This process is continued until the proper thickness of ice has been built up.
When the first layer of water freezes, more water is sprayed on the floor. After the floor has been chilled the proper amount, water hoses connected to supply outlets on each side of the Coliseum floor spray a thin layer of water over the floor. This process is begun before the water is sprayed on the floor. Until its 2016 renovation, that was the closest thing Reynolds ever had to air conditioning.Įlectric motors pump brine, with a temperature of 20-degrees below freezing, through the floor at the rate of 48,000 gallons per hour. The ice-making equipment was capable of making 380,000 pounds of ice every 24 hours. of Raleigh, electric motors pumped water chilled to 20-degrees below zero through the 12 miles of pipe to create the ice for the 90-by-200-foot rink. Take a look back on some of the biggest non-college-football events held at Raleigh’s largest entertainment venue.Ī small part of the Hurricanes’ success, and the current affection for the game, goes all the way back to 1942 when construction began in earnest for an on-campus facility that would host a wide variety of functions, from weeklong farm shows to the underappreciated sport of college basketball.įrom its first foundation, the venue that became known as Reynolds Coliseum was piped for an ice skating rink, thanks to a generous donation from tobacco heiress Mary Katherine Reynolds Babcock, who at the time was the richest woman in the world.īabcock, the niece of building namesake William Neal Reynolds, had already given $100,000 to help begin construction on the $2.3 million facility, but when NC State benefactor David Clark came up with the idea to hold public skating hours at the largest sporting arena between Atlantic City and New Orleans, she agreed to donate an additional $52,000 shortly before she died to purchase ice-making equipment for the arena. This one, of course, is a little different, since it will be held in a Southern city, where weather could be a factor. It’s a novel and modern approach to showing off the Triangle’s only major league professional franchise, something the NHL has done in more than 20 of its markets since first starting its Stadium Series games in 2003. We’ll be proud to show off NC State as well as Carolina Hurricanes hockey.” “Wherever we go, we try to show off the stadium and the host to our audience for this global sport. “From a creative standpoint, we are going to go all in on NC State, whether it’s the alumni, the marching band or other elements you might see during a football game like tailgating and a pregame concert. “This will be a celebration of hockey and the Hurricanes, of course, but it will also celebrate all things NC State,” says NHL Executive Vice President for Content and Events Steve Mayer. A sold-out crowd will pack Carter-Finley Stadium for this Saturday’s game.
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