{"id":799,"date":"2020-10-04T09:19:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T13:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/blog\/?p=799"},"modified":"2020-10-04T09:19:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T13:19:39","slug":"wake-competition-center-new-practice-home-of-the-carolina-hurricanes-opened-in-early-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/wake-competition-center-new-practice-home-of-the-carolina-hurricanes-opened-in-early-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake Competition Center, New Practice Home of the Carolina Hurricanes, Opened in Early August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 7,\u00a0<strong>WTVD<\/strong> reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/abc11.com\/carolina-hurricanes-canes-new-practice-facility-wake-competition-center\/6359830\/\">The Wake Competition Center opened<\/a>. 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When we can get past it, we have this facility that is here and ready to accommodate everything that we did in the past.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>RinkAtlas Arena Directory Update<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/rinks\/4689\">Wake Competition Center<\/a> in Morrisville, NC is added as the 4,689th facility in the RinkAtlas arena directory.<\/li>\n<li>According to our research, the WCC is the 23rd arena in North Carolina where hockey can be played.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 7,\u00a0WTVD reported that The Wake Competition Center opened. It is a multi-sport facility with two 200-by-85 foot ice sheets that was designed to be the primary practice facility for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. The report characterized the opening as &#8220;low-key, thanks to the pandemic&#8221;. 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