Location |
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio, United States |
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Coordinates | 41°22′44″N 83°37′40″W / 41.378958°N 83.627801°WCoordinates: 41°22′44″N 83°37′40″W / 41.378958°N 83.627801°W |
Owner | Bowling Green State University |
Operator | Bowling Green State University |
Capacity | 5,000 (ice hockey) |
Surface | 200' x 85' (ice hockey) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | Spring, 1965 |
Opened | February 25, 1967 |
Construction cost | $1.8 million |
Architect | Buegher & Stowe, Toledo, Ohio |
Tenants | |
Bowling Green Falcons (ice 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 WCHA. 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.
The BGSU Ice Arena was home to the Bowling Green Curling Club for 48 years (1968-2016). In the spring of 2016, the Club began a move to a dedicated curling facility.