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In 2006, the city of Rockford, along with Winnebago County, announced plans to issue $23 million in bonds to fund a massive renovation of the Arena. [10] Key to the plan was an agreement with the Chicago Blackhawks to put an American Hockey League (AHL) team in Rockford for the next 10 years.
Darien Sportsplex Ice Arena is an arena and recreational sport facility in Darien, Illinois, United States. It features three NHL size sheets of ice for hockey , figure skating , and open skating. The facility also has a full-size indoor field house, a meeting room, an ice hockey Pro Shop, a concession stand, and a hockey training center.
Canlan Ice Sports Arena is a multi-sport facility in Romeoville, Illinois. Their indoor rinks cans be used for ice hockey and figure skating The facility is located 45 miles west of Chicago . In 2013, the arena became home to the Kane County Dawgs of the Continental Indoor Football League .
The franchise was later renamed the Cincinnati RailRaiders, but failed to reach a goal of 2,000 season tickets to re-enter the AHL for the 2006–07 season. On March 19, 2007, the AHL announced that the team had been purchased and relocated to Rockford to become the present-day Rockford IceHogs.
The ice rink is a popular people watching location during the winter months; [4] [5] [31] many view events at the McCormick Tribune Plaza from AT&T Plaza, above and to the east. [45] The ice skating rink has become so popular that when the weather was too warm for the rink's opening in November 2005, the story became international news. [46]
Minni’s Ice Cream Parlor opened Oct. 21 at 211 Elm St., kitty-corner from the BMO Center. The shop offers 28 flavors of hand-scooped ice cream, chocolate and vanilla soft serve, pizza by the ...
The Chicago Steel moved to the Fox Valley Ice Arena in 2015, having previously played at the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Illinois since their inception in 2000. They added several new features to the rink, including a new scoreboard in the main NHL rink, new will call area, and renovated the back of the rink with office facilities, etc. Prior to the renovation of the rink, it was used for ...
[3] [4] The Nelson center is also home to several local high school ice hockey teams, [5] and is used by local figure skating clubs, youth, and adult recreational ice hockey leagues, as well as public skating. The Nelson Center was opened with one ice rink in the early 1970s. [6] The second rink was opened in 2002. [7]