Winter Sports Building

Winter Sports Building
The Old Barn
LocationGrand Forks, ND 58202
OwnerUniversity of North Dakota
OperatorUniversity of North Dakota
Construction
Opened1936
(87–88 years ago)
Closed1972
(51–52 years ago)
Demolished1978
Tenants
North Dakota ice hockey (1936-1972)
Grand Forks Flames (1967-1970)

The Winter Sports Building (known locally as The Barn or The Old Barn) was an indoor ice rink on the campus if the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The arena was one of the first indoor college facilities but began to show its age in the 1960s and was eventually replaced by the original Ralph Engelstad Arena in 1972 and then demolished in 1978.[1]

  1. ^ "The Old Barn". Sioux Sports. Retrieved January 15, 2019.