First Impressions: Climate Pledge Arena

SEATTLE, WA. - The Carolina Hurricanes tour of the western United States continued Tuesday, holding practice just a little over 12 hours after the team skated off the ice in San Jose.

As the fifth contest of the team's six-game road trip takes place tomorrow night against the Seattle Kraken, the club held their skate today at the home facility of the NHL's newest member club.
Much has been made over the last few months about Climate Pledge Arena, which opened its doors for hockey exactly one month ago when they hosted their new geographical rivals, the Vancouver Canucks.
"The facility is great, we've got a big dressing room and all the amenities are so nice in there," Canes forward Steven Lorentz said after the team wrapped up a detail-oriented, yet spirited, effort. "You go out to the ice and the way that the rink is built, it's super cool. I'm excited to play tomorrow and to see the energy and the atmosphere that the new fans are bringing."
The multi-purpose arena located north of Downtown Seattle is a part of a 74-acre entertainment complex known as Seattle Center. With the Space Needle in clear sight from outside the building, the once called Key Arena underwent a privately funded $1.15 billion renovation to bring the league's 32nd franchise to life.

"It's spacious, which we like," Rod Brind'Amour chimed in with when asked of his initial thoughts. "[There's] a lot of room. Interesting little ice thing, a little European flare with the open back end. It should be nice, it's brand new, right? It's great."
Perhaps nobody knows the lay of the land better than the young man who has been the talk of the club for the last several weeks now though, Seth Jarvis.
Having played his junior hockey just 150 miles south on I-5, the 19-year-old has played many games in the Emerald City, albeit at the ShoWare Center, home of the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds. One of the strongest rivalries in all of junior hockey (Portland and Seattle), Jarvis shared his first thoughts of the building that his new team will play in tomorrow, but also offered a fantastic response, remaining faithful to the city where his Pacific Northwest ties are.
"This facility is amazing. I love it up here, I felt right at home right when I got off the plane. I'd seen pictures [of the rink] and it's great. It's not quite Veterans Memorial Coliseum [home of the Portland Winterhawks], but it's close," he concluded with, laughingly.
Carolina will have its final 10 p.m. EST puck drop of the trip tomorrow night when they take on the Kraken.

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