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Benchmark International Arena: the all-inclusive seating guide
Benchmark International Arena was AMALIE Arena until August 2025, and the release that renamed the building renamed its premium club level to the Benchmark International Club Level, with The Mark, until then the Channel Club, as its signature all-inclusive seat. Six products here include food and drink with the seat, and the arena publishes the fullest wording for every one that it sells. The Mark is the one most buyers mean: an upscale all-inclusive buffet with mixed drinks, beer, wine and soda served throughout the game, in the eighteen club blocks printed CLUB 1 to CLUB 18 behind one goal, and only at Lightning home games. The Ashley VIP Lounge carries the same drinks and unlimited upscale dining, plus access to The Mark, for what the team calls its ice level club area: Rows A and B of the 100 level, against the boards, and Row C behind the team benches in sections 130, 101 and 102. The Heritage Insurance and RSM Lofts are two club level party rooms for 40 to 125 people each that include food, beer, wine and soda. The Upexi Loge, at the north end and sold on a multi-year basis only, is described as an all-inclusive concept with upscale food and beverage service, though no page names a drink. Two group packages complete the list: the ThunderZone at section 312, whose tailgate buffet and bar run to the end of the second intermission, and the Bolts Balcony at section 318, a seated bar rail for ten to twelve guests. Everything else the building calls premium is catered separately, including the Executive and Super Suites on the suite level and the ordinary club level seats in sections 201–230, which the arena excludes by name. One arena-wide rule is worth knowing before you buy: at a Lightning game alcohol service ends ten minutes into the third period.
Clubs with food & drink included
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- Food
- Upscale all-inclusive buffet menu, served throughout the game; the team's member FAQ describes it as premium upscale hors d'oeuvres
- Alcohol
- Beer, wine & spirits includedAll-inclusive mixed drinks, beer, wine and soda throughout the game; the team's member FAQ lists beer, wine, soda and cocktails
- Not included
- All-inclusive amenities are stated for Lightning home games only, not for concerts or other events
- Service ends
- Not published for the club: the product page says the buffet and drinks are served throughout the game, while the arena guide's building-wide rule is that alcohol service at a Lightning game ends ten minutes into the third period
- Applies to
- Lightning home games only. The arena's product page says all-inclusive amenities are available only for Lightning home games, no concerts or events
- Price
- 2026–27 Bolt for Life member pricing: $239 per game, $10,516 for a full season; $264 per game, $5,808 for a half season.
- Sections
- CLUB 1, CLUB 2, CLUB 3, CLUB 4, CLUB 5, CLUB 6, CLUB 7, CLUB 8, CLUB 9, CLUB 10, CLUB 11, CLUB 12, CLUB 13, CLUB 14, CLUB 15, CLUB 16, CLUB 17, CLUB 18The team's own Select-A-Seat FAQ calls The Mark 'our 200-level all-inclusive club area'. The section labels come from the colour key on the Lightning's 2026–27 Bolt for Life member pricing sheet, which prices The Mark in a dark green and colours eighteen blocks of its map in that green, each block printing its own label: CLUB 1 through CLUB 18, in two arcs behind one goal, CLUB 1 to CLUB 8 nearest the ice and CLUB 9 to CLUB 18 behind them. Sampling the rendered sheet finds that green on those eighteen blocks and on nothing else. The arena's own 200 Level map labels the nearer eight CLB 1 through CLB 8, in the same ring as club sections 201 to 219 and 228 to 230, and does not draw the outer ten. Neither map states a row. The club level itself was renamed the Benchmark International Club Level on Aug. 13, 2025; the team's premium page still prints the old 'Tampa Bay Club level' in this product's bullets.
- Rows
- Not published
The arena's own product page itemizes the buffet and the pours and fences them to Lightning home games, and the team's premium page carries the same bullets. The product was the Channel Club until the arena was renamed on Aug. 13, 2025; the naming release names The Mark as the club level's signature all-inclusive experience, and the pre-rename arena page carries these exact bullets under the old name. The team's premium benefits page still prints 'Channel Club' in a parking footnote, and its premium page still prints the pre-rename level name. That footnote gives the complimentary parking pass to 'Ashley VIP & Channel Club' members while the team's member FAQ gives the same benefit to 'The Mark Members and Ashley Furniture VIP Lounge Members', which ties the two names to one product a third way.
