Benchmark International Arena Seating Guide
Tampa Bay Lightning · Tampa, FL
- Cheapest section
- $30+
- Sections
- 9
- Capacity
- 19,092
Know Before You Go
- Accessible entry
An accessible drop-off circle off Channelside Drive is adjacent to the Accessible Entrance.
Applies to: Tampa Bay Lightning games
- Guests who need help entering may ask any arena staff member or Tampa Police officer for complimentary wheelchair escort service from drop-off to their seats.
- Accessible seating
Accessible seats are sold through Ticketmaster using the Accessible filter and WC-designated rows.
Applies to: Tampa Bay Lightning games
- Guests who arrive with a non-accessible ticket may request relocation at Guest Services behind Section 101, but relocation depends on availability and is not guaranteed.
- Assistive listening
Assistive-listening devices are available at Guest Services across from Section 101 in exchange for photo identification.
Applies to: Tampa Bay Lightning games
- For Lightning games, full in-arena production captions are available through the Closed Captioning tab in the Tampa Bay Lightning app.
- Sensory services
Sensory bags are available while supplies last at Guest Services near Section 101, and a Sensory Room is in the Suites entrance lobby.
Applies to: Tampa Bay Lightning games
- The Sensory Room is open to any guest who needs a break from the event and includes items intended to stimulate or calm different senses.
Benchmark International Arena — the building carried the Amalie name until the naming-rights change — runs two premium club levels rather than one. The Benchmark International Club Level carries The Mark, its signature all-inclusive space, and the newly renovated Tampa Bay Club Level carries the Heritage Insurance and RSM Lofts, two party areas holding 40 to 125 people each. The seats to know about are lower down: the Blue Line Club sits between the blue lines at sections 102, 103, 114 and 115.
Tips & Fan Reports
Anywhere in the 300s row A-H will give you a great time. There is really no bad seat in Amalie unless you are in the last row up top and even then it is not that bad.
The Ashley VIP Lounge carries its own private entrance to the arena.
The Blue Line Club is sections 102, 103, 114 and 115 — lower level between the blue lines, which is the best position in the building for reading hockey.
There are two club levels here, not one: the Benchmark International Club Level with The Mark, and the Tampa Bay Club Level with the Heritage Insurance and RSM Lofts.
The building was Amalie Arena until the Benchmark International naming-rights deal, so older listings and directions use the previous name.
Where to Sit
Every tier in the building, what it costs, and what you give up to sit there.
Chase Club / Glass Seats
$260 - $900+Most expensive tier
Pros
- The players are physically at your eye line
- Contact on the near boards lands in front of you
Cons
- The most expensive Lightning ticket
- You see the least of the game from here — the near boards hide the far end
Blue Line Club (Sections 102, 103, 114, 115)
$200 - $550+Lower level between the blue lines — the centre of the ice, square to the play.
Pros
- Between the blue lines is the position that matters most in hockey: you see both zones develop
- Four sections only — 102, 103, 114 and 115
- Lower level, so you keep proximity as well as the angle
Cons
- Four sections in the building, so availability is the binding constraint
- Priced above the rest of the lower bowl
The Mark (Benchmark International Club Level)
$180 - $500+The club level's signature all-inclusive space.
Pros
- All-inclusive, and the flagship of the renamed club level
- Club-level height with the whole sheet in frame
Cons
- The inclusions are much of what you are paying for
Ashley VIP Lounge
$220 - $600+A VIP lounge with its own private entrance to the arena.
Pros
- A private entrance, so you avoid the general doors entirely
- Game-night amenities beyond the concourse
Cons
- A lounge rather than a seat — check what the ticket carries
Heritage Insurance & RSM Lofts (Tampa Bay Club Level)
$150 - $450+Two open party areas on the newly renovated Tampa Bay Club Level.
Pros
- Open-plan party spaces for 40 to 125 people each
- On a club level renovated recently rather than an inherited room
Cons
- Group products rather than individual seats
- An open atmosphere, so not the place for watching quietly
Lower Level Sideline (100-Level)
$140 - $350Pros
- The best ordinary hockey sightline in the arena
- High enough to see over the boards, close enough to follow the puck
Cons
- Play tight to the near boards is hidden below you
Lower Level End Zone (100-Level)
$90 - $240Pros
- The best angle on a power play working the near zone
Cons
- The Lightning attack this end twice in three periods
- Cross-ice passing is hard to read end-on
Club Level (200-Level)
$75 - $220Pros
- For hockey this height is where the systems become visible
- Two separate club levels serve this part of the building
Cons
- An ordinary club-level seat does not open The Mark or the Lofts
- Removed from the sound of the boards
Upper Level (300-Level)
$30 - $95Cheapest tier
Pros
- The cheapest Lightning ticket
- The clearest view of a breakout and a forecheck developing
Cons
- Steep, and a long way up
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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.
- Seating
Lightning premium seating, arena, Chase preferred seating and priority access pages on nhl.com/lightning, plus the Benchmark International naming-rights announcement
- Venue policies
Current Benchmark International Arena guide, accessibility, ticketing, parking, and Tampa Bay Lightning dietary pages reviewed for Lightning 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)