BGSU Ice Arena

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = BGSU Ice Arena| nickname =


location = Bowling Green State U.
Bowling Green, OH
broke_ground = Spring, 1965
opened = February 25, 1967
closed =
demolished =
owner = Bowling Green State U.
operator = Bowling Green State U.
surface = 200' x 85'(hockey)
construction_cost= $1.8 million
architect = Buegher & Stowe, Toledo, OH
former_names = | tenants =Bowling Green Falcons
(ice hockey)
seating_capacity = 5,000 (hockey)

The Bowling Green State University Ice Arena is a 5,000-seat hockey arena in Bowling Green, Ohio. It is home to the BGSU Falcons ice hockey team of the CCHA. It was built from 1965 to 1967 for a cost of $1.8 million and opened in February 1967. The arena originally had seating for 2,863 until 1989 when it was expanded to its current size of 5,000.

In addition to the main ice sheet, the arena also houses a 80’ X 40’ Studio Ice sheet for figure skating and learn-to-skate programs on the East side of the arena; and a 57' X 150' Curling Ice Sheet on the South end of the building.

Ice Hockey

* Bowling Green State University's DI NCAA competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association(CCHA). The team began in 1969 and played in the MCHA for the first two seasons before joining the CCHA as a charter member for the 1971-72 season.
* BGSU Club Hockey Team- DII ACHA/ GLIHA
* BGSU Women's Club Hockey Team- Ind.
* BGHS Varsity and JV teams-
* BGSU Intramural hockey
* Bowling Green Youth Hockey Association

Figure Skating

* BGSU Synchronized Skating Team
* Bowling Green Figure Skating Club
* other individual skating programs and competitions

Curling

The BGSU Ice Arena also houses a Curling Ice Sheet which is home to the BGSU Curling Club, who compete in College Curling USA and the public Bowling Green City Curling Club.

External links

* [http://bgsufalcons.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/bgu-m-hockey-body.html BGSU Ice Hockey]
* [http://www.bgclubhockey.com/ BGSU Men's Club Ice Hockey]
* [http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/recsports/ice/page36718.html BGSU Curling Club]
* [http://www.aroundbg.com/sites/curling/ Bowling Green Curling Club]
* [http://www.bgyouthhockey.org/ Bowling Green Youth Hockey Association]