Edge Ice Arena Explained

Stadium Name:Edge II Ice Arena
Location:735 East Jefferson Street
Bensenville, Illinois 60106
Broke Ground:April 1997[1]
Opened:October 1, 1997
Owner:Village of Bensenville
Operator:Village of Bensenville
Surface:Two 200' x 85', One 200' x 90'
Construction Cost:$2.1 million
($ in dollars)
Tenants:Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) (practice facility)
Chiefs Hockey Club (Youth Hockey)
Chicago Blues (Youth Hockey)
Chicago Steel (USHL) (2000–2015)
Robert Morris Eagles (ACHA) (until 2020)
Roosevelt Lakers (ACHA)
Seating Capacity:3,000 (hockey)

The Edge Ice Arena (includes The Edge on John Street, The Water's Edge Aquatic Center, and The Edge II Ice Arena) is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena located in Bensenville, Illinois. It had been used as the official training facility and practice arena for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League before the team built a new downtown Chicago training facility. The arena also had been used by Chicago Steel (USHL) from 2000 to 2015. The ice arena is also the home to the Roosevelt Lakers men's and women's college ice hockey teams competing at the ACHA Division I level. Until Roosevelt's merger with Robert Morris University Illinois in 2020, it was the home of Robert Morris Eagles ice hockey. The Edge is also home to several local high school ice hockey teams, and is used by local figure skating clubs, youth, and adult rec. ice hockey leagues (the Chicago Blues), as well as public skating.

Facilities

The Edge on John Street has one 200' x 90' ice sheet. It is adjoined to The Water's Edge Aquatic Center, which includes an indoor 8-lane lap pool and 12' deep diving well.The Edge II Ice Arena has two NHL regulation-sized ice sheets. The main sheet of ice seats 2,800 fans in addition to nine luxury sky suites and an executive club level seating area.

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Notes and References

  1. News: New Ice Arena Puts Bensenville On Cutting Edge. Jeff Coen. Chicago Tribune. September 18, 1997. November 19, 2011.
  2. Web site: M1 National Champions. April 10, 2020. May 5, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200505071801/http://achahockey.org/view/achahockey/divisions/men-s-d1-4/m1-national-champions-1. dead.
  3. Web site: Champions. USA Hockey National Championships. USA Hockey. April 10, 2020.