Providence Bruins are the best!
by Bruinsfan8703 on 2/19/18Dunkin' Donuts Center - ProvidenceRating: 5 out of 5I've been a Bruins fan for very long time of both Boston and Providence. The Providence Bruins offer the best bang for your buck when it comes to seeing professional hockey. Especially seeing these young guys who are the future of the Boston Bruins. As anyone who loves the Boston Bruins, you have to know that alot of the guys in Boston got their start in Providence before being called up a long term basis.. Or some players will have a duel contract where they'll play between both teams through out the season. Some of the biggest names started there...Tuukka Rask, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand,David Krejčí, David Pastrňák, Charlie McAvoy and so many more players. Honestly, there isn't much difference in seeing Providence play and seeing Boston play. There is no difference in intensity of the game, the speed of the game or anything else. The Providence Bruins offer such a good atmosphere for people to bring their families, offer free merchandise at the door for the first couple thousand to get in, having the kids ham it up on the dance cam, doing special ticket packages and birthday packages, you just can't beat it. On the Providence Bruins website, they offer so many different affordable ticket packages to pick from. A friend of mine buys the 20 game ticket package and its roughly around $300. You couldn't dream of getting that type of deal up in Boston. I recently got a birthday package for my daughter, for $130, we 6 game tickets for one game, free popcorn, ice cream and soda, plus a birthday message on the score board, a visit from the mascot Samboni, a bag of free merchandise including rally towels, hats, thunder sticks, and other game merch, plus 3 additional game tickets for another game. Seriously, you can't beat a something like that. Some people have the idea that if its not the NHL, its not the same and honestly those people couldn't be more wrong. If you want to see professional hockey at an affordable price, this is it.
As far as the Dunkin Donuts Center goes. Its a such a perfect venue to watch hockey at, its a small 11 thousand seat arena, the Bruins average about 8000-10,000 in attendance. The concessions are what you expect at any venue as far as price goes. The best part of the venue is the comfortable seating where you actually have elbow room and you don't feel like the person next to you is crowding you. Also the seats are positioned to where you actually have room for your legs and your knees are hitting the seat in front of you. The best place to park is at the Providence Place Mall, which for 2-5 hours, its only $2 to park and you can just walk right through the mall, through the corridor and straight to the arena without actually stepping foot outside.