Cika wannan jumla: Don tallafawa gina Gidan wasan, Patricks sun kafa Kamfanin Vancouver Arena Company Limited, wanda aka sanya shi a $ 200,000. An rarraba kamfanin zuwa hannun jari na musamman 1000 da hannun jari na yau da kullun 1000, tare da rarraba kashi 10% na shekara-shekara. Kamfanin ya ba da kyautar hannun jari na farko, amma a watan Satumba na 1911, kyautar ta sami dala $ 1400 kawai. Sauran masu zuba jari biyu sun sanya hannu, amma ya rage ga Paticks su dauki sauran. Don sauƙaƙe wasan hockey na kankara a cikin yanayin Vancouver mai tsaka-tsaki, Patricks sun shigo da kayan aikin daskarewa na kankara wanda Frank da Lester Patrick suka gani suna aiki a St. Nicholas Arena na New York. An buɗe Denman Arena a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1911, yana jan hankalin mutane 1500 don zaman wasan kankara na jama'a. Denman Arena ya ɗauki mutane 10,500, yana mai da shi a lokacin, babban filin wasa na cikin gida a Kanada, ɗaya daga cikin manyan filayen wasa na cikin gida a duniya, kuma na biyu mafi girma a filin wasa na cikin gida a Arewacin Amurka, bayan na biyu
Madison Square Garden a Birnin New York. An gina Arena a farashin $ 226,382.