- Thompson Arena
Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Rupert C. Thompson Arena| nickname =
location = Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
broke_ground = 1973
opened = November, 1975
closed =
demolished =
owner = Dartmouth College
operator = Dartmouth College
surface = 200x90 ft (hockey)
construction_cost= $4.4 million
architect = Pier Luigi Nervi
former_names = | tenants =Dartmouth College Big Green
(men's and women's hockey)
seating_capacity = 3,500 (hockey) (4,500 with SRO)Rupert C. Thompson Arena is a 3,500-seat hockey
arena inHanover, New Hampshire . It is home to theDartmouth College Big Green men's and women'sice hockey team s. The barrel-vaulted, reinforced concrete arena was designed by renowned architectPier Luigi Nervi . It was named for Rupert C. Thompson '28, the major benefactor of the project, and replaced Davis Rink, the original "indoor" home of Dartmouth hockey from 1929 to 1975. (Davis Rink, which was located next to old Alumni Gym, was demolished in 1985 to make way for the Berry Sports Center.)External links
* [http://athletics.dartmouth.edu/facilities/thompson.html Thompson Arena at the Dartmouth athletic website]
* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~mhockey/100yrs/rinks.html Dartmouth Hockey celebrates 100th year]
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