Ingalls Rink
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"The Whale" | |
Location | 73 Sachem St New Haven, Connecticut, US |
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Owner | Yale University |
Operator | Yale University |
Capacity | 3,500 (when configured for hockey) |
Surface | 200 x 85 ft (hockey) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1953 |
Opened | 1958 |
Renovated | 2009 |
Construction cost | $1.5 Million |
Architect | Eero Saarinen |
Structural engineer | Severud Associates |
Tenants | |
Yale Bulldogs (men's and women's hockey) |
David S. Ingalls Rink is a hockey rink in
Structural system
The rink employs an innovative structural system employing a 90-meter
Bombing
On May 1, 1970, several rock bands were playing a concert in Ingalls Rink as part of the protests on
Renovations
The building has been renovated by Kevin Roche and Roche-Dinkeloo, the firm which is a direct outgrowth of Eero Saarinen and Associates.[5] In 1991, a new concrete refrigerant slab was added at a cost of $1.5 million.[citation needed]
In 2007, it was announced that the rink would undergo a $23.5 million renovation which would include approximately 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) of varsity operational space as well as a complete renovation of the facility, including new men's and women's varsity locker rooms, training and strength and conditioning rooms, an added press box, a lower level hockey heritage area, offices for coaches of both programs, a student-athlete study area, new lights, as well as a sound system and de-humidification unit. The lower level interior would also be decorated with photos displaying the history of Yale hockey. These renovations were completed in 2009.[6]
See also
- Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey
- Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey
- Tensile architecture
- Tensile and membrane structures
- Thin-shell structure
- List of thin shell structures
- Salle Frédéric-Lawson-Body, a sports arena in Poitiers, France, whose design was inspired by Ingalls Rink
References
- ^ "America's Favorite Architecture". American Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ a b c Bass, Paul; Rae, Douglas (2006). Murder in the Model City: The Black Panthers, Yale, and the Redemption of a Killer. Basic Books. pp. 159–160.
- ^ Kalman, Laura (2006). Yale Law School and the Sixties: Revolt and Reverberations. University of North Carolina Press. p. 212.
But when a bomb hit Ingalls Rink during May Day weekend, Brewster, who was anathema to the Nixon administration, "considered it equally likely that the bomb could have been set by a provocateur from the left or right."
- ^ Donner, Frank (1992). Protectors of Privilege: Red Squads and Police Repression in Urban America. University of California Press. p. 326.
A few incidents occurred (the most serious of which was a bombing at the Yale Ingalls Skating Rink; Chief Ahern conjectures that the perpetrators could have been either pro- or anti-Panther), but the weekend passed and the city survived.
- ^ Genocchio, Benjamin (March 28, 2010). "Saarinen's Work, in 2 Parts, at Yale". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ Sharif, Amir (30 October 2009). "The Whale Resurfaces". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 16 March 2015.