MassMutual Center

For a city like this size, I’m impressed it has a convention center. The place is respectably sized and was able to accomodate at least 2000 people like ourselves during a product symposium on a weekend. I recall seeing a well preserved, beautiful vintage car that’s parked in the lobby. Relatively, the location is right in the middle of the city. I can only wish there are closer and more food places that are opened on weekends.

I was here for a training seminar. I thought the facility was well maintained and the bathrooms were fully stocked and clean. They had payphones, outlets and comfy lounge chairs for guests to use. My only minor issue with this facility is that they did not continuously sell snacks or food. You would have to go outside to eat (or bring your own food). Paid parking is available across the street from the site; I think it was $ 7 for the day, which I felt was reasonably cost.

Unfortunately, the Springfield (Massmutual) Center is really showing its age. Its horribly outdated, cramped, has an antique scoreboard compared to the rest of the AHL, lacking in concessions, and its difficult to park at. The people that work there are friendly, and SPFD Falcons have been competitive, but thats about it for positives as this place needs a lot of TLC. The Worcester sharks are losing their hockey team and their arena is head and shoulders above this one, I hope that ownership can make this place a first class arena someday.

Like most similar venues no food or drink allowed and concessions are overpriced for mediocre fare, but the free WiFi is better than average. At least the security people are pleasant.

I had to come to this arena for the first time for my sisters Cheerleading Competition I must say I liked this place .
The parking garage is directly across the building which is so convenient for easy parking and not a long walk to the building.
The building itself is huge. I noticed it was very clean and the staff was very attentive and helpful, because dealing with hundreds of young cheerleaders and families is hard. I believe the building also wasn’t difficult to navigate around you didn’t have to walk all the way around to get somewhere. The food section was easy access as well all right in the beginning as you walk in and surprisingly since there was so many food booths around the lines weren’t long at all.
I wish the arena back home was as organized as this place.

Spent some time at MassMutual Center this afternoon for a wedding expo, and had to say that this location was a great place to hold it. The building is gorgeous, and the location is easy to get to from the highway. The staff was extremely polite, and the bathrooms were extremely clean. The only downside to this location is the fact that they have limited street parking, and the surrounding lots can be a little pricy depending on the event.

Enjoyed attending the 2013 MAAC Basketball Championships here. There are not enough concessions in the building. They only have pretzels, popcorn, and drinks.

Situated right in the heart of Downtown Springfield, the MassMutual Center shines, a beacon for those yearning to see Springfield Falcons hockey games or endure the joy and /​or pain of attending a school-​related day long conference.
I would have gone for a hockey game, but, I digress.
I recently came here for the Bay Path College Women’s Leadership Conference. (As an alumni of the college AND a current grad student in their online Masters program, how could I say no to a free ticket? YESSSS.) The layout of the center is pretty simple, though I’m curious as to what their occupancy capacity is; as our school’s president proudly bragged that we hit record attendance at more than 2,000 people, I noticed how crowded both open levels of common space were getting as I had to close my eyes at some points and say to myself, «Big…open…spaces…big…open…spaces…»
The main ballroom easily held the 2,000+ of us with ease, thank goodness, and the layout of the ballroom table set-​up was very easy to maneuver. Smaller rooms for breakout sessions accommodated all very all, too.
I’ve heard that Bay Path’s graduation has recently been moved to the MassMutual Center from the Longmeadow Campus, as our graduating classes keep getting bigger and bigger. If I don’t lose my mind as a grad student and graduate on schedule, it looks like I’ll be making another trip to this building to pick up my Masters diploma and chuck some deuces come May 2014. I’ll have to update this then to see how the center can handle the onslaught of innumerable families and graduates…

— Big Place
— Clean
— Super Friendly Staff