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The first recreation facility on campus, IMPE (Intramural Physical Education building), was opened in 1971. [1] According to the university, Activities and Recreation Center is "one of the country's largest on-campus recreation centers". [4] In 2008, after IMPE was renovated and reconstructed, its name was changed to ARC. [5]
The arena features a non-standard sized ice sheet approximately 197 by 115 feet (60 by 35 m). By comparison, an NHL regulation sheet is 200 ft x 85 ft and Olympic regulation ice sheets are 200 ft x 100 ft. The arena is used for ice hockey, figure skating, short track speed skating, open skating, and local youth and high school hockey.
Kenney Gym (1905–1925) located on the campus of the University of Illinois and is named after Harold E. (Hek) Kenney. The arena opened in 1890 and was originally known as the Men's Gym Annex. Huff Hall (1925–1963) opened in 1925 and was known as Huff Gymnasium until the 1990s. It is named after George Huff, who was the school's athletic ...
The Campus Recreation Center – East (CRCE) is east of Freer Hall on the Gregory Drive. The facility was open in Spring 2005 and has 110,000 square feet (10,000 m 2 ) of activity space with an aquatic center, racquetball courts, gymnasium and a 3-lane indoor track.
Organized ice hockey came to Illinois in the 1930s and played its first official season in 1937 as an independent NCAA team. [7] The first head coach was Ray Eliot, who coached the Fightin' Illini from 1937 to 1939. [7] The team went winless in the 1937–38 season, going 0–4 before winning their first game in the following season. [7]
The University of Illinois Ice Arena is home to the university's club college ice hockey team competing at the ACHA Division I level and is also available for recreational use through the Division of Campus Recreation. It was built in 1931 and designed by Chicago architecture firm Holabird and Root, the same firm that designed the University of ...
Kenney Gym Annex is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena. Kenney Gym is the practice facility for the Fighting Illini men's and women's gymnastics teams. The buildings are also used by University Laboratory High School in Urbana , located two blocks east of Kenney Gym on Springfield Avenue, as their gym for high school volleyball and basketball ...
Huff Hall is a 4,050-seat multi-purpose arena in Champaign, Illinois, United States. The arena opened in 1925 and was known as Huff Gymnasium until the 1990s. It is named after George Huff, who was the school's athletic director from 1895 to 1935. Huff Hall is home to the University of Illinois Fighting Illini volleyball and wrestling teams.