Agganis Arena

Agganis Arena opened on January 3, 2005, when the Boston University men’s hockey team beat the University of Minnesota in the first game played there. The building at 925 Commonwealth Avenue in Allston holds 6,150 seats for hockey and ice shows, and it opens up to more than 7,000 for concerts and family shows.

The name honors Harry Agganis, also known as Aristotle George Agganis, a BU football and baseball player whose professional career was cut short. Hockey fills the winter. Concerts and ice shows take the larger floor, and that floor has held Bad Bunny, Jack White, Cirque du Soleil, and Disney on Ice.