TD Garden
About
As New England’s largest sports and entertainment arena, TD Garden is the home of the storied NHL’s Boston Bruins and NBA’s Boston Celtics franchises and hosts over 3.5 million people a year at its world-renowned concerts, sporting events, family shows, wrestling, and ice shows.
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The area
Address
Neighbourhood: West End
How to get there
  • North Station • 1 min walk
  • Science Park • 6 min walk
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  • outsider88
    9 contributions
    Great venue for sport, so long as you don't want a drink or use the restroom
    We went to the stadium to watch the Bruins play. The venue has amazing sound and lighting, which really gets the crowd into the mood and amplifies the atmosphere. Once seated the seats were surprisingly comfortable, far more than can be said about a lot of stadiums these days. The only downside to the venue is the lack of restrooms for the number of patrons. Unless you're on your way to the restroom as the siren goes, you'll be lucky to be back in your seat before the 20 minute intermission ends. The other thing that dampened the experience is how expensive food and drinks were. Expect to pay close to $20 for a large beer or other alcoholic beverage
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 4 March 2023
  • lucycan
    San Diego, California3,439 contributions
    Go Celtics
    First visit. Went to a Celtics game. Easy access to get into the arena. Nice, newer arena. Seats were comfy if not a bit small. Bathrooms were adequate. I felt the food was lacking. Plenty of beer options and some bars for liquor but felt there was really only 4-5 different options for food. Anyways, great game. Go Celtics!
    Visited March 2023
    Written 8 March 2023
  • Zacexplores
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania50 contributions
    First Bruins Game
    As a visitor to TD garden, things can look very intimidating looking at this arena as it is located on top of a bustling North Station train line. However, I found a lot of everything in and around TD garden to navigate easily with a little research. The Bruins main ProShop store is just inside the main North station entrance as you must enter from inside the station. Very nice selection of stuff and they actually offer discounts on older merchandise that should be discounted, (unlike NY cough cough) so we went to the proshop around 5:30 for a 7pm game and then found that there is actually another entrance To TD garden just beyond the proshop that allowed regular patrons to enter 1.25 hours early. The pro shop was open after the game as well, and even if you miss it before the game, it was also open after the game to, (although a lot more crowded). They offered my daughter face painting for several different bruins designs, of which she partook, (for free). She got a bruins symbol on one cheek with hockey sticks and pucks on the other. They also gave her a collectible bruins model plane for answering a trivia question correctly, (that I had to answer). I was surprised at how difficult the questions were, but nonetheless she got to choose from an array of items including a TD garden keychain, bracelet, and other trinkets a young child would love. I appreciated this gesture by the Bruins as I appreciated it was free and I didn’t even have to fill out a questionnaire or anything for it! The 2 biggest reasons I dropped a star for was for the comfortability of the seats and the blocked view of the near goal with people prematurely standing or leaning forward in their seats. We were section 309, row 13, seats 16 and 17. There was a Karen siting in front of us that leaned all the way forward in her seat to where I couldn’t see anything! I didn’t pay to watch the game from the Jumbotron tv! They had a lot of variety in terms of food choices, which was also highly appreciated! We ended up getting the pizza, (which was highly delicious) and a souvenir popcorn bucket. I didn’t find the prices for any of the food options bad either. The only thing I was annoyed by was that we kept being pressed to leave tips by the machine and workers. Do you not pay your people enough money to do their job to begin with? They’re not servers, they’re basically glorified fast food workers. This is the only hockey arena I’ve been to that makes patrons feel like they have to tip, and I didn’t appreciate it at all. Great game experience though overall, and I would return.
    Visited April 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 7 April 2023
  • Hugh M
    2 contributions
    Electric atmosphere at the Bruins
    Our first visit to Ice Hockey in the USA. Amazing experience, the atmosphere inside the arena was electric. Good choice of food & drink All the staff were friendly & helpful. Never to be forgotten.
    Visited September 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 15 October 2023
  • Princerman
    Otsego, Minnesota910 contributions
    Great place for Hockey!
    Fantastic place to watch hockey. Bruins fans are loud and generally fun. The food in the Boston Garden Society was excellent. Sal's Pizza was one of the best slices of pizza I have had in recent memory.
    Visited November 2023
    Travelled solo
    Written 6 November 2023
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Libra G
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Solo
Went to a concert here on Nov 7.
17,000 + people in attendance and I must say there was zero ventilation. For a concert of this magnitude , that was very negligent.It was super hot and muggy. Ended up sick 2 days later.
Written 15 November 2023
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Princerman
Otsego, MN910 contributions
Nov 2023 • Solo
Fantastic place to watch hockey. Bruins fans are loud and generally fun. The food in the Boston Garden Society was excellent. Sal's Pizza was one of the best slices of pizza I have had in recent memory.
Written 6 November 2023
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Hugh M
2 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
Our first visit to Ice Hockey in the USA.
Amazing experience, the atmosphere inside the arena was electric.
Good choice of food & drink
All the staff were friendly & helpful.
Never to be forgotten.
Written 15 October 2023
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Karen P
6 contributions
Sep 2023 • Family
We went to see the Peter Gabriel concert and we walked only 16 minutes from our hotel. the Omni Parker. We felt safe. The venue was nice. We would go again.
Written 24 September 2023
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Greg F
1 contribution
Jul 2023 • Family
We had a great time in Boston. We went on a tour of TD Garden and it was really good. We also went on a tour of Fenway Park and it was really good. If you are a sports fan you have to go to both of them
Written 3 August 2023
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Fearless20579508328
1 contribution
Aug 2023 • Family
TD Garden tour with Henry as the guide, he was awesome! Henry shared great stories and history on the old Boston Garden, the TD Garden, players past and present; and he had a great sense of humor!
Written 2 August 2023
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Trevor L
Kings Norton, UK174 contributions
Apr 2023 • Couples
Visited the venue twice this week for sporting events. Staff are friendly and helpful, food is a little pricey along with the beer, but it is what it is..
Written 7 April 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.

