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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 2917157, member: 549"] [URL="https://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-sp-uconn-hockey-arena-column-20181114-story.html"]Mike Anthony: Guess what? UConn's plans for on-campus hockey rink are more than adequate[/URL] >>Plans for the Storrs building have changed, slightly. The amount approved for the project is up to $56 million, and 2,500 seats is a minimum. Maybe the new arena actually will have 2,750 seats. And, for sure, there will be several hundred standing-room-only tickets for sale, pushing capacity well over 3,000. The building is being constructed in a way that will allow for future expansion.<< >>What the Huskies do not have is a practice facility, and that, first and foremost, is what this project is about. For six years now, Cavanaugh has recruited while having to essentially hide what his program is working with. Freitas Ice Forum is a logistical nightmare where 52 players (26 men, 26 women) stretch in the lobby and are tended to in a training room that can comfortably hold three. It’s a joke, one that will finally end in year nine or 10 of Cavanaugh’s tenure. Few have suggested UConn didn’t need a facility upgrade or an on-campus arena. The concerns aren’t even with gameday atmosphere, which will be vibrant. They have to do with tickets available and, to a lesser extent, actual seatbacks. There is a plan for 500 seatbacks, the rest bleachers, and UConn is expected to explore tweaking plans so all the seats between the blue lines are seatbacks. That is necessary.<< [/QUOTE]

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