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Buffalo Sabres Bars

  • Bar 43
    4306 43rd St, Queens, NY 11104, USA
  • The 40/40 Club
    6 W 25th St, New York, NY 10010, United States
  • STOUT NYC - BRYANT PARK
    109 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018
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The Boot Room Logo
The Boot Room
17 John Street, New York
Blind Pig Logo
Blind Pig
233 E 14th Street, New York
Barleycorn Logo
Barleycorn
23 Park Pl, New York, NY 10007, United States
Meehan's Public House Logo
Meehan's Public House
232 19th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318, United States
Fado Irish Pub (Midtown) Logo
Fado Irish Pub (Midtown)
933 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309, United States
Elder Tree Public House Logo
Elder Tree Public House
469 Flat Shoals Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30316, United States
Brewhouse Cafe Logo
Brewhouse Cafe
401 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, United States
The Red Lion Logo
The Red Lion
151 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012, United States
Shillelagh Tavern Logo
Shillelagh Tavern
47-22 30th Ave., Queens, NY 11103, United States
The Monro Pub Logo
The Monro Pub
481 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215, United States
The Grafton Logo
The Grafton
126 1st Ave., New York, NY 10009, United States
Amity Hall Logo
Amity Hall
80 W 3rd St, New York, NY 10012, United States
O'Hanlon's Logo
O'Hanlon's
349 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003, United States
Marlow's Tavern - Midtown Logo
Marlow's Tavern - Midtown
950 W Peachtree St NW #215, Atlanta, GA 30309
Eleventh Street Pub Logo
Eleventh Street Pub
1041 West Peachtree Street NW Atlanta, GA 30309
Taco Mac - Metropolis Logo
Taco Mac - Metropolis
933 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
Hudson Grille - Midtown Logo
Hudson Grille - Midtown
942 Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309
Dugan's Restaurant & Bar Logo
Dugan's Restaurant & Bar
777 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
Hudson Grille - Tucker Logo
Hudson Grille - Tucker
2075 Northlake Parkway Tucker, GA 30084
Tribeca Social Logo
Tribeca Social
6 Murray Street, New York, NY 10007
Common Ground Logo
Common Ground
63 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014
Wogie's - Financial District Logo
Wogie's - Financial District
44 Trinity Place New York, NY 10006
Wogie's - West Village Logo
Wogie's - West Village
39 Greenwich Ave. New York, NY 10014
Shorty's - 23rd St. Logo
Shorty's - 23rd St.
219 E 23rd St, New York, NY 10010
Shorty's - Financial District Logo
Shorty's - Financial District
62 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10004
Merrion Square Pub Logo
Merrion Square Pub
1840 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10128
Varners Restaurant & Tavern Logo
Varners Restaurant & Tavern
725 Concord Rd. Smyrna, Ga
J.R. Crickets Halftime Logo
J.R. Crickets Halftime
2348 Cascade Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30311
Rocky Mountain Pizza Logo
Rocky Mountain Pizza
1005 Hemphill Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
The 40/40 Club Logo
The 40/40 Club
6 W 25th St, New York, NY 10010, United States
Crompton Ale House Logo
Crompton Ale House
159 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001, USA
American Whiskey - Midtown Logo
American Whiskey - Midtown
247 W 30th St, New York, NY 10001, USA
Bar 43 Logo
Bar 43
4306 43rd St, Queens, NY 11104, USA
Turnmill Bar Logo
Turnmill Bar
119 E 27th St, New York, NY 10016, USA
Dantanna's Logo
Dantanna's
3400 Around Lenox Dr. Atlanta, GA 30326
Roebling Sporting Club Logo
Roebling Sporting Club
25 N 8th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
Banter Bar Logo
Banter Bar
132 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
Highbury Pub Logo
Highbury Pub
1002 Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11218, USA
McHale's Pub Logo
McHale's Pub
251 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Flannery's Bar Logo
Flannery's Bar
