Gene Polisseni Center

Gene Polisseni Center
Gene Polisseni Center during an RIT hockey game
Map
Location200 Lomb Memorial Drive
Henrietta, New York 14623
Coordinates43°4′57.26″N 77°40′28.56″W / 43.0825722°N 77.6746000°W / 43.0825722; -77.6746000
OwnerRochester Institute of Technology
OperatorRochester Institute of Technology
CapacityIce Hockey: 4,300[4]
Concerts: 5,980
Field size200x85ft[2]
SurfaceIce
Construction
Broke groundOctober 19, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-10-19)[1]
OpenedSeptember 18, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-18)[2]
Construction cost$38 million USD[2]
ArchitectBBB Architects[3]
Main contractorsLeChase Construction Services, LLC[2]
Tenants
RIT Tigers men's ice hockey (2014–present)
RIT Tigers women's ice hockey (2014–present)
Website
http://www.rit.edu/fa/arenas

The Gene Polisseni Center (colloquially known as the Polisseum or by its initials, the GPC) is an ice arena on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus in Henrietta, New York. Ground was broken for the project on October 19, 2012,[2] and the arena was officially dedicated on September 18, 2014.[5]

The arena is the home of the varsity ice hockey teams at RIT, replacing the Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena. Ritter Arena continued to be used as an ice arena until 2021 when it was converted to a temporary library, and is soon to be repurposed into an indoor turf field.[6][7] The Polisseni Center serves primarily as a hockey arena (for RIT varsity hockey and local youth programs), and it will also be a multi-purpose venue.[8] The Polisseni Center is built not far from Ritter Arena on the RIT campus, south of the Student Alumni Union, replacing portions of parking lot U.[9]

  1. ^ "Groundbreaking for RIT's Polisseni Center slated for Oct. 19"
  2. ^ a b c d e Mandelaro, Jim (October 19, 2012). "RIT ready to begin construction of $37 million hockey arena". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. pp. 1A, 4A. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "RIT Selects Architect for Gene Polisseni Center"
  4. ^ "About the Gene Polisseni Center"
  5. ^ "Gene Polisseni Center opens with a roar"
  6. ^ "RIT Libraries moves to temporary home in Ritter Arena". Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  7. ^ Moe, Taylor. "Frank Ritter Ice Arena? Nope, Frank Ritter Field". Reporter Magazine. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  8. ^ Ice Hockey Arena FAQs
  9. ^ "RIT Selects Official Site for New Arena"