Fun time watching the Bulls!
by JEM on 11/25/25Pelham Civic Complex - PelhamRating: 5 out of 5We had a great time cheering on the Birmingham Bulls.

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About Birmingham Bulls
Birmingham Bulls at Pelham Civic Complex
The Magic City region is home to one of the top teams in the Southern Professional Hockey League. The Birmingham Bulls play out of the Pelham Civic Complex and Ice Area in Pelham, Alabama, which has a capacity of 4,100. Coach Craig Simchuk, who captained the Bulls from 2017 to 2019, was promoted to head coach before the 2020-21 season after one year as an assistant coach. The Bulls are one of five teams playing in the SPHL, including the Huntsville Havoc, the Knoxville Ice Bears, the Macon Mayhem and the Pensacola Ice Flyers.
History of the Birmingham Bulls
Ice hockey has had a long tradition in Birmingham, Alabama, dating back to the original Birmingham Bulls, who played in the World Hockey Association from 1976 to 1979, and the Central Hockey League from 1979 to 1981. Art Clarkson, who brought the Birmingham Barons baseball team to the Magic City in 1981, purchased the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL in 1992 to become the Bulls, and sold the team in 1997. The ECHL Bulls moved to Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 2001, and are now known as the Adirondack Thunder, with the Alabama Slammers of the WHA 2 playing in Birmingham for one season, in 2003-04.
Clarkson brought hockey back to Birmingham in 2017 with an expansion team retaining the classic Bulls name and ECHL logo. Jamey Hicks, who won the ECHL’s Most Valuable Player award in 1997-98 with the Bulls, became the new team’s first head coach. Clarkson resigned as managing general partner in 2019, and passed away later that year, but not before seeing the Bulls come into their own, with the Bulls finishing second in the regular season to the Peoria Rivermen for the William B. Coffey Trophy, and runners-up to the Huntsville Havoc in the 2019 President’s Cup finals.
We had a great time cheering on the Birmingham Bulls.
Great game even though the Bulls lost... Still got the rest of the season
We had a blast! The atmosphere was amazing! The game was great!!
Glad to have the Best team and fans in the SPHL. Let's Go Bulls!
Excellent seats, quick purchase, worth it. I always use ticketmaster.
Great game. Great atmosphere. It was a blaaaaaaaaaaast.
We love the Bulls!!!! Everytime we go it’s a great night!!! The players are amazing and when we get to meet them they are so nice!! I only wish that we could make it to every single game
Huge Bulls fan!!! Always a lot of fun and excitement and better with a WIN!!! Ticketmaster is an easy way to get tickets ahead of the crowds.
The game experience was great. The only complaint that I have was that there was a Fair set up in the Parking Lot/Fair attendees taking up the remaining parking for the event. This should be noted ahead of time for people to adjust. I got there almost an hour early and almost missed the start trying to find a place to park.
So easy to get tickets. We had the best time. Tickets were on my phone. And the Vipers won!