Vegas Golden Knights
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
- Capacity
- 17,500
- Roof
- Indoor
- Surface
- Ice
- Opened
- 2016
- Tickets
- $60+
- Parking
- $0+
- Beer
- $16+
- Food
- $8+
- Est. total
- $84+
Against the other 31 NHL arenas, T-Mobile Arena is the 27th cheapest game day: 30th for tickets, joint 1st for parking and joint 30th 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
T-Mobile Arena sits on the Las Vegas Strip between New York-New York and Park MGM, surrounded by the Park entertainment district. The Golden Knights have created the most electric pregame show in the NHL, a full-production spectacle on Toshiba Plaza with live music, video displays, and the iconic Knight charging the stage. Vegas brings its entertainment DNA to hockey and the result is unlike anything else in sports. Games run about 2.5 hours. The Strip never sleeps, so post-game options are limitless.
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Be in the park area around 6-6:30 to see the parade and pep rally right outside the arena before a 7pm puck drop. The whole pre-game experience is part of what makes Vegas special.
Stay at Park MGM if you can. It is 100 steps to the arena front doors and has a shop where you can grab drinks to walk over for the pre-game scene. Super convenient for game days.
Parking near T-Mobile Arena is $35-40 for the garages at Excalibur or NYNY. There is a tram from Mandalay to Excalibur then walk from there, or Bellagio to Park MGM which is right at the arena.
Bag check closes 45 minutes after the event, so do not linger if you have used it.
Most premium products here are multi-year memberships covering UFC, WWE, boxing and concerts as well as hockey, not single-game seats.
Club Seats are the two centre sections of the bowl — the best angles in the building — but they open the fewest lounges of any premium ticket.
A 9 by 5 by 2 inch personal bag is the entire allowance, and checking anything larger starts at $20 and is non-refundable.
Neither the monorail station nor the bus stops are named on the arena's page — plan that leg on lvmonorail.com or the RTC map.
Three lounges, three different guest lists. Bud Light on the Main Concourse west side admits Event Level Club, Club, Suite Level, Bunker Suite, Terrace Table, Loge and Opera Box. Goose Island behind the Loge seats drops Club Seats from that list. Louis XIII on the Event Level admits only Event Level Club and Bunker Suite.
The four RTC VGK Express routes are $2 each way and start from different points around the valley — the cheapest way in on a game night.
Know Before You Go
Essential details checked against official venue information.
- Bag policy
Only small personal bags or purses up to 9 x 5 x 2 inches are permitted; bags do not need to be clear.
Applies to: Vegas Golden Knights games
- Fanny packs, crossbody bags, and clear stadium bags are allowed only when they fit the same limit. Bag straps are not included in the measurement.
- Gate opening
T-Mobile Arena door opening times vary by event, and the arena publishes no standing time for Golden Knights games; check the event listing for the game you are attending.
Applies to: Vegas Golden Knights games
- Venue payments
At Golden Knights games, VGKPay can be used at most T-Mobile Arena concession and retail locations after a credit or debit card is saved in the official team app.
Applies to: Vegas Golden Knights games
- VGKPay is not accepted at Amazon Just Walk Out stores, the Bud Light Lounge Market, or by hawking vendors.
- Re-entry
T-Mobile Arena does not permit re-entry at any event.
Applies to: Vegas Golden Knights games
Guides for T-Mobile Arena
- Game Day Guide
7 steps from arrival to puck drop, and 21 venue rules checked against official sources.
- Parking Guide
2 lots and garages with distances and entry routes, from free.
- Pregame Guide
4 bars, patios and plazas near T-Mobile Arena to fill the hours before doors.
- Food & Drinks
40 concession stands and 69 items researched from the venue's own menus, cheapest food $8 and drink $7.
- Seating Guide
8 seating areas at T-Mobile Arena, with the level names printed on the ticket.
- Getting There
Driving routes plus every car-free way in — the cheapest is RTC Deuce Bus (Strip Route), $4.
- Cost Calculator
Build a total for your own party using T-Mobile Arena'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
- Venue policies
Current T-Mobile Arena A-Z, bag, accessibility, parking, and food guides plus Vegas Golden Knights ticketing and VGKPay pages reviewed for game-day policies.
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)
- Parking prices — Never checked against a published rate: the venue's parking page, read 2026-09-05, publishes none — the arena is cashless, reserved parking closes seven hours before an event, and the only figure is the VGK Express fare. The 2026-07-27 figures were compiled from third-party listings (was: "T-Mobile Arena 2026: no arena garage, parking is in adjacent MGM Resorts garages. Prepaid $20 (NYNY/Aria) or $15 (Excalibur/MGM); day-of $25 Excalibur, $20 MGM Grand").
- Food prices — Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research
- Drink prices — Team Marketing Report FCI + venue research
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