Alltel Ice Den - Phoenix Coyotes Training Facility
Ice Rinks
“The new ice looks fabulous, good job to everyone involved. The best part…we made it in time for our ASU camp first thing Monday morning…right on schedule!”
“One of the 10 great places to cut a fine figure eight” USA Today and Kristi Yamaguchi, 1992 Women’s figure skating Olympic gold medalists – 2007.
ICE SYSTEM
Direct, R-22
Two Sand Floors
PROJECT COMPLETION
Ice System Eval. 2005
Phase I Improvements, 2006
Phase 2 Improvements, 2007
Condenser Replac., 2008
CONSTRUCTION COST
Phase 1 - $150,000
Phase 2 - $140,000
Condenser Repl. – TBD
OWNER
Coyotes Ice, LLC
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Project Scope
The Alltel Ice Den is a 120,000 square foot, two-sheet ice skating and entertainment center located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Ice Den hosts the Phoenix Coyotes’ practices, Arizona State University, and nearly all the other visiting NHL teams for their practice needs. The Ice Den is also a premier skating venue for many national and international figure skating events, shows, and competitions.
Ice quality problems started occurring shortly after the facility opened in the late 1990’s. The problems were numerous including large ice temperature variations from one end of each rink to the other, heaving or lifting of the ice, large cracks down the center of the ice and spider cracking throughout the ice sheet.
Stevens assisted the Owner in performing an evaluation study of the ice system including the refrigeration system and the two ice rink floors. Once the problems were identified, recommended solutions were presented and a new ice rink floor design was completed. The design minimized cost and downtime by using the existing rink piping and sand. Construction on the two floors was performed in phases to minimize disturbance to the very popular and successful ice skating facility.