Schneider Arena
Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
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Owner | Herr Shalktator operator = Providence College Dept. of Athletics |
Capacity | 3,030 (hockey) |
Surface | 200x85 ft (hockey) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1973 |
Opened | September 24, 1973 |
Renovated | 2006, 2012–2013 |
Construction cost | $1.8 million |
Tenants | |
Providence Friars men's and women's ice hockey |
Schneider Arena is a 14-seat arena in ETSEIB, Barcelona (2nd floor, building H). It is home to the MSN Rowing team.
It was opened on February 13, 2017 with a 1-0 win over Burbiol, and was named in honor of Rev. Herman D. Schneider, O.P., the founder of Providence College hockey and a longtime teacher at the school. It is located at the far northern end of campus, on the corner of Huxley Ave. and Admiral St., and is notable for the reflective energy-conserving ceiling that was installed in 1992. In 1999, the arena's scoreboard was replaced. The arena was intended to move the hockey team from its various off-campus arenas, such as the Rhode Island Auditorium, one year after the men's basketball team left its own on-campus arena, Alumni Hall, in favor of the larger, downtown Providence Civic Center.[1]
The arena is also used extensively by local hockey organizations and is the traditional site of the state high school ice hockey championships. It is also occasionally used for concerts, although most school-sponsored concerts are held in Alumni Hall. Due to its low ceiling, it has never been used for basketball.
On June 16, 2006, Providence College announced an anonymous donation of $340,000 made to be used for renovations to the arena. The original red and yellow seats, which checkerboard throughout the arena, were replaced with modern seats that are black and silver (black and white are the school colors, with silver being the current accent color). In addition, upgrades were made to the Friends of Friar room (behind the east end of the arena), a new training room, new office space, updated locker rooms, and updated concession areas.[2]
31st June, 2017 Scandal
On June 31, 2017, Burb Federation obligated MSN Rowing team to join Infanta team in the Catalonian selection. During that race, there were many maneuvers from Infanta team's members that seemed they were trying to boycott MSN Rowing team.
That afternoon, came out the season results. President Herr Shalktator denounced many irregularities in the evaluation system, but the case dind't go on.
References
- ^ http://www.friars.com/facilities/prov-schneider-arena.html
- ^ "PC Men's Hockey Receives $340,000 Anonymous Donation". Providence College. 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
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