Last checked Sep 18, 2026 · source
- Food
- Unlimited upscale dining, described as complimentary food and beverages; the team's member FAQ describes it as premium upscale hors d'oeuvres
- Alcohol
- Beer, wine & spirits includedAll-inclusive beer, wine, mixed drinks and soda; the page's own summary says complimentary food and beverages, including cocktails
- Service ends
- Not published
- Applies to
- Lightning home games. The bullets are written for home games, and the arena's club level note names the Ashley VIP Lounge ticket; unlike The Mark, this page states no terms for concerts, where the lounge houses the arena's paid Concert Club add-on
- Price
- 2026–27 Bolt for Life member pricing runs from $260 per game for Row C to $442 per game for Row A at the attack twice end, or $11,440 to $19,448 for a full season.
- Sections
- 130, 101, 102The team's own Select-A-Seat FAQ places these seats: it calls the room 'our ice-level all-inclusive club area' and says seating is rows A and B in the 100 level, with Row C in sections 130, 101 and 102. The Lightning's 2026–27 Bolt for Life member pricing sheet agrees and adds the structure: Row A is the band of seats hard against the boards and Row B the band immediately outside it, each broken off at the benches and each priced separately for the half of the ice the map marks LIGHTNING ATTACK TWICE (A2 on the price sheet); Row C is a short strip drawn behind the team benches across the tops of promenade sections 130, 101 and 102. Neither band carries a printed section label. A partial official section list belongs in the sections line, so the three the team names for Row C are listed there and the gap is named here. Rows A and B are the larger part of the product and the team publishes no section for either, so the sections line is not the whole of it; the rows line carries the team's own wording for all three bands. The arena's note above its club products, that club level seats do not carry all-inclusive food and beverage unless the ticket is The Mark or an Ashley VIP Lounge ticket, names the building's two all-inclusive tickets rather than putting these seats on the club level: the arena guide lists Ashley VIP Lounge guests separately from Benchmark International Club Level guests when it gives the 90 minute door time. The FAQ writes the name as 'Ashley Furniture VIP Lounge'; both product pages write 'Ashley VIP Lounge'.
- Rows
- Rows A and B in the 100 level, with Row C in sections 130, 101 and 102
The arena's own product page itemizes the pours and the team's premium page carries the same bullets. Rows and placement rest on the team's Select-A-Seat FAQ, which states the level and the rows in words, and on the 2026–27 member pricing sheet's colour-keyed map, which draws the same thing; no page prints a section label for the two rinkside rows.
Last checked Sep 18, 2026 · source
- Food
- The lofts include food
- Alcohol
- Beer & wine includedThe lofts include beer, wine and soda; no spirits are named, and the same operator itemizes mixed drinks for The Mark
- Not included
- Spirits are not named as included
- Service ends
- Not published
- Applies to
- Lightning games, concerts and other events; neither site limits the inclusion to hockey, unlike The Mark
- Sections
- Benchmark International Club LevelBoth sites place the lofts on the 'newly-renovated Tampa Bay Club Level', which is the level's pre-rename name; it became the Benchmark International Club Level by dated release on Aug. 13, 2025, and the arena's own guide, the note on the arena's own premium page and the team's 2026–27 member pricing sheet all use the new name. The team's 2026–27 member pricing map prints LOFT twice on that level, once behind club sections 203 and 204 and once behind club sections 213 and 214, both at the end of the rink the map marks LIGHTNING ATTACK TWICE. No page or map gives a loft a section number of its own.
- Rows
- Not published; the package includes leather, theatre-style seats in front of the loft
The inclusion line is identical on the team's premium page and the arena's, and identical again on the arena's pre-rename page, so it is settled wording rather than a one-off. Two named rooms share one product name and one benefit list, so this is one record. The level in sections is the renamed one rather than the one this product's own blurb prints; the rename is carried by the dated Aug. 13, 2025 release.