205 west 14th st off, 7th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA
The Black Horse Pub Logo
The Black Horse Pub
568 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA
Bounce Sporting Club Logo
Bounce Sporting Club
55 W 21st St, New York, NY 10010, United States
Due West Logo
Due West
189 W 10th St, New York, NY 10014, United States
Saluggis East Logo
Saluggis East
399 Grand St, New York, NY 10002, United States
Katie O'Byrnes Restaurant Logo
Katie O'Byrnes Restaurant
121 Wall Street State Street &, Erie Blvd, Schenectady, NY 12305, USA
Stout FiDi Logo
Stout FiDi
90 John St, New York, NY 10038, USA
The Hideaway Seaport Logo
The Hideaway Seaport
22 Peck Slip, New York, NY 10038, USA
Mason Jar NYC Logo
Mason Jar NYC
43 E 30th St, New York, NY 10016, USA
Eastpoint Logo
Eastpoint
25 Avenue B, New York, NY 10009, USA
Printers Alley Logo
Printers Alley
215 W 40th St, New York, NY 10018, USA
Home Base Bistro Logo
Home Base Bistro
416 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Jack Demsey's Logo
Jack Demsey's
36 W 33rd St, New York, NY 10001, USA
The Tailor Public House Logo
The Tailor Public House
505 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA
St. Pat's Bar & Grill NYC Logo
St. Pat's Bar & Grill NYC
22 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036, USA
Kent Ale House Logo
Kent Ale House
51 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249, United States
The Brewery Bar & Kitchen Logo
The Brewery Bar & Kitchen
49-18 30th Ave, Woodside, NY 11377, USA
Dorian's Red Hand Logo
Dorian's Red Hand
1616 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
Clinton Hall Logo
Clinton Hall
16 W 36th St., New York, NY 10018, USA
Bradley's Bar & Grill Logo
Bradley's Bar & Grill
4961 Lower Roswell Road Marietta, GA 30068
IV Purpose Logo
IV Purpose
1489 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216
The Ainsworth - Rockville Centre NY Logo
The Ainsworth - Rockville Centre NY
210 Merrick Road Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Jack Doyle's Logo
Jack Doyle's
240 W 35th St, New York, NY 10001
Triona's Logo
Triona's
192 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10003
The Red Lion Logo
The Red Lion
151 Bleecker St New York, NY 10012
Slate NYC Logo
Slate NYC
54 West 21st Street NYC 10010
Sláinte Bar & Lounge Logo
Sláinte Bar & Lounge
304 Bowery New York, NY 10012
11th St. Bar Logo
11th St. Bar
510 East 11th Street New York, NY 10009
Pinks Cantina Logo
Pinks Cantina
242 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003
The Irish American Pub Logo
The Irish American Pub
17 John St, New York, NY 10038
Kelly's Logo
Kelly's
12 Avenue A, New York, NY 11221
Mudville 9 Logo
Mudville 9
126 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007
AOA Bar and Grill Logo
AOA Bar and Grill
35 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013 2129251600
Shorty's - Hell's Kitchen Logo
Shorty's - Hell's Kitchen
576 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10036
Ryan Maguires Logo
Ryan Maguires
28 Cliff Street, New York, NY 10038
Dark Horse Logo
Dark Horse
17 Murray St, New York, NY 10007
Beckett's Bar and Grill Logo
Beckett's Bar and Grill
81 PEARL STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10004
The Ainsworth - Hoboken NJ Logo
The Ainsworth - Hoboken NJ
310 Sinatra Drive, Hoboken, NJ 07030
The Ainsworth - East Village NYC Logo
The Ainsworth - East Village NYC
64 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10003
The Ainsworth - Midtown NYC Logo
The Ainsworth - Midtown NYC
45 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016
Stout NYC - Bryant Park Logo
Stout NYC - Bryant Park
109 W 39th St, New York, NY 10018
Playwright Celtic Pub Logo
Playwright Celtic Pub
732 8th Ave, New York, NY 10036
Mustang Harry's Logo
Mustang Harry's
352 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001
AllStars Bar and Grill Logo
AllStars Bar and Grill
327 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
Smithfield Hall Logo
Smithfield Hall
138 West 25th Street New York, NY 10001
Legends NYC Logo
Legends NYC
6 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001

