Game Weekend

Buffalo

Hotels near KeyBank Center

Formerly First Niagara Center, HSBC Arena, and Marine Midland Arena. 6 places to stay, with the neighborhood and game-night journey explained.

Full weekend guide

Canalside and HARBORCENTER

Buffalo Marriott at LECOM HARBORCENTER

A 205-room hotel inside the LECOM HARBORCENTER complex, which its builder describes as adjacent to KeyBank Center, with Southern Tier Brewing in the same complex.

  • Walk route
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The hotel’s own site couldn’t be checked, so room rates, parking and any indoor connection to the arena are unconfirmed. Call the hotel before you book.

Arena travel & hotel details
Getting to the game
Walk from the HARBORCENTER complex to the arena next door.
Getting back
Walk back with the crowd, or stop at Southern Tier Brewing in HARBORCENTER on the way.
Address
95 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203
Hotel website

Downtown and the Theatre District

Curtiss Hotel

A 68-room boutique hotel in the renovated Harlow C. Curtiss building downtown, with the Chez Ami restaurant on site and free continental breakfast.

  • Rail / transit
  • Walk route
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It’s farther from the arena than the Lafayette, and the hotel publishes no walking time to the arena and no parking price.

Arena travel & hotel details
Getting to the game
Ride Metro Rail from Lafayette or Fountain Plaza station to Canalside station, or walk south to the arena.
Getting back
Board a Metro Rail train at Canalside station, or walk back north.
Address
210 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
Hotel website

Downtown and the Theatre District

Hotel at the Lafayette

A restored historic hotel downtown. The hotel says it’s a few minutes’ walk from the waterfront, Sahlen Field and KeyBank Center, and Lafayette station is on the Metro Rail line to Canalside.

  • Rail / transit
  • Walk route
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“A few minutes’ walk” is the hotel’s own description, not a measured time. Guest parking is in the Adams Ramp a block away, not at the door.

Arena travel & hotel details
Getting to the game
Ride Metro Rail from Lafayette or Fountain Plaza station to Canalside station, or walk south to the arena.
Getting back
Board a Metro Rail train at Canalside station, or walk back north.
Address
391 Washington Street, Buffalo, NY 14203
Hotel website

Downtown and the Theatre District

Wyndham Garden Buffalo Downtown

A hotel on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, north of the Theatre District, with a free downtown-area shuttle.

  • Rail / transit
  • Walk route
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The hotel doesn’t say whether its local shuttle goes to KeyBank Center, and valet parking is paid, with no price published. It’s the downtown hotel farthest from the arena.

Arena travel & hotel details
Getting to the game
Ride Metro Rail from Lafayette or Fountain Plaza station to Canalside station, or walk south to the arena.
Getting back
Board a Metro Rail train at Canalside station, or walk back north.
Address
125 High Street, Buffalo, NY 14203
Hotel website

BUF airport and Amherst

La Quinta Inn by Wyndham Buffalo Airport

Minutes from BUF, with a free 24/7 airport shuttle and free breakfast.

  • Drive
  • Rideshare
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The shuttle serves the airport, not the arena. Plan your own way downtown for the game.

Arena travel & hotel details
Getting to the game
Drive to a pre-booked spot in an arena ramp or lot, or take a rideshare downtown.
Getting back
Walk back to your ramp, or meet your Uber at the Uber Zone on Scott Street.
Address
6619 Transit Road, Williamsville, NY 14221
Hotel website

BUF airport and Amherst

La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Buffalo Amherst

An Amherst base with free breakfast, about nine miles from BUF by the hotel’s own count.

  • Drive
  • Rideshare
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The hotel puts downtown Buffalo at a 13-mile drive, and it publishes no shuttle downtown.

Arena travel & hotel details
Getting to the game
Drive to a pre-booked spot in an arena ramp or lot, or take a rideshare downtown.
Getting back
Walk back to your ramp, or meet your Uber at the Uber Zone on Scott Street.
Address
145 Innkeepers Lane, Buffalo, NY 14228
Hotel website

Get to know the areas

Canalside and HARBORCENTERWalking to the game with no transit or parking to plan

Stay in the HARBORCENTER complex next to the arena, with a brewery taproom in the same complex and the waterfront outside.

Waterfront boardwalk, the Naval Park ships and HARBORCENTER’s taproom

To the arena
Walk from the HARBORCENTER complex to the arena next door.
After the game
Walk back with the crowd, or stop at Southern Tier Brewing in HARBORCENTER on the way.
The tradeoff
There’s one hotel here, and its own site couldn’t be checked for rates, parking or fees. Canalside has fewer restaurants than downtown.

Hotels in this area

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Downtown and the Theatre DistrictMore hotel and restaurant choice with a short ride to the game

Stay among downtown’s restored hotels and restaurants and ride Metro Rail down to Canalside, or walk.

Theatre District streets, historic hotels and brewpubs

To the arena
Ride Metro Rail from Lafayette or Fountain Plaza station to Canalside station, or walk south to the arena.
After the game
Board a Metro Rail train at Canalside station, or walk back north.
The tradeoff
The arena is a Metro Rail ride or a longer walk away, and none of these hotels publishes a measured walking time to it.

Hotels in this area

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BUF airport and AmherstEarly flights and arriving with a car

Stay near the airport with free breakfast and, at one hotel, a free airport shuttle, then drive or ride into downtown for the game.

Airport and suburban hotel corridor east and north of the city

To the arena
Drive to a pre-booked spot in an arena ramp or lot, or take a rideshare downtown.
After the game
Walk back to your ramp, or meet your Uber at the Uber Zone on Scott Street.
The tradeoff
La Quinta Airport’s shuttle serves BUF only, and neither hotel publishes a shuttle downtown, so the trip to the arena is on you.

Hotels in this area

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