(Photo by Mark DiOrio)
The ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ community came together Saturday morning at the Class of 1965 Arena dedication to celebrate the culmination of a $37.8 million dollar project that has been years in the making.
The state-of-the-art facility is the new home of the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ men’s and women’s ice hockey teams. The Raider men’s and women’s lacrosse and soccer teams also have brand new locker rooms inside the Class of 1965 Arena.
The ice surface in ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s Class of 1965 Arena will be known as in honor of the former men’s ice hockey team captain. Riggs was killed in combat in Vietnam in 1968 and was inducted posthumously into the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ Athletics Hall of Honor.
Saturday’s dedication and celebration of the 2,222 capacity arena featured words of appreciation and gratitude from newly-inaugurated ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ President Brian Casey, ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ Vice President and Director of Athletics Vicky Chun, Board of Trustees member Bill Johnston ’73, Head Men’s Hockey Coach Don Vaughan and women’s hockey junior Annika Zalewski. An official ribbon-cutting capped off the celebration.