Category: Arena News
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Atlantic District Launches “Let Hockey Play” Lobbying Effort to Lift Restrictions on Ice Rinks
The Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association, the USA Hockey affiliate for New Jersey, Delaware, and Eastern Pennsylvania, has begun the Let Hockey Play initiative to lobby state governors and legislators in their area. The goals of Let Hockey Play are to: allow hockey games to occur following the plan submitted by the Atlantic District to the…
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Federal Judge Rules Unconstitutional Several Executive Orders from PA Governor Wolf, Hockey Arenas May Benefit
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported on Monday that a federal judge in Pittsburgh ruled that orders issued by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf restricting the size of gatherings and closing nonessential businesses to protect against the spread of covid-19 were unconstitutional. According to the article: “U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV wrote in his 66-page opinion…
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Public Health Identifies COVID-19 Cluster Linked to Middletown Sports Complex in NJ
The Journal Publications reports that The Middletown Township Department of Health and Social Services identified a COVID-19 cluster linked to Middletown Sports Complex. Middletown Sports Complex is located in Middletown, New Jersey and has two 200 x 85-foot ice surfaces. It’s the home of the New Jersey Junior Titans NA3HL Junior and Tier I and…
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Comcast Spectacor Selling Flyers SkateZones in Northeast Philly, Pennsauken, and Atlantic City to Black Bear Sports Group
Comcast Spectacor is selling three of its four Flyers SkateZone arena complexes in the Philadelphia area to Black Bear Sports Group. This is according to a report in Philadelphia Business Journal. The three arena complexes in Northeast Philadelphia (two ice surfaces), Pennsauken New Jersey (two ice surfaces), and Atlantic City (one ice surface), represent a…
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Midwest Derecho Causes Severe Damage to Two USHL Arenas
A derecho that swept through Iowa on Monday, August 10, 2020 severely damaged USHL arenas in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. A derecho is a widespread, long-lived windstorm where wind moves in straight lines. Buccaneer Arena in Urbandale In Urbandale, a suburb northwest of the Iowa state capital of Des Moines, the roof of Buccaneer…
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Bristol Borough Council Negotiating to Sell Grundy Ice Arena to Black Bear Sports Group for $4 Million
RinkAtlas has learned that the Bristol Pennsylvania Borough Council met in its regular council meeting last night and discussed the proposed sale of Grundy Ice Arena to Black Bear Sports Group, Inc. for $4 Million. The discussion took place in the council meeting shown on YouTube below. (The discussion of the proposed deal begins 14…
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Black Bear Sports Group Acquired Patriot Ice Center in Newark, Delaware
Black Bear Sports Group acquired Patriot Ice Center in Newark, Delaware for an undisclosed amount. Patriot Ice Center is one of three privately-owned hockey arenas in Delaware. It was previously known as The Pond. This two-surface arena complex is home to The Delaware Ducks, a Tier-2 Youth Hockey Club that is a member of the Delaware Valley…
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The Crossover in Austin is the Hottest Arena Development in North America
The Crossover, a new arena complex in Cedar Park, Texas scheduled to open in June 2020, is the hottest hockey arena development in North America. This complex will include: two NHL-sized sheets of ice, indoor and outdoor synthetic turf sports fields, a physical therapy / athletic training facility, with space for medical offices, a video…
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How We Find Arenas on the Frontiers of Hockey in 2020
The RinkAtlas arena database has about 4,700 indoor arenas, pavilions, park rinks, and similar ice skating facilities located throughout North America. I’ve been building RinkAtlas since 2006. One of the things that I feel sets RinkAtlas apart is the quest to find arenas on the frontiers of hockey. Many of these places are located in…
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Black Bear Sports Group Acquires the Igloo at Mount Laurel, Their Fifth Acquisition in New Jersey
On Friday, Black Bear Sports Group, a private equity firm that specializes in ice arena investments, purchased the Igloo at Mount Laurel. The Igloo is a two-sheet ice arena in Mount Laurel, New Jersey in Burlington County. This represents the fifth arena complex in New Jersey that Black Bear has purchased since January 2018: Ice Land…