The UConn Board of Trustees has officially approved the school’s new $70 million on-campus hockey arena. Construction on the project should begin in late May with completion expected by fall 2022, according to the school.
“We’re excited for UConn and its hockey programs. This new facility will give them a state-of-the-art arena to practice and play in,” Hockey East Association Commissioner Steve Metcalf told UConn Today.
The arena will seat 2,600 — 80 percent of which will be seatbacks. It will also include new locker rooms for the men’s and women’s hockey teams, coaches, and visitors, along with coaches’ offices, a weight room, training/hydrotherapy rooms, a press box, a dining area, an ice plant, and other support spaces.