Finger Lakes
Rochester & Suburbs
Rochester

Blue Cross Arena

Blue Cross Arena, also known as the War Memorial, is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in . For hockey and lacrosse, its seating capacity is 10,662.
Tap on a place
to explore it
bluecrossarena.com
+1 585 454 5335
Wikipedia
Photo: LtPowers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Stadium
  • Description: multi-purpose indoor arena located in Rochester, New York
  • Also known as: “Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial”, “One War Memorial Square”, “Rochester Civic Center Arena”, “Rochester Community War Memorial”, “The Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial”, and “War Memorial Square”
  • Address: 1 War Memorial Square, Rochester, NY 14614

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Broad Street Bridge and Times Square Building.

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Erie Canal: Second Genesee Aqueduct, also known as the Broad Street Aqueduct or , is a historic stone aqueduct located at in . is situated 370 feet northeast of Blue Cross Arena.

Photo: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an Art Deco skyscraper designed by Ralph Thomas Walker of the firm Voorhees, Gmelin, and Walker located in , United States. is situated 550 feet northwest of Blue Cross Arena.

Historic building
Photo: LtPowers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic railway station located at in . The Lehigh Valley Railroad built the station in 1905 but stopped using the station for passenger service in the 1950s. is situated 690 feet east of Blue Cross Arena.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Wedge Historic District and East Avenue Historic District.

Neighborhood
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Wedge is a historic district and neighborhood in southeast , in a predominantly residential section of the city. The district includes a variety of buildings constructed between the 1840s and 1920s, mainly two-story detached family residences.

Neighborhood
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a national historic district located at in . The district consists of a series of large 19th and early 20th century homes, houses of worship, meeting houses, and museums. is situated 1½ miles east of Blue Cross Arena.

Town
Photo: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 37,137 at the 2020 census. is situated 3 miles southeast of Blue Cross Arena.

Blue Cross Arena

Latitude
43.15381° or 43° 9′ 14″ north
Longitude
-77.61085° or 77° 36′ 39″ west
Inception
1955
Open location code
87M4593Q+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 108282606
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­stadium
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­hockey
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­basketball
Open­Street­Map feature
sport=­multi
Wiki­data ID
Q885674
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Blue Cross Arena from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Blue Cross Arena” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Arabic: “بلو كروس أرينا”
  • Asturian: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Chinese: “蓝十字球馆”
  • Chinese: “藍十字型育館”
  • Chinese: “藍十字球館”
  • Chinese: “藍十字體育館”
  • Czech: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Dutch: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Esperanto: “Blue Cross Areno ĉe la Militmonumento”
  • Esperanto: “Blukruca Areno ĉe la Militmonumento”
  • Esperanto: “Blukruca Areno”
  • Esperanto: “Roĉestra Militmonumento”
  • French: “Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial”
  • French: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • French: “Rochester Community War Memorial”
  • French: “Rochester War Memorial Coliseum”
  • German: “Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial”
  • German: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • German: “Rochester Community War Memorial”
  • Italian: “Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial”
  • Italian: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Italian: “Rochester Community War Memorial”
  • Japanese: “ブルー・クロス・アリーナ”
  • Japanese: “ロチェスターコミュニティ戦争記念館”
  • Japanese: “ロチェスター戦争記念館”
  • Japanese: “戦争記念館のブルークロス・アリーナ”
  • Korean: “블루 크로스 아레나”
  • Polish: “Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial”
  • Polish: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Russian: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Slovenian: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Spanish: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Turkish: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Ukrainian: “Blue Cross Arena”
  • Ukrainian: “Блю Кросс Арена на Військовому меморіалі”
  • Ukrainian: “Блю Кросс Арена”
  • Ukrainian: “Рочестерський військовий меморіал”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blue Cross Arena Memorial Park and Monroe County Hall of Justice.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Rochester Veterans Memorial and Thomson Reuters.

Rochester and Suburbs: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Fairport, East Rochester, Victor, and Spencerport.

Curious Stadiums to Discover

Uncover intriguing stadiums from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blue Cross Arena”. Photo: LtPowers, CC BY-SA 3.0.