Location | 735 East Jefferson Street Bensenville, Illinois 60106 |
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Owner | Village of Bensenville |
Operator | Village of Bensenville |
Capacity | 3,000 (hockey) |
Surface | Two 200' x 85', One 200' x 90' |
Construction | |
Broke ground | April 1997[1] |
Opened | October 1, 1997[1] |
Construction cost | $2.1 million[1] ($3.99 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
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) |
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.