Anaheim Ducks
Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
- Capacity
- 17,174
- Roof
- Indoor
- Surface
- Ice
- Opened
- 1993
- Tickets
- $25+
- Parking
- $12+
- Beer
- $12+
- Food
- $6+
- Est. total
- $55+
Against the other 31 NHL arenas, Honda Center is the joint 11th cheapest game day: joint 12th for tickets, 16th for parking and joint 15th for food and drink, compared on market ticket medians and published lot and menu prices in US dollars. See the full ranking.
Prices are estimates. See our methodology.
What to Expect
Honda Center sits in Anaheim's Platinum Triangle, a sprawling entertainment district shared with Angel Stadium and the Anaheim Convention Center. The Ducks pregame scene is relaxed and family-friendly, with tailgating in the parking lots and dining at nearby GardenWalk. Southern California weather means you can tailgate year-round in shorts. Games run about 2.5 hours in regulation. The arena's suburban setting means most fans drive, and traffic on Katella Avenue builds starting 90 minutes before puck drop.
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Game Day
OCVIBE construction is live around the arena, so the route and the available parking are both moving targets.
Parking is included with the event at every onsite lot, no separate pass to buy, which is rare.
A 4 by 6 by 1.5 inch bag is the ceiling and a clear bag gets no extra allowance.
Parking & Directions
Go to the Honda Center website for the parking map for the free lots. I recommend the new garages - getting in is easy, getting out takes a little bit but it is not terrible. Get a street dog on your way out after the game.
Accessible spaces require a current state placard or plate and cannot be reserved.
Parking locations open three hours before the ticketed start time.
Food & Drinks
Eat before you get there. Honda Center food is not good and their prices are stupid. A bottle of water is like $10 and cheap beer is about $20. Pre-game somewhere nearby and save your money.
Tacos are at Blue Line Taqueria in section 219 and El Patito at 404, which also does a masa quesadilla and tres leches cake. The arena stand list names no fish taco or California burrito.
Orange County brewing is named, not just implied: Brewery X self-pour at section 424, Golden Road at 437, and Bottle Logic brews at Arena Classics, 434.
Seating
If you sit on the ends try to sit on the side where the Ducks shoot twice. 300 level are the Club Level seats with special amenities including a separate entrance and better food options.
The San Manuel Premium Level admits only Suite and Premium seating tickets. No other seat opens it.
Premium parking in the River Garage connects to the Columbia Bank Club Level by a bridge, so a premium ticket means parking and walking straight into the club.
Know Before You Go
- Bag policy
For Ducks games, bags and purses, including clear bags, may not exceed 4 x 6 x 1.5 inches; backpacks are prohibited at every size.
Medical and diaper bags may be up to 12 x 12 x 12 inches and require additional screening. All permitted bags are subject to manual inspection.
- Gate opening
Honda Center main doors typically open 60 to 90 minutes before the event start time.
During arena construction, entry points may be temporarily adjusted.
- Venue payments
Honda Center is cashless and accepts major credit, debit, and mobile payments for merchandise, concessions, the Box Office, restaurants, and parking.
Cash-to-card machines that charge a small fee are at Sections 201 and 401.
- Re-entry
Honda Center does not permit re-entry after a ticket has been scanned and the guest leaves the arena.
For an emergency, speak with a Security or Guest Services Manager.
Guides for Honda Center
- Game Day Guide
7 steps from arrival to puck drop, and 22 venue rules checked against official sources. 2 bars, patios and plazas to fill the hours before doors, and what to bring.
- Parking & Directions
2 lots and garages with distances and entry routes, from $12. Or leave the car: the cheapest way in is OCTA Bus to ARTIC (Anaheim Regional Transportation Center), $2.
- Food & Drinks
18 concession stands and 44 items researched from the venue's own menus, cheapest food $6 and drink $5.
- Seating Guide
9 seating areas at Honda Center, with the level names printed on the ticket.
- Cost Calculator
Build a total for your own party using Honda Center's stored figures.
How We Checked This Page
Every section below names the source it was read from and the day it was read. Where we could not reach a published figure, the page says so rather than presenting an estimate as a checked fact.
- Venue facts
Wikipedia / Official Venue Page
- Parking prices
parkingaccess.com Honda Center, stated per event type: 'General parking at Honda Center is $12 for Ducks games and $15 for concerts.' A point statement scoped to Ducks games, matching the stored figure. Platinum Triangle figure not re-checked.
- Venue policies
Honda Center's A-Z arena guide (Arena Info) and accessibility page, read on 2026-10-17 at ocvibe.com/hondacenter, where hondacenter.com now redirects, after the hondacenter.com pages they replace began returning 404. The concessions page behind the dietary-options answer was last read on 2026-08-30.
Not yet checked against a published source
These figures are estimates. Most venues no longer publish the numbers behind them (concession and ticket pricing moved to dynamic marketplaces), so we hold them as estimates rather than dating them as verified.
- Ticket prices: Secondary market averages (SeatGeek/StubHub)
- Food prices: Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research
- Drink prices: Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research