Last checked Sep 18, 2026 · source
- Food
- Upscale food and beverage service, described as a membership-only all-inclusive concept
- Alcohol
- Alcohol not includedThe arena calls it an all-inclusive concept with upscale food and beverage service and names no drink; nothing alcoholic is recorded as included until a page or a call says otherwise
- Service ends
- Not published
- Applies to
- Lightning games and concerts; the team page says every Tampa Bay Lightning game and world-class concert
- Sections
- Not publishedThe arena places the loge in 'the arena's north end'; the team places it 'on the Lexus Suite Level', while the arena's own guide calls that level the IOA Suite level, and no dated release settles which name is current. The team's 2026–27 member pricing map prints LOGE BOXES, unpriced, in the club level ring at the north end, which is the end its map marks LIGHTNING ATTACK TWICE: the label fills the arc between club sections 207 and 210, behind promenade sections 108 and 109, and both that map and the arena's own 200 Level map leave 208 and 209 out of the club section numbering there. The suite ring outside it is unnumbered between suites 45 and 47. No official page prints a box number.
- Rows
- Not published; the arena describes private seating in front of an exclusive lounge
Only the arena states the inclusion, in one sentence; the team's page names the product and describes no food at all. That sentence is carried word for word from the arena's pre-rename page for the ConnectWise Loge, sponsor apart, so it is the operator's settled wording for the same room rather than new copy. Because no page names a drink, the alcohol tier is none and it is still to be confirmed with the venue. A re-check on Sep. 18, 2026 found no drink named on either site, no page of the loge's own on the arena's site, and no sponsorship release for the Upexi name.
Last checked Sep 18, 2026 · source
- Food
- All-inclusive tailgate style buffet
- Alcohol
- Beer & wine includedThe package includes a bar, served until the end of the second intermission; the page does not itemize the pours, while the two other group packages on the same page write 'bar (beer, wine, liquor)'
- Not included
- Spirits are not named as included
- Service ends
- Service until the end of the second intermission
- Applies to
- Lightning home games
- Sections
- 312The team's group page places the package's Terrace level seats in Section 312 and the buffet and bar behind Section 313. The arena's own 300 Level map prints both section numbers and labels neither space.
- Rows
- Not published
The team's group page is the only source; the arena does not mention the space. The smallest group it is sold to is 30, below the threshold at which a group-only package stops getting a record. The drink tier is the narrowest the wording supports, since the page names a bar but itemizes nothing.
Last checked Sep 18, 2026 · source
- Food
- Food and beverage, with a pre-stocked bar
- Alcohol
- Alcohol not includedThe page says food and beverage with a pre-stocked bar and names no pour; a bar listed among a space's contents is not recorded as included
- Service ends
- Not published
- Applies to
- Lightning home games
- Sections
- 318The team's group page places the alcove and its seats in section 318, on the Terrace level by the arena's level names. No map labels it.
- Rows
- A seated bar rail for 10 to 12 guests
The team's group page is the only source, and its one food line is four words long. Food and beverage are named as part of the package, so the record stands, but nothing says what is served or for how long, and the pre-stocked bar is read as the room's contents rather than as an included pour. A call would settle both.
Last checked Sep 18, 2026 · source
Premium at this arena that is not all-inclusive
Just as important as knowing what's included: these spaces are premium, but food and drink are paid separately.
- Executive Suites (private suite level, 22 tickets): customized catering options, purchased; per ticket price starting at $275
- Super Suites (private suite level, 30 tickets): customized catering options, purchased; per ticket price starting at $275
- Benchmark International Club Level seats (201–230): the arena states these do not include all-inclusive food and beverage or VIP parking unless the ticket is The Mark or an Ashley VIP Lounge ticket
- Ripa Rooftop (seats in section 219): an all-inclusive pregame buffet and bar for groups of 20 to 40, with nothing included once the game starts
- Michelob Ultra Sky Deck (terrace level): an open pregame destination for groups, where the Thunder Grill and the bars are purchased
Upcoming Lightning home games
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Jets @ Lightning
Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PM
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Wings @ Lightning
Tue, Nov 3 · 7:00 PM
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Blackhawks @ Lightning
Thu, Nov 5 · 7:00 PM
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Wings @ Lightning
Sat, Nov 14 · 7:00 PM
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