Harvard University
Bright Hockey Center
Cambridge, MA
Tickets
- Tickets cost $12 and are available online or by phone from the Harvard Athletic Ticket Office (1-877-GO-HARVARD) if paid for with a credit card. Although rarely sold out for RPI games, the arena does get fairly full so we advise buying tickets ahead of time.
- The visitors' sections are 14, 15 and 16 in the diagram.
Directions
- From Troy: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike east to Exit 18 (Allston/Cambridge). After paying toll, bear left at fork towards Allston. Turn right at second set of lights onto North Harvard Street. Proceed approximately one mile. You will see Harvard Stadium on your left. Bright Hockey Center is located on an internal road behind the stadium. Distance: 180 miles.
Arena
- Campus map: Bright Hockey Center is in the Athletics Area in the lower left — click there for closeup map.
- Parking: There is no parking lot in close proximity to Bright. On-street parking is available along North Harvard Street. There is also a parking garage off of Western Avenue, but it's not very convenient to the arena.
- Seating: Bright Hockey Center seats 2,850. The arena is never full for RPI games, so it is possible to move if you don't like your ticketed seat, although the visitors section will get fairly full. Seats are metal benches with individual curved backs. Standing along the rail is allowed.
- Food: Concessions are located behind sections 22-24 and sell hot dogs and snacks.
Hotels
- See http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/parents/visit/stay/.
- Most of these hotels are expensive and not a convenient walk to the arena. The Days Hotel is a little more reasonable and about a half mile's walk from Bright.
Restaurants
- See http://cambridge.zami.com/Restaurant/Harvard_Square.
- If you want to venture beyond Harvard Square, Boston has a huge variety of restaurants to choose from.
Other things to do
- Other sporting events at Harvard
- Other events at Harvard
- Harvard has several outstanding museums.
- Greater Boston has enough attractions to fill up a week's vacation.
- Movies: Loew's Harvard Square Movies has five screens. (You can search for other Boston movie theaters at this site too).
- Shopping: Shopping is plentiful in Boston — there are many shops right in Harvard Square, or try the Cambridgeside Galleria, just a mile or so down the Charles River.