Lifted from the newest Bentley thread, posted by The Top Shelf;
The Bentley student newspaper, The Vanguard has some good details on the proposed new arena, including renderings.
https://issuu.com/bentleyvanguardonl...full_newspaper
Lifted from the newest Bentley thread, posted by The Top Shelf;
The Bentley student newspaper, The Vanguard has some good details on the proposed new arena, including renderings.
https://issuu.com/bentleyvanguardonl...full_newspaper
Last edited by schiegs; 04-12-2016 at 12:57 PM.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/c...w_hockey_arena
An update from the Herald
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I heard though the grapevine at Fenway Sox game on Tuesday night that the town of Waltham's main concern when presented the ice arena plans was traffic and parking, so perhaps the 50-year flood plain is no longer a problem, given a footprint where the tennis courts are now located adjacent to Beaver Street. There is a multi-deck parking garage within 100 meters of the tennis courts, but I am not sure whether another level could be added to the deck, if necessary. My understanding is that the Bentley BOT meets later this month, when my guess is the arena will be discussed yet again.
It's official. BOT voted to build the arena. Groundbreaking this fall, opening game January of '18.
Precisely. The "Be Best" campaign is in the quiet phase right now, and will go public after the Centennial year ends in late 2017/early 2018. $100 million, with $10 million for the arena. The remaining $35 million will come from bond proceeds.
$45 million
3000+ seating, 2500 for hockey
Lots of glass around the exterior
Two large beacons along the Beaver St side
Similar configuration to Bright
No suites, but a function facility overlooking one end
The blueprints of the arena had a large section titled "Future Women's Program."
Interesting timing ... can't help but think they're also possibly posturing for the soon-to-be-vacant HE slot.
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Wouldn't a capacity of 2,500 for hockey be too small for Hockey East? I know when UConn joined HE one of the problems with their on campus rink was that it was too small to host HE conference games. According to this article UConn's rink, which seats 2,000, seats "less than half of that required for a Hockey East school to host conference games."
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As long as Merrimack remains a part of Hockey East, it leaves the door open for all kinds of otherwise seemingly unrealistic possibilities to fill the opening soon to be left by NICC. It's not like Providence's building is exactly up to standards capacity-wise, for that matter. I'm not holding my breath for Bentley getting into HE anytime soon, but the new building and the gradual uptick of them scheduling NC games against HE teams is certainly sending a strong signal from the corner of Beaver & Forest.![]()
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Jayson Argue stopped 89 of 92 shots that weekend; Derrick Roy only faced 11 shots on the Friday game at Matthews and let three by Andrew Gladiuk go in. Kevin Roy picked up one assist on the weekend, but Max French was still on the shelf for the beginning of the season. Definitely the high point of the season for the Falcons.
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