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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…
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Black Bear Sports Group Buys Skylands Ice World, 4th Arena Complex in New Jersey
Continuing its New Jersey acquisition spree, Black Bear Sports Group announced that it has purchased Skylands Ice World, a two-sheet ice arena complex in Stockholm, New Jersey. This represents Black Bear’s fourth facility in New Jersey acquired within the last two years. It is difficult to gauge the effect that Black Bear’s activity in New…
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Black Bear Sports Group Acquires Aspen Ice Arena in Randolph, New Jersey
Black Bear Sports Group, a private equity investment group that has been purchasing established indoor ice facilities primarily in the Northeastern United States, announced Friday that an affiliate had acquired Aspen Ice Arena in Randolph, New Jersey. Aspen Ice is the company’s third acquisition in New Jersey. Previous acquisitions in the area include: Jersey Shore…
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RinkAtlas Guide to the 2019 NCAA Frozen Four in Buffalo
The NCAA Men’s Division I Ice Hockey Tournament Frozen Four take place on April 11 and 13 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The KeyBank Center opened September 21, 1996 and is the home of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. It seats 18,690 people for ice hockey. There are 80 luxury…
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RinkAtlas Guide to NCAA Regional Tournament Sites
The NCAA Men’s Division I Ice Hockey Tournament Regional Playoffs take place on March 29, 30, and 31 at four arenas across the country. Here is a guide to those arenas: Northeast Region SNHU Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire SNHU Arena is an arena that opened in November 2001 located in Manchester, New Hampshire. It seats 9,852…
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Black Bear Sports Group Acquires Revolution Ice Gardens Arena Complex in Warwick, PA
Black Bear Sports Group acquires the Revolution Ice Gardens hockey arena complex in Warwick, Pennsylvania. Warwick is in Lower Bucks County, about 25 miles / 40 kilometers north of Center City Philadelphia. (“Center City” is a term Philadelphians use for “Downtown”.) Phil and Devra Pulley, the previous owners of Revolution Ice Gardens announced the sale on March 1.…
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RinkAtlas Research into Closed Arenas in Southern California
Over the years, the Southern California area has experienced tremendous turnover as old single-sheet ice arenas have opened and closed in many different locations. Our goal at RinkAtlas is to document all of the places where ice hockey is being and has been played throughout North America. We have a project to document all of…
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Dave Aiello from RinkAtlas Appears on Stick In Rink Podcast
On December 8, RinkAtlas founder Dave Aiello was interviewed by Isha Jahromi of the Stick In Rink Podcast. This podcast is based in Victoria, BC and focuses on the NHL and Junior Hockey with attention to hockey in the British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. In this 10 minute interview, Dave and Isha discuss RinkAtlas features…
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RinkAtlas Research into Closed Arenas in the Philadelphia Area
RinkAtlas is doing research into closed arenas in the Philadelphia area. Over the years, the Philadelphia area has experienced tremendous turnover as old single-sheet ice arenas have closed and multi-sheet arenas have opened to replace them. Our goal at RinkAtlas is to document all of the places where ice hockey is being and has been…
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New Page for Arena Photos from Outside of North America
We’re pleased to announce a new page called Arena Photos from Outside of North America. This is where we will keep photos that contributors send us of arenas that don’t currently exist in the RinkAtlas arena directory. The first two photos on this page are from The SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They were taken…