Bemidji, home of Bemidji State the proposed arena for the university's Beavers will be off campus, on the undeveloped south shore of Lake Bemidji. It will be part of a regional events center expected to stimulate economic development. State dollars for the project: $20 million.
Duluth, home of the University of Minnesota Duluth. The Bulldogs play in the WCHA's oldest arena, the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center. The first green or environmentally friendly arena anywhere will be built beside the DECC. State dollars: $38 million.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Picture of the Bemidji regional events center
Gopher hockey beat writer Roman Augustoviz has a picture posted of the new Bemidji regional events center and also discusses the BSU and UMD arena. Maybe we can get a UMD fan to come up with a new picture or plans for the UMD arena.
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Here is the "official" site of the project, with more PIX.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bemidjievents.com/plans.html
There is an artist rendering of the UMD renovation here:
http://www.umdbulldogs.com/facilities/
Here are some "real" PICS from Duluth.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.minnhock.com/heritage.html