Quinnipiac University
TD Banknorth Sports Center
Hamden, CT
Tickets
- Tickets cost $13 or $11 for adults and $5 for children and are available online or by phone from the TD Banknorth Sports Center box office (203-582-3905). Since each Quinnipiac student is allowed a free ticket prior to game day, this arena often sells out and it is advisable to purchase tickets well ahead of time.
- An arena seating chart is available online here.
Directions
- From Troy: Take I-90 east, which will eventually become the NYS Thruway Berkshire Connector (toll of .65). Continue on I-90 until you cross into Massachusetts at which point it becomes the Massachusetts Turnpike. Take exit 4 of the turnpike (no toll charge to this point) and take I-91 south. *Take exit 10 of I-91 onto the Route 40 connector and then onto Route 10 North which is Whitney Avenue. After 3/4 mile, take a left onto Sherman Avenue. The TD Banknorth Sports Center is approximately 1/4 mile in on the right, across from the parking lot of a bike trail. Distance: 155 miles
- From Princeton: Take US-1 North to the NJ Turnpike. Take the turnpike north to its end, then go east on I-95 North. From this point you can choose to go through or around New York City. To go through, follow I-95 across the George Washington Bridge and across Manhattan to the Bronx, where it becomes the Cross-Bronx Expressway. Go across the Bronx and follow the Bruckner Expressway north till it becomes the NYS Thruway. All these roads are still I-95. To go around NYC, get off I-95 North just before the GW Bridge by taking the Palisades Parkway North, which leads into New York and intersects with the NYS Thruway (I-87). Follow the Thruway east across the Tappan Zee Bridge and follow the signs for I-287. Take I-287 to the Connecticut border where it leads into I-95. Whichever route you have followed, at this point you will be on I-95 in Connecticut. Follow I-95 north to I-91 North, then follow directions above from *. Distance: 145 miles.
Arena
- Parking: There is no charge for parking in the large lot adjacent to the Sports Center.
- Seating: The TD Banknorth Sports Center seats 3,286 for hockey. Seats are individual fold-up style and standing along the top rail is allowed.
- Food: There are five concession stands serving a variety of food and drinks. Alcohol is served only in the University Club and Bobcat Hospitality Den and may not be taken into the arena.
Hotels
- See http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x30.xml.
- There are a Clarion Hotel and Suites and a Days Inn in Hamden. Many more hotels can be found ten minutes away in New Haven.
Restaurants
- See http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x31.xml.
- There are many restaurants in Hamden and many more in New Haven. Quinnipiac's website recommends Eli's on Whitney.
- Other sporting events at Quinnipiac
- Other events at Quinnipiac
- There are no movie theaters in Hamden, but there is a theater a couple of exits down I-91 in North Haven.
- Shopping: The Hamden Plaza on Dixwell Avenue is the largest shopping center in the immediate area with 40 stores and restaurants.
- Foxwoods Casino is about an hour away in Norwich, CT.
- See also other things to do at Yale.