The Biggest NCAA Division I Rinks

60 rinks qualify, ranked by capacity. No. 1 is Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio (17,500 seats).

  1. 1NCAAValue City Arena — Ohio State Buckeyes (Columbus, Ohio)17,500 seats
  2. 2NCAAKohl Center — Wisconsin Badgers (Madison, Wisconsin)15,325 seats
  3. 3NCAARalph Engelstad Arena — North Dakota Fighting Hawks (Grand Forks, North Dakota)11,568 seats
  4. 4NCAA3M Arena at Mariucci — Minnesota Golden Gophers (Minneapolis, Minnesota)10,000 seats
  5. 5NCAAWilliam D. Mullins Memorial Center — UMass Minutemen (Amherst, Massachusetts)8,387 seats
  6. 6NCAABaxter Arena — Omaha Mavericks (Omaha, Nebraska)7,898 seats
  7. 7NCAAConte Forum — Boston College Eagles (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts)7,884 seats
  8. 8NCAAAMSOIL Arena — Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (Duluth, Minnesota)6,756 seats
  9. 9NCAAWhittemore Center — New Hampshire Wildcats (Durham, New Hampshire)6,501 seats
  10. 10NCAAMunn Ice Arena — Michigan State Spartans (East Lansing, Michigan)6,114 seats
  11. 11NCAAMagness Arena — Denver Pioneers (Denver, Colorado)6,026 seats
  12. 12NCAAPegula Ice Arena — Penn State Nittany Lions (University Park, Pennsylvania)6,014 seats
  13. 13NCAATsongas Center — UMass Lowell River Hawks (Lowell, Massachusetts)6,003 seats
  14. 14NCAAYost Ice Arena — Michigan Wolverines (Ann Arbor, Michigan)5,800 seats
  15. 15NCAAHerb Brooks National Hockey Center — St. Cloud State Huskies (St. Cloud, Minnesota)5,159 seats
  16. 16NCAAAlfond Arena — Maine Black Bears (Orono, Maine)5,124 seats
  17. 17NCAACompton Family Ice Arena — Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Notre Dame, Indiana)5,022 seats
  18. 18NCAAMullett Arena — Arizona State Sun Devils (Tempe, Arizona)5,000 seats
  19. 19NCAASlater Family Ice Arena — Bowling Green Falcons (Bowling Green, Ohio)5,000 seats
  20. 20NCAAMayo Clinic Health System Event Center — Minnesota State Mavericks (Mankato, Minnesota)4,832 seats
  21. 21NCAAHouston Field House — RPI Engineers (Troy, New York)4,780 seats
  22. 22NCAACarlson Center — Alaska Nanooks (Fairbanks, Alaska)4,595 seats
  23. 23NCAAMacInnes Student Ice Arena — Michigan Tech Huskies (Houghton, Michigan)4,466 seats
  24. 24NCAASanford Center — Bemidji State Beavers (Bemidji, Minnesota)4,373 seats
  25. 25NCAAGene Polisseni Center — RIT Tigers (Henrietta, New York)4,300 seats
  26. 26NCAALynah Rink — Cornell Big Red (Ithaca, New York)4,267 seats
  27. 27NCAAGutterson Fieldhouse — Vermont Catamounts (Burlington, Vermont)4,035 seats
  28. 28NCAATaffy Abel Arena — Lake Superior State Lakers (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)4,000 seats
  29. 29NCAALee and Penny Anderson Arena — St. Thomas Tommies (Saint Paul, Minnesota)4,000 seats
  30. 30NCAABerry Events Center — Northern Michigan Wildcats (Marquette, Michigan)3,800 seats
  31. 31NCAALawson Arena — Western Michigan Broncos (Kalamazoo, Michigan)3,667 seats
  32. 32NCAAMartire Family Arena — Sacred Heart Pioneers (Fairfield, Connecticut)3,600 seats
  33. 33NCAAIngalls Rink — Yale Bulldogs (New Haven, Connecticut)3,500 seats
  34. 34NCAAThompson Arena — Dartmouth Big Green (Hanover, New Hampshire)3,500 seats
  35. 35NCAAEd Robson Arena — Colorado College Tigers (Colorado Springs, Colorado)3,407 seats
  36. 36NCAAM&T Bank Arena — Quinnipiac Bobcats (Hamden, Connecticut)3,386 seats
  37. 37NCAAGoggin Ice Center — Miami RedHawks (Oxford, Ohio)3,200 seats
  38. 38NCAAMeehan Auditorium — Brown Bears (Providence, Rhode Island)3,100 seats
  39. 39NCAAMidco Arena — Augustana Vikings (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)3,082 seats
  40. 40NCAASchneider Arena — Providence Friars (Providence, Rhode Island)3,030 seats
  41. 41NCAACheel Arena — Clarkson Golden Knights (Potsdam, New York)3,000 seats
  42. 42NCAAAppleton Arena — St. Lawrence Saints (Canton, New York)3,000 seats
  43. 43NCAABright-Landry Hockey Center — Harvard Crimson (Boston, Massachusetts)2,850 seats
  44. 44NCAATate Rink — Army Black Knights (West Point, New York)2,648 seats
  45. 45NCAAToscano Family Ice Forum — UConn Huskies (Storrs, Connecticut)2,600 seats
  46. 46NCAAJ. Thom Lawler Rink — Merrimack Warriors (North Andover, Massachusetts)2,549 seats
  47. 47NCAAEwigleben Arena — Ferris State Bulldogs (Big Rapids, Michigan)2,500 seats
  48. 48NCAACentene Community Ice Center — Lindenwood Lions (Maryland Heights, Missouri)2,500 seats
  49. 49NCAAClass of 1965 Arena — Colgate Raiders (Hamilton, New York)2,222 seats
  50. 50NCAACadet Ice Arena — Air Force Falcons (USAF Academy, Colorado)2,217 seats
  51. 51NCAAM&T Bank Center — Union Garnet Chargers (Schenectady, New York)2,200 seats
  52. 52NCAABentley Arena — Bentley Falcons (Waltham, Massachusetts)2,117 seats
  53. 53NCAADwyer Arena — Niagara Purple Eagles (Lewiston, New York)2,100 seats
  54. 54NCAAHobey Baker Memorial Rink — Princeton Tigers (Princeton, New Jersey)2,092 seats
  55. 55NCAALECOM Harborcenter — Canisius Golden Griffins (Buffalo, New York)1,800 seats
  56. 56NCAAHart Center — Holy Cross Crusaders (Worcester, Massachusetts)1,600 seats
  57. 57NCAARobert Morris University Island Sports Center — Robert Morris Colonials (Neville Township, Pennsylvania)1,200 seats
  58. 58NCAASeawolf Sports Complex — Alaska Anchorage Seawolves (Anchorage, Alaska)900 seats
  59. 59NCAAFoxboro Sports Center — Stonehill Skyhawks (Foxborough, Massachusetts)700 seats
  60. 60NCAANorthwell Health Ice Center — LIU Sharks (East Meadow, New York)500 seats

Capacity figures vary by source. Opening years count the current building, not later renovations.