cheap parking or Metro Rail
- Wings + the Cobblestone District pre-game