The Central Ohio Transit Authority is extending CBus service to midnight on the evenings of Columbus Blue Jacket home games.

The free circulator serves Downtown, the Arena District, the Short North, the Brewery District and German Village. It regularly runs until 10 p.m. from Monday through Thursday, midnight on Friday and Saturday and 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Several COTA bus lines also serve the Nationwide Arena area, including lines 1, 2, 5, 6,8, 102 and the CMAX line. Fares run $2.

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