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The Vernon Arena is now ready for the 2008-2009 ice season which runs from August - March. |
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Upcoming Events Thursday, November 20 4:00 p.m. Wisconsin-Platteville vs. Wyoming (Clash in the Corn Tourney) 7:00 p.m. Dordt Blades vs. Calvin (Clash in the Corn Tourney) Friday, November 21 4:00 p.m. Wisconsin-Platteville vs. Calvin (Clash in the Corn Tourney) 7:00 p.m. Dordt Blades vs. Wyoming (Clash in the Corn Tourney) