Mariucci Arena

LOCATION:1901 4th St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455

Top Ten Facts
As listed in Power Play Magazine
  1. The arena was made with 256,580 bricks; 2,000 of which came form Memorial Stadium.
  2. 850 tons of steel and 1,917,754 pounds of reinforcing steel were used during the construction period.
  3. Row 12 is 18 feet above the ice; in the old arena fans in the same row were only eight feet above ice level.
  4. The crowd capacity for Mariucci increased from 9,305 its first three seasons to 9,700 prior to the 1996-97 season.
  5. Mariucci spans an area of 175,000 square feet.
  6. The ice sheet in Mariucci Arena is 200 X 100 feet (Olympic-sized)
  7. The scoreboard is 20 feet wide, 15 feet high.
  8. Mariucci Arena has eight locker rooms.
  9. Mariucci Arena has a 200-ton ice making capacity.
  10. There is enough refrigeration piping under the ice sheet to stretch 11.35 miles or 60,000 feet.



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