Hit-with-crowd PWHL Takeover Tour™ return

Article posted by Coliseum, November 28^th, 2025

Image: Little Caesars Arena, Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) recently announced the return of the PWHL Takeover Tour™ for the 2025-2026 seasons which will expand to 16 neutral-site regular-season games that will be played outside the league’s current complement of Cities.

‘thepwhl.com’ stated that last season’s Tour drew 123,601 fans with record-breaking crowds across nine games sparking new fan engagement and expanding the PWHL’s reach beyond its home markets.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America that features the best women’s players in the world.

‘thepwhl.com’ further stated that this season’s 16 games will be contested in 11 different locations spanning the United States and Canada. The PWHL will visit seven new Cities including Calgary, Chicago, Dallas, Halifax, Hamilton, Washington, D.C., and Winnipeg and will return to Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, and Québec City.

The Ilitch Sports + Entertainment-owned 19,515-capacity Little Caesars Arena in Detroit which set a US professional women’s hockey attendance record of 14,288 and welcomed the one millionth fan in PWHL history on March 16^th, 2025 will serve as a neutral-site host for the third straight season. For the first time, five PWHL Takeover Tour™ markets will host two games including Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, and Halifax.

Averred Amy Scheer, PWHL Executive Vice-President, Business Operations, “Season Two’s PWHL Takeover Tour™ was the first of its kind giving fans across North America the chance to experience the excitement of a regular-season game in their home venues. The passion and support from the fans and the enthusiasm from the Cities eager to engage with our league have fueled our ambition to grow the Tour for Season Three.”

DoorDash, the official on-demand delivery platform partner of the PWHL in Canada, is the title partner of all eight PWHL Takeover Tour™ stops in Canada. Additionally, PWHL Takeover Tour™ presenting partners include BJ’s Wholesale Club for the game in Dallas, Woody Creek Distillers for the two games in Denver, Ally Financial for the two games in Detroit, Explore Edmonton for the two games in Edmonton, and the Province of Nova Scotia for the December 17^th game in Halifax.

The 16 games will be played over a span of 112 days beginning December 17^th, 2025, through April 7^th, 2026, predominantly at venues that are homes to the National Hockey League (NHL) teams. All eight PWHL teams will participate in at least three games with two of them representing home games on their schedules. The Montréal Victoire, the New York Sirens and the Vancouver Goldeneyes will each play in five Takeover Tour games followed by four games for the Ottawa Charge and the Seattle Torrent and three games for the Boston Fleet, the Minnesota Frost and the Toronto Sceptres.

Prior to announcing Seattle and Vancouver as the league’s first-two expansion teams in April, last season’s PWHL Takeover Tour™ launched in the West Coast on January 5^th at Seattle’s 18,300-capacity Climate Pledge Arena with a crowd of 12,608. It was followed three days later with a soldout crowd on January 8^th at Vancouver’s 19,700-capacity Rogers Arena with 19,038 fans in attendance – a game that ranks fourth all-time in PWHL single-game attendance and one of five PWHL Takeover Tour™ games in the league’s top 10 attendance figures. The 2024-25 PWHL Takeover Tour™ welcomed fans from all 50 US States and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories while an estimated 80 percent of attendees experienced their first-ever PWHL game.

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