{"id":2462650,"date":"2026-06-16T19:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2462650"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:46:18","slug":"sabres-announce-details-for-nhl-draft-fan-fest-on-june-26-and-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sabres-announce-details-for-nhl-draft-fan-fest-on-june-26-and-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres announce details for NHL Draft Fan Fest on June 26 and 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The next generation of NHL stars are coming to Bufalo.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re hosting the 2026 Upper Deck NHL Draft at KeyBank Center on Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27. Both days will feature a Fan Fest in Ticketmaster Alumni Plaza with food and beverage, entertainment, and activities for the whole family.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, we\u2019ll be welcoming this year\u2019s top prospects into the draft <strong>with a red-carpet arrival prior to Round 1<\/strong> on June 26.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a rundown of each day\u2019s schedule of events.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Day 1 \u2013 Friday, June 26<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4 p.m. to 7 p.m. \u2013<\/strong> Fan Fest in Ticketmaster Alumni Plaza (free and open to public)<\/li>\n<li><strong>5:15 p.m. \u2013<\/strong> Top prospects walk the red carpet into KeyBank Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>6 p.m. &#8211;<\/strong> KeyBank Center doors open<\/li>\n<li><strong>7 p.m. \u2013<\/strong> Round 1 of the NHL Draft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/2026-upper-deck-nhl-draft-round-buffalo-new-york-06-26-2026\/event\/0000649DEB92E90C\">Tickets for Day 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All fans in attendance for Round 1 will receive <strong>a commemorative hockey card giveaway<\/strong> courtesy of Upper Deck.<\/p>\n<p>Fan Fest will include entertainment from DJ Milk, food and beverage stands, plus the following programming:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Red Carpet Arrivals (Friday at 5:15 p.m.) \u2013<\/strong> Fans will have the opportunity to greet the NHL\u2019s top prospects as they walk the red carpet into KeyBank Center ahead of Round 1.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NHL STREET:<\/strong> We\u2019ll have two street hockey rinks set up on Perry Street as part of the league&#8217;s \u201cNHL STREET\u201d initiative. One rink will showcase local youth teams; the other will be open to the public for pickup games and skills competitions!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kids Combine:<\/strong> Put your skills to the test! Our Kids Combine will allow participants to measure their grip strength, broad jump, rapid shot and more inside an inflatable rink.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accuracy Shot Drills:<\/strong> Are you the next Tage Thompson? We\u2019ll have two shooting booths set up for fans to show off their skills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photo Opportunities:<\/strong> Commemorate the moment with multiple NHL Draft-themed photo backdrops.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nhl.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next generation of NHL stars are coming to Bufalo. We\u2019re hosting the 2026 Upper Deck NHL Draft at KeyBank Center on Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27. Both days will feature a Fan Fest in Ticketmaster Alumni Plaza with food and beverage, entertainment, and activities for the whole family. Plus, we\u2019ll be welcoming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2462651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2462650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sabres-announce-details-for-NHL-Draft-Fan-Fest-on-June.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462652,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462650\/revisions\/2462652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2462651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}