Zacexplores
Pittsburgh, PA50 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
As a visitor to TD garden, things can look very intimidating looking at this arena as it is located on top of a bustling North Station train line. However, I found a lot of everything in and around TD garden to navigate easily with a little research. The Bruins main ProShop store is just inside the main North station entrance as you must enter from inside the station. Very nice selection of stuff and they actually offer discounts on older merchandise that should be discounted, (unlike NY cough cough) so we went to the proshop around 5:30 for a 7pm game and then found that there is actually another entrance To TD garden just beyond the proshop that allowed regular patrons to enter 1.25 hours early. The pro shop was open after the game as well, and even if you miss it before the game, it was also open after the game to, (although a lot more crowded).

They offered my daughter face painting for several different bruins designs, of which she partook, (for free). She got a bruins symbol on one cheek with hockey sticks and pucks on the other. They also gave her a collectible bruins model plane for answering a trivia question correctly, (that I had to answer). I was surprised at how difficult the questions were, but nonetheless she got to choose from an array of items including a TD garden keychain, bracelet, and other trinkets a young child would love. I appreciated this gesture by the Bruins as I appreciated it was free and I didn’t even have to fill out a questionnaire or anything for it!

The 2 biggest reasons I dropped a star for was for the comfortability of the seats and the blocked view of the near goal with people prematurely standing or leaning forward in their seats. We were section 309, row 13, seats 16 and 17. There was a Karen siting in front of us that leaned all the way forward in her seat to where I couldn’t see anything! I didn’t pay to watch the game from the Jumbotron tv!

They had a lot of variety in terms of food choices, which was also highly appreciated! We ended up getting the pizza, (which was highly delicious) and a souvenir popcorn bucket. I didn’t find the prices for any of the food options bad either. The only thing I was annoyed by was that we kept being pressed to leave tips by the machine and workers. Do you not pay your people enough money to do their job to begin with? They’re not servers, they’re basically glorified fast food workers. This is the only hockey arena I’ve been to that makes patrons feel like they have to tip, and I didn’t appreciate it at all.

Great game experience though overall, and I would return.
Written 7 April 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.

lucycan
San Diego, CA3,439 contributions
Mar 2023
First visit. Went to a Celtics game. Easy access to get into the arena. Nice, newer arena. Seats were comfy if not a bit small. Bathrooms were adequate. I felt the food was lacking. Plenty of beer options and some bars for liquor but felt there was really only 4-5 different options for food. Anyways, great game. Go Celtics!
Written 8 March 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.

outsider88
9 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
We went to the stadium to watch the Bruins play. The venue has amazing sound and lighting, which really gets the crowd into the mood and amplifies the atmosphere.

Once seated the seats were surprisingly comfortable, far more than can be said about a lot of stadiums these days.

The only downside to the venue is the lack of restrooms for the number of patrons. Unless you're on your way to the restroom as the siren goes, you'll be lucky to be back in your seat before the 20 minute intermission ends.

The other thing that dampened the experience is how expensive food and drinks were. Expect to pay close to $20 for a large beer or other alcoholic beverage
Written 4 March 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.

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