Schwan Super Rink
| The Super Rink | |
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| Location |
National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota |
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| Owner | National Sports Center |
| Operator | National Sports Center |
| Capacity | 1,000 (hockey) |
| Surface | Rinks #1–4: 200×98 ft Rinks #5–8: 200x85 ft |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1998 |
| Expanded | 2006 |
| Architect | Rozeboom Miller Architects |
| Tenants | |
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U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team Bethel University Irondale High School, Mounds View High School |
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The Schwan Super Rink is a 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) ice rink facility that features eight sheets of ice and is the largest ice arena complex in the world. It is located on the National Sports Center campus in Blaine, Minnesota, a northern suburb of Minneapolis – Saint Paul. The title sponsor of the Super Rink is the Schwan Food Company, a Minnesota corporation based in Marshall, Minnesota.
The Super Rink was constructed in two stages with a total cost of $21 million, with funding of just $1 million from State of Minnesota grants. The remainder of the funding comes from the partner organizations. Revenue from ice rentals covers the annual construction bond obligation. The Super Rink was a combined project of the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission (MASC), The Herb Brooks Foundation,National Sports Center, Bethel University, and eleven local hockey organizations, which are Arden Hills, Blaine, Centerville, Circle Pines, Forest Lake Coon Rapids, Centennial, Lino Lakes, Mounds View, New Brighton, and Shoreview. Ramsey CountyAnoka County also helped in funding. The Super Rink since its construction has not received any additional funding; it is completely self-sufficient through private ice rentals and in-house programs. The original facility, constructed by Shingobee Builders, opened in 1998 and included four Olympic-regulation-sized ice sheets (100 × 200 ft):
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