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Pegula - Project Book Idea
Pegula - Project Book Idea
Results
On September 17, 2010, after years of speculation,it was officially announced the program would
move to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level along with the PSU
womens ice hockey team starting in the 2012-13 season and the program would initially compete
as an independent team until the new arena was completed in 2013.The university also announced
the construction of a new 6,000-seat ice arena to replace the undersized and aging 1,350-seat Penn
State Ice Pavilion.
Following the announcement by Penn State, the Big Ten Conference announced that the conference
planned to begin sponsoring mens ice hockey in the 2013-14 season combining Penn State with
Michigan State University, University of Michigan, and Ohio State University from the CCHA as well
as the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin from the WCHA to form the sixmember Big Ten Hockey Conference.
Feasibility Study
Team
Pegula
This dream would not have been possible without the wonderful help of Penn State and Terry and Kim
Pegula for their vision and generosity as well as the following key players of Team Pegula:
Joe Battista; Cliff Benson; Lisa Berkey; Marv Bevan, Jr.; Mark Bodenschatz; Josh Brandwene; Joe Corvaia;
Marc Farha; Guy Gadowsky; David Gray; Stacey Jones; Dave Joyner; Allen Kachel; Rick Kaluza; Al Karosas;
Morris Kurtz; Bill Loose; David Murphy; Denny Smith; Ford Stryker; Gordon Turow; Tom Venturino; Chris
Whittemore; and Dave Zenghut.
Wed also like to extend a sincere thank you to all the team members for their hard work and dedication:
Owners Representative
ICON Venue Group
Architect
Crawford Architects
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Terry Pegula, who along with his wife, Kim, donated $88 million to the University to fund the
arena, helped to make this arena come to life.
The journey began as a question from me [back in 2005], and an answer from [associate
athletic director] Joe Battista, when I asked him why there werent Division I hockey programs,
and he informed me of state budgets and all this stuff, and thats when it started, Pegula said.
Pegula finalized the gift in 2010, and construction finally began on the project early in 2012, with
the completition and opening in the Fall of 2013.
Design Team
Thornton Thomasetti
KJWW Engineering Consultants
Sweetland Engineering
Lager Raabe Skafte Landscape
Architects
S2O Consultants, Inc.
Henderson Engineering Inc
DSM & Associated, LLC
Gibbens Drake Scott, Inc.
Knoll Security Group
Mortenson Construction Company
Contractors
11400, Inc.
Forty Nine Degrees
ANC Sports Enterprises
An Inside Look at
Pegula Ice Arena...
The Perfect Fit for a Division I Team!
The 227,000 SF facility includes a 6,000 seat main arena and a second rink with 300 seats for
practice and tournament use. New lockers rooms, weight room, offices and training spaces will
be the home of the mens and womens ice hockey teams. The second ice sheet will be operated
nearly 24 hours a day to provide use by community leagues, figure skaters and youth hockey
leagues. A club lounge and meeting rooms are situated to take advantage of views of nearby Mt.
Nittany.
Building
Information
Modeling
Take a look inside a 3D Stereoscopic Model
of Pegula Ice Arena at the Applied Research
Laboratory on the University Park campus.
The Cave
We want a buidling, that when its finished, you look at it and go,
Well that cant belong anywhere else but Penn State
~David Murphy, Crawford Architects
Building a Dream
Excavation and
blasting began to
get the site down
to the elevation
of the event level
of the arena.
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
Exterior:
Seating Bowl,
Championship Ice
Concourse
Student
Athletes
Revenue
Generation
Welcome to
Hockey Valley!
The Newstand
Statement talking about where we have
been placed in print as well as on the
news.
The Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, PA is the new home of Penn State Varsity Hockey and is owned
and operated by The Pennsylvania State University. Following six years of panning, collaboration, and
design, the team broke ground in February of 2012. Nineteen months later, Tery and Kim Pegulas
vision became a reality as the building was completed in September of 2013.
The state of the art Facility seats 6000 spectators and features a 1000 seat student section, a closed
concourse, two ice surfaces (a main rink and a community rink), an interactive history of Penn State
Hockey, as well as cutting edge media and broadcasting facilities.
The fantastic sight lines, family friendly atmosphere, and focus of the fan experience are guarenteed to
impact the community for generations to come.
13
14
INAUGURAL SEASON
DID
YOU
KNOW?
Building Pegula
32,000 cubic yards of rock
blasting
450,000
equal to
one person working
216
years
during construction
1,000,000
it would take
26
12 times
34,000,000
equal to
3,000 average male elephants
1,600
equal to
546
Zambonis