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AHL affiliate for the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Gladiators and Monsters both play in Rocket Arena.
The Cleveland Monsters are a professional ice hockey team based in Cleveland. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Monsters play home games at Rocket Arena in downtown Cleveland and have one Calder Cup championship, after winning their first title in 2016. The team has since held one of the highest attendance averages in the AHL, leading the league in the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2019–20 AHL season and all seasons since 2022–23.
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Arena for special events like Harlem Globetrotters and other entertainment performances.
Rocket Arena
Cleveland's most successful sports franchise as of late with five division titles since 2009 and a league championship in 2016. They went through a rebuilding phase after LeBron James took his talents to the Left Coast, but are now contenders again behind younger stars Evan Mobley and Donovan Mitchell.
Progressive Field
The Guardians, renamed from Indians after the 2021 season, play in Progressive Field, a gem of a ballpark in Major League Baseball.
Built in 1890 and designed by John Eisenmann. The construction was financed by John D. Rockefeller, Marcus Hanna and several other wealthy Clevelanders of the day. The cost of the project was approximately $875,000 - today it would be impossible to replicate. The inspiration of the project is said to be the Vittorio Emanuele in Milan, Italy. Although pedestrian arcades exist in several North American cities, few - if any, compare to the grandeur of the Arcade in Cleveland. The Arcade was the first building in Cleveland to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The structure features a five-story atrium with extensive metal decorative work. The top floor features gargoyles which circle the entire atrium area. The structure includes the famous skylighted atrium as well as two nine-story towers, one each on Euclid Ave and Superior Ave. In the past decade, the structure was renovated as a Hyatt Regency Hotel.
In the historic former Higbee's department store on Public Square in downtown Cleveland.
It was the second tallest building in the world when it was built in 1929. Now it's the second tallest building in Cleveland. The building was constructed as the main railroad terminal in Cleveland, and serves as the main hub of the RTA Rapid Lines (below the retail mall levels). Go to the Terminal Tower's observation deck on the 42nd floor to observe the surrounding environs (particularly, Lake Erie, the winding Cuyahoga River, and the juxtaposition of downtown against industrial uses to the south and west). The observation deck is only open on weekends.