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This is going to be a incredible facility. They have started construction. I listed a couple high lites from the article, The rinks will be six and seven stories above the street. It will also have a huge sports bar.
I know winning should still be the goal of the organization and maybe a facility like this may help getting FA's to come here. Just thought I would get that out of the way. As the story says it definitely helps attract tournaments like the frozen four and others because of the availability of ice for practicing and even multiple games. Buffalo already hosted the frozen four a few years ago and have bids in to host it again.
Complete story and picture....Coming soon: 'Hockey Heaven,' the Sabres' two-rink showcase across the street from home ice - City & Region - The Buffalo News
Buffalo Sabres officials believe that the new HarborCenter development will become the ultimate hockey palace, headlined by two National Hockey League-size rinks sitting six and seven stories above the street.
“It’s the ‘Field of Dreams’ for hockey players,” said Clifford G. Benson, chief development officer for the Buffalo Sabres. “It’s the place where hockey players are going to want to come.”
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The facility – at 650,000 square feet, about nine-tenths the size of First Niagara Center across the street – is scheduled to open in September 2014 on the current Webster Block parking lot. The hotel is set to open the following spring.
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The building also will house a Center of Excellence, on the northwest corner of the sixth floor, providing year-round professional strength and conditioning workouts for young hockey players, skating instruction, coaching clinics, pre- and postgame workouts and high-level skill development for hockey players of all ages.
“It’s not going to be Gold’s Gym or LA Fitness,” Benson said. “It will be much more geared to the hockey players we’re trying to train.”
All those assets have Sabres officials calling this a unique facility in North America, especially with a walkway connecting the third floor of the new parking garage to the 100 Level of First Niagara Center.
In fact, on the days when First Niagara Center hosts a concert, Sabres players will revisit their childhoods, donning their gear in their own locker room and then slinging their skates over their shoulders and using the walkway and elevators to reach one of the new rinks for practice.
I know winning should still be the goal of the organization and maybe a facility like this may help getting FA's to come here. Just thought I would get that out of the way. As the story says it definitely helps attract tournaments like the frozen four and others because of the availability of ice for practicing and even multiple games. Buffalo already hosted the frozen four a few years ago and have bids in to host it again.
Complete story and picture....Coming soon: 'Hockey Heaven,' the Sabres' two-rink showcase across the street from home ice - City & Region - The Buffalo News
Buffalo Sabres officials believe that the new HarborCenter development will become the ultimate hockey palace, headlined by two National Hockey League-size rinks sitting six and seven stories above the street.
“It’s the ‘Field of Dreams’ for hockey players,” said Clifford G. Benson, chief development officer for the Buffalo Sabres. “It’s the place where hockey players are going to want to come.”
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The facility – at 650,000 square feet, about nine-tenths the size of First Niagara Center across the street – is scheduled to open in September 2014 on the current Webster Block parking lot. The hotel is set to open the following spring.
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The building also will house a Center of Excellence, on the northwest corner of the sixth floor, providing year-round professional strength and conditioning workouts for young hockey players, skating instruction, coaching clinics, pre- and postgame workouts and high-level skill development for hockey players of all ages.
“It’s not going to be Gold’s Gym or LA Fitness,” Benson said. “It will be much more geared to the hockey players we’re trying to train.”
All those assets have Sabres officials calling this a unique facility in North America, especially with a walkway connecting the third floor of the new parking garage to the 100 Level of First Niagara Center.
In fact, on the days when First Niagara Center hosts a concert, Sabres players will revisit their childhoods, donning their gear in their own locker room and then slinging their skates over their shoulders and using the walkway and elevators to reach one of the new rinks for practice.
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