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About

The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was established in 1970, along with the Vancouver Canucks, when the league expanded to 14 teams. They have played at First Niagara Center since 1996. Prior to that, the Buffalo Sabres played at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium from the start of the franchise in 1970. The Sabres are currently owned by Terry Pegula and coached by Dan Bylsma.

The team has twice advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Philadelphia Flyers in 1975 and to the Dallas Stars in 1999. The best known line in team history is The French Connection, which consisted of Gilbert Perreault, Rick Martin and Rene Robert. All three players have had their sweater numbers (11, 7 and 14, respectively) retired and a statue erected in their honor at First Niagara Center in 2012. Tim Horton (2), Pat LaFontaine (16), Danny Gare (18) and Dominik Hasek (39) have also had their jersey numbers retired.

The Sabres, along with the Vancouver Canucks, joined the NHL in the 1970–71 season. Their first owners were Seymour H. Knox III and Northrup Knox, scions of a family long prominent in Western New York, along with Robert O. Swados, a Buffalo attorney, and George W. Strawbridge, Jr., an heir to the Campbell Soup Company fortune. Buffalo had a history of professional hockey. The Buffalo Bisons were one of the pillars of the American Hockey League (AHL), winning the Calder Cup in their final season.

Wanting a name other than "bison," which was common among Buffalo sports teams, the Knoxes immediately commissioned a name-the-team contest. The winning choice, "Sabres," was chosen because Seymour Knox felt that a sabre, a weapon carried by a leader, could be used effectively on both offense and defense. The Knoxes tried twice before to get an NHL team, first when the NHL expanded in 1967, and again when they attempted to buy the Oakland Seals with the intent of moving them to Buffalo. At the time of their creation, the Sabres exercised their option to create their own AHL farm team, the Cincinnati Swords. Former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager and head coach Punch Imlach was hired in the same capacity with the Sabres.

Note: The word sabre is rarely spelled as such in the United States (where it is saber) but, as with many words which can end either in -re or -er, it is spelled sabre in neighbouring Canada.

The year the Sabres debuted (1970) was a major year for major league sports in Buffalo: in addition to the Sabres' debut, the Buffalo Bills, who had been founded in 1960, officially joined the National Football League (NFL), and the Buffalo Braves of the National Basketball Association (NBA) also began play, sharing Memorial Auditorium with the Sabres. The city of Buffalo went from having no teams in the established major professional sports leagues to three in one off-season, a situation that eventually proved to be unsustainable. Between the Braves and the Sabres, the Sabres would prove to be, by far, the more successful of the two, and Braves owner Paul Snyder sold his team in 1976; the Braves moved out of Buffalo in 1978 and its remains are now the Los Angeles Clippers.

Stadium

  • Name:

    First Niagra Center
  • City:

    Buffalo, NY
  • Stadium Capacity:

    19070
  • Stadium Description:

    The First Niagara Center, formerly known as HSBC Arena and Marine Midland Arena, is a multipurpose indoor arena located in downtown Buffalo, New York, USA. It is the largest indoor arena in Western New York, seating 19,070 fans in its normal configuration, and was constructed primarily for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League, who have called the arena home since its opening in 1996, when it replaced the now-demolished Memorial Auditorium.

    What was originally known during construction as Crossroads Arena opened September 21, 1996, replacing the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The construction cost was $127.5 million, (approximately $192 million in 2015 dollars).

    Naming rights were sold to Marine Midland Bank, part of the HSBC banking group in 1996, and the building was renamed Marine Midland Arena before the first game had been played. The bank bought the naming rights for 30 years then to expire in 2026. In 1999, as part of HSBC's worldwide corporate rebranding, the arena's name was changed to HSBC Arena. The official renaming of the arena took place March 17, 2000. The name of the arena had been Marine Midland Arena through 1999 and the change was approved in March 2000. This name change coincided with the playing of the first college basketball tournament game in the arena's history. The press box in the arena is named after former Sabres broadcaster and Hockey Hall of Fame member Ted Darling. In 2011, Buffalo based First Niagara Financial Group reached an agreement to purchase HSBC Bank's upstate New York and Connecticut branch network. While naming rights to HSBC Arena were not included in the sale, First Niagara, HSBC, the Buffalo Sabres, and other parties reached an agreement to establish a new naming rights deal with First Niagara. The name of the arena became First Niagara Center that summer. First Niagara bought the naming rights for 15 years, approximately the remainder of the time that was left on HSBC's naming rights deal with the arena.