BGSU Ice Arena

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BGSU Ice Arena
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Location Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
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Owner Bowling Green State University
Operator Bowling Green State University
Capacity 5,000 (ice hockey)
Surface 200' x 85' (ice hockey)
Construction
Broke ground Spring, 1965
Opened February 25, 1967
Construction cost $1.8 million
Architect Buegher & Stowe, Toledo, Ohio
Tenants
Bowling Green Falcons
(ice hockey)

The Bowling Green State University Ice Arena is a 5,000-seat hockey arena in Bowling Green, Ohio. It is home to the BGSU Falcons ice hockey team of the WCHA. It was built from 1965 to 1967 for a cost of $1.8 million and opened in February 1967.[1] The arena originally had seating for 2,863 until 1989 when it was expanded to its current size of 5,000.[2]

Ice hockey

  • Bowling Green State University's NCAA Division I men's team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The team began in 1969 and played in the MCHA for the first two seasons before joining the CCHA as a charter member for the 1971-72 season.
  • BGSU men's club team- ACHA Division II/GLIHA
  • BGSU women's club team (independent)
  • Bowling Green High School varsity and junior varsity teams
  • BGSU intramural broomball, curling, and hockey
  • Bowling Green Youth Hockey Association

Figure skating

  • BGSU Synchronized Skating Team
  • Bowling Green Figure Skating Club
  • Other individual skating programs and competitions[3]
  • Future skating greats who learned how to skate at the BGSU Ice Arena: Scott Hamilton, Alissa Czisny.[citation needed]

Curling

The BGSU Ice Arena used to house a Curling Ice Sheet. It is now a skating rink but is still used by the BGSU Curling Club, who compete in College Curling USA, the public, and the Bowling Green Curling Club.

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References

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