Central Peninsula Sports Center
| Location | 538 Arena Drive Soldotna, Alaska 99669 |
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| Owner | The City of Soldotna |
| Operator | The City of Soldotna Parks and Rec. Dept. |
| Capacity | 2,000 (Ice Hockey) |
| Surface | 200' x 100' (Ice Hockey) |
| Opened | 1983 |
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Kenai River Brown Bears (NAHL) (2007–2017) Peninsula Chinooks (Junior B Hockey) (1998–2000) Peninsula Hellfighters (Junior B Hockey) (1997) |
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The Soldotna Regional Sports Complex (also referred to as the Soldotna Sports Center) is a 2,000-seat multipurpose arena located in Soldotna, Alaska. The arena opened in 1983. In the winter months, the facility is home to several central Kenai Peninsula high school hockey teams, fighting competitions and the soldotna figure skating team.while in the summer the facility hosts numerous local home builders, sports recreation and trading, car, and snowmachine shows, among other events.
The facility contains an Olympic-sized ice sheet, a 350-seat conference room, a first aid room, racquetball courts, locker room facilities, ice-resurfacing capabilities, an ADA-accessible seating platform, and a snack bar. The Sports Center also houses offices for the City of Soldotna's Parks and Recreation Department. From 2007 to 2017, it was the home of the Kenai River Brown Bears of the North American Hockey League.
The building's inaugural event in the fall of 1983 featured an exhibition hockey contest showcasing the United States and Russian national hockey teams. Since 1983, the Sports Center has played host to several other sporting events, including Harlem Globetrotters and Anchorage Aces games.
Usually billed as "The Showdown in So-Town," The University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves Division I men's hockey team have played a pair of recent exhibition contests in front of SRO crowds at the Regional Sports Complex – once in 2004 against Grant MacEwan College (where UAA won 5-1), and again in 2006 against the University of Western Ontario (where UWO won 3-1).
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