TD Bank Sports Center

TD Bank Sports Center
TD Banknorth Sports Center in February 2007
Former names TD Banknorth Sports Center (2007-2009)
Location 305 Sherman Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518
Coordinates 41°24′50″N 72°54′40″W / 41.413833°N 72.911157°W / 41.413833; -72.911157Coordinates: 41°24′50″N 72°54′40″W / 41.413833°N 72.911157°W / 41.413833; -72.911157
Owner Quinnipiac University
Operator Quinnipiac University
Capacity 3,570 (Basketball)
3,386 (Ice Hockey)
Surface Multi-surface (200 x 85 ft for hockey)
Construction
Broke ground October 7, 2004[1]
Opened January 27, 2007
Construction cost $52 million
($59.3 million in 2016 dollars[2])
Architect Centerbrook Architects and Planners
Structural engineer Gilsanz Murray Steficek[3]
Services engineer R.G. Vanderweil Engineers, LLP[4]
General contractor Dimeo Construction
Tenants
Quinnipiac Bobcats

TD Bank Sports Center, known as the TD Banknorth Sports Center from its opening until it reflected a corporate name change in September 2009, is a multi-purpose arena in Hamden, Connecticut. Its design is unusual in that it consists of two separate playing and seating areas, one intended for basketball and one intended for ice hockey, joined together within a common facility. It seats 3,570 for basketball and 3,386 for hockey. Officially, the hockey side is known as the High Point Solutions Arena at the TD Bank Sports Center.

Dartmouth vs. Quinnipiac men's action on the hockey side, February 2007. Quinnipiac student section is on right.

The center opened on January 27, 2007, and is home to the Quinnipiac University men's and women's basketball and men's and women's ice hockey teams. It replaced Burt Kahn Court for the basketball team and the Northford Ice Pavilion for ice hockey. It is located on Quinnipiac's York Hill Campus and is part of a large expansion project for that campus.[5] Shuttle buses transport teams, students, and employees from the main campus to the arena. In 2014, new high-definition scoreboards built by ANC Sports replaced the original boards in both the ice hockey and basketball facilities.

Basketball facility in the TD Bank Sports Center

The center cost $52 million to build.[5] Its creation is part of an ambitious plan by Quinnipiac to improve its drawing power for student athletes.[5]

It hosted the 2010 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament finals and the 2014 women's Frozen Four ice hockey tournament.

See also

References

  1. http://www.uscho.com/2004/11/02/between-the-lines-nov-2-2004/
  2. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  3. "Quinnipiac University - Sherman Avenue Athletic Complex". Gilsanz Murray Steficek. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  4. "Quinnipiac University, TD Banknorth Sports Center & Recreation Center". R.G. Vanderweil Engineers, LLP. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Weinreb, Michael (December 26, 2007). "New Quinnipiac Coach Is Expected to Build a Winner". The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2009.

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