Portland Winterhawks road trip guide
Everything you need to catch the Portland Winterhawks at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland — arena guide, tickets, getting there and where to watch.
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✈️🚗 Getting to Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Nearest major airport is Portland (PDX) — about 6 mi / 10 min from the arena.
🧭 Planning your trip — quick answers
Where do the Portland Winterhawks play?
The Portland Winterhawks play home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
What airport do you fly into for a Portland Winterhawks game?
Portland (PDX) is the closest major airport, about 6 miles (10 km) from Veterans Memorial Coliseum — roughly 10 min by car depending on traffic.
How much is parking at Veterans Memorial Coliseum?
The Rose Quarter campus has more than 2,500 spaces across the Garden, Annex, East Broadway and West Broadway garages plus the Benton surface lot.
How do you get to Veterans Memorial Coliseum without a car?
MAX Blue, Green and Red lines to Rose Quarter Transit Center (Yellow Line to Interstate/Rose Quarter); buses 4, 8, 35, 44, 77 and 85 stop at the transit center.
Prices and logistics are approximate and change — details in the arena-prices table and the arena guide below.
🏟️ Veterans Memorial Coliseum fan guide
Parking
The Rose Quarter campus has more than 2,500 spaces across the Garden, Annex, East Broadway and West Broadway garages plus the Benton surface lot. Garages open about two hours before events, and buying parking ahead through JustPark or Ticketmaster is recommended.
Getting there
VMC shares the Rose Quarter campus (One Center Court) with Moda Center. MAX Blue, Green and Red lines stop at Rose Quarter Transit Center, the Yellow Line stops at Interstate/Rose Quarter, and buses 4, 8, 35, 44, 77 and 85 serve the transit center.
Bar scene
The bars are on the Rose Quarter campus itself, with Dr. Jack's just outside Moda Center. The Lloyd District and the rest of the Eastside are an easy MAX ride away.
Pre-game bars
- Dr. Jack's — Rose Quarter restaurant and bar with patios, just outside Moda Center's southwest entrance; local craft beer and cocktails. Hours are posted on each event page.
- Elysian Brewing Schonely's Taproom — 240-seat brewpub on the Moda Center 100-level concourse. It opens for Moda Center events, so expect it at Winterhawks games played at Moda rather than VMC.
Insider tips
- The whole campus is cashless. Reverse ATMs inside VMC at Entry B and in the Box Office Lobby turn cash into prepaid cards.
- Doors open 60 minutes before puck drop for regular-season Winterhawks games.
- For non-basketball events, bags up to 14"x14"x6" are allowed; hard-sided bags and full-size hockey sticks are prohibited.
- You can bring an empty non-glass water bottle up to 32 oz.
- Smoking and vaping are banned everywhere on the Rose Quarter campus.
📺 Where to watch the Winterhawks
National (US): FloHockey. Full TV guide →
🧳 Make a trip of it — Portland
Food carts, coffee, beer and the outdoors at the doorstep.
- Food-cart pods — Whole blocks of them, cuisines from everywhere.
- Powell's City of Books — A full city block of books.
- Forest Park — One of the largest urban forests in the US.
🧭 Combine it into a road trip
Also in Portland: Portland Trail Blazers · Portland Timbers · Portland Fire · Maine Mariners
Nearest big-league teams (great to pair up)
Also nearby: pro, minor & junior
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