 Pegula Ice Arena in 2024. | |
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| Address | 250 University Drive University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 |
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| Coordinates | 40°48′26″N77°51′24″W / 40.80710°N 77.8568°W /40.80710; -77.8568 |
| Owner | Pennsylvania State University |
| Operator | Pennsylvania State University |
| Type | Indoor Arena |
| Genre(s) | Sporting Events |
| Capacity | 6,014 (Ice hockey) |
| Scoreboard | Center Hung |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 20, 2012[1] |
| Opened | 11 October 2013 (2013-10-11) (vs. Army) |
| Construction cost | $88 Million |
| Architect | Crawford Architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson |
| Project manager | Mortenson Construction[2] |
| Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
| Services engineer | KJWW Engineering |
| Tenants | |
| Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey (2013–present) Penn State Nittany Lions women's ice hockey (2013–present) | |
ThePegula Ice Arena is a 6,014-seat multi-purposearena inUniversity Park, Pennsylvania on the campus ofPenn State University. The facility is located on the corner of Curtin Road and University Drive near theBryce Jordan Center. The arena is named afterKim andTerry Pegula for their donations to fund the arena and it replaced the 1,350-seatPenn State Ice Pavilion.
The arena contains two ice surfaces. One, the Varsity Rink, is used for Penn State Hockey games and other main events. It has a capacity of 6,014. The other, the Community Rink, has a capacity of 300 and functions as a public ice rink for the community.[3]
On September 17, 2010 it was officially announced that the Penn State men's and women's ice hockey programs would move to theNCAADivision I level for the 2012-13 season. The teams competed in the existing 1,350-seatPenn State Ice Pavilion until the new arena was completed in the fall of 2013.[4]
On November 5, 2010 the Penn State Board of Trustees appointed Crawford Architects andBohlin Cywinski Jackson as the architects for the new arena. Crawford Architects has worked on projects in the US and internationally and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designed the Biobehavioral Health Building, currently under construction on the PSU campus.[5]
It was announced on January 21, 2011 that the arena would be named in honor ofKim andTerry Pegula whose $88 million donation helped fund the arena and the creation of men's and women's varsityice hockey programs.[6]
On February 15, 2011, it was announced that the main lobby of the arena would be named after the Silvis family, following a $1 million donation by Paul and Nancy Silvis.[7][8][9]
The arena opened on October 11, 2013 when thePSU men’s ice hockey team hostedArmy.[10]
Pegula Ice Arena is capable of hosting other on-ice events, including ice shows andNational Hockey League andAmerican Hockey League exhibition games.[11] The first NHL exhibition game at the arena, featuring Pegula'sBuffalo Sabres hosting theMinnesota Wild, took place in September 2016, seeing the Minnesota Wild score the game-winning goal with less than 5 seconds in regulation for a 2-1 win.[12] The Sabres would return to the arena for a preseason game in 2017.[13] The main ice arena features a main competition ice arena with seating for about 6,000 spectators. The facility also includes a practice rink, offices, locker rooms and player areas. The facility was entirely privately funded as part of the $88 million gift, the largest in the university's history, to advance the men's and women's ice hockey programs to the NCAA Division I level and provide a suitable facility for that move.[11]
On January 25, 2025, the Arena reached its record capacity of 6,604 during Penn State’s 3-2 overtime win against Ohio State.
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