Last month, the UConn Board of Trustees approved a plan to build a new on-campus hockey rink up to Hockey East standards for the men’s hockey team. On Tuesday, the Hartford Courant released the finer details of the project.
The new rink is projected to open in fall 2021 at a cost of $45 million. That’s earlier than the initial timeline, which expected the build to take four years.
To pay for the arena, UConn will use a mix of private and public funds. The first $12.5 million will come from the school’s reserves and will be paid back by philanthropy, fundraising and money from the athletic department if the first two options fall short.