HarborCenter
| HARBORCENTER | |
|---|---|
HarborCenter, December 2015
|
|
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Stadium, Commercial, Hotel |
| Architectural style | Postmodern architecture |
| Location | 100 Washington St, Buffalo, New York, USA |
| Coordinates | 42°52′36″N 78°52′36″W / 42.87664°N 78.876686°WCoordinates: 42°52′36″N 78°52′36″W / 42.87664°N 78.876686°W |
| Construction started | March 1, 2013 |
| Completed | October/November 2014 (Restaurants/Rinks/Training Facility) August 2015 (hotel) |
| Opening | October 31, 2014 / November 6, 2014 |
| Cost | US$ 172.2 million (est) |
| Owner | Pegula Sports and Entertainment |
| Management | Buffalo Sabres |
| Height | |
| Roof | 240 ft (73 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 20 |
| Floor area | 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Populous |
| Developer | HarborCenter Development, LLC |
| Main contractor | Mortenson Construction |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | Hotel: 205 rooms |
| Parking | 750 spaces |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
| KeyBank Rink at HARBORCENTER (Rink 1) New Wave Energy Rink at HARBORCENTER (Rink 2) |
|
 |
|
| Location | 7th Floor |
|---|---|
| Public transit | NFTA Metro Rail (Erie Canal Harbor) |
| Owner | Pegula Sports and Entertainment |
| Operator | Buffalo Sabres |
| Capacity | 1,800 (Rink 1) 150 (Rink 2) |
| Surface | 200' x 85' (Rinks 1 and 2) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 1, 2013 |
| Opened | October 31, 2014 |
| Tenants | |
|
Canisius Golden Griffins (NCAA) (2014–present) Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL) (2014–present) Buffalo Beauts (NWHL) (2015–present) Erie Kats (NJCAA) Buffalo Sabres (practice facility) |
|
HARBORCENTER is a hockey-themed mixed-use development in Buffalo, New York. The building occupies a full 1.7 acre city block formerly known as the Webster Block, directly across from and connected to the KeyBank Center and Canalside. The building is also located near the southern terminus of the Erie Canal Harbor (Metro Rail) station. The building is part of an overall effort to improve the Buffalo Waterfront.
The beginning concept for the building, specifically the dual ice rinks and parking garage combo came after Buffalo Sabres chief development officer Cliff Benson led a group of team officials to Washington, D.C. to view the Washington Capitals practice facility, the Kettler Capitals Iceplex. The complex, which is built on top of a parking garage, has seating for 1,200, a training center, proshop, and is home to many area teams. This trip helped the group form their ideas. Originally just planned to be two hockey rinks on top of a parking garage, the hotel and restaurant concepts were later added to the plan by Terry Pegula's wife, Kim Pegula.
Construction of the 20-story HarborCenter began in March 2013, the same month the Webster Block was purchased from the City of Buffalo for $2.2 million. The building was built by Mortenson Construction with ICON Venue Group serving as the project manager. The building's hockey rink portion topped out on June 25, 2014, as the last structural beam for the hotel was put into place. Building construction was completed on the whole building in August 2015. The rinks and restaurants opened on October 31 and November 6, 2014. The hotel opened on August 27, 2015.
HARBORCENTER was financed by Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula. The building contains indoor parking for 750 vehicles, and features two NHL regulation indoor ice rinks on the building's sixth floor, one with an 1,800-seat capacity and the other with a 150-seat capacity. IMPACT Sports Performance owned by the Pegulas operates HARBORCENTER's 5,000 square foot, high performance off-ice training facility located on the building's 6th floor. The building also contains a classroom and RapidShot Hockey Training System.
...
Wikipedia