| George M. Sullivan Arena | |
|---|---|
| Location | 1600 Gambell St Anchorage, AK 99501 |
| Opened | February, 1983 |
| Owner | Municipality of Anchorage |
| Operator | SMG |
| Surface | 200' x 100' (ice hockey) |
| Tenants | Alaska Aces (ECHL) (1995-present) Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves (hockey) Alaska Wild (IFL) (2007-present) |
| Capacity | 6,406 (hockey) 8,700 (basketball) |
The George M. For the Alaska Aces PBA team see Alaska Aces (PBA. The Alaska Aces are a minor league Ice hockey team in Anchorage Alaska The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a Professional Ice hockey league based in Princeton New Jersey, with teams scattered Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 University of Alaska Anchorage, a United States educational faculty is the largest member of the University of Alaska System, with more than 17000 students 14000 of whom The Alaska Wild is a professional Indoor football (a variation of American football) team in the Indoor Football League. The Intense Football League was a professional Indoor football league that initially began operations in 2004. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Sullivan Arena (often shortened to the "Sullivan Arena") is an 8,700-seat multi-purpose arena in Anchorage, Alaska. An arena is an enclosed area often circular or oval-shaped designed to showcase Theater, musical performances or sporting events The arena opened in 1983. It is home to the Alaska Aces ECHL ice hockey team, the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves hockey team (WCHA), and the Great Alaska Shootout basketball tournament. For the Alaska Aces PBA team see Alaska Aces (PBA. The Alaska Aces are a minor league Ice hockey team in Anchorage Alaska The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a Professional Ice hockey league based in Princeton New Jersey, with teams scattered Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. University of Alaska Anchorage, a United States educational faculty is the largest member of the University of Alaska System, with more than 17000 students 14000 of whom The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. The Great Alaska Shootout (originally known as the Sea Wolf Classic is an annual College basketball tournament in Anchorage Alaska that features colleges from all Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m In 2007 it became home to the Alaska Wild of the Intense Football League. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Alaska Wild is a professional Indoor football (a variation of American football) team in the Indoor Football League. The Intense Football League was a professional Indoor football league that initially began operations in 2004. It is also frequently used for touring rock and country concert acts, although it is often criticized for its poor acoustics. Touring jazz artists typically use the much smaller but acoustically excellent Evangeline Atwood Concert Hall at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. The Alaska Center for the Performing Arts is a performance venue in downtown Anchorage in the U
The arena is named after former Anchorage mayor George M. Sullivan. George M Sullivan (born c1922 was Mayor of Anchorage from 1967-1982 It is owned by the Municipality of Anchorage and operated by SMG, a nationwide property management company. SMG, formerly known as Spectacor Management Group is a worldwide property management group that specializes in managing publicly owned facilities headquartered in Philadelphia
Lyle Woods is the public address announcer for UAA home games.
For hockey games, the Sullivan Arena seats 6,406, and is known for its international-specification (Olympic-sized) ice (61 m × 30 m / 200 ft × 98. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF was founded in 1908 as the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace and is the worldwide governing body for Ice The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games 5 ft) instead of the more traditional NHL specifications (200 ft × 85 ft / 61 m × 25. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America 9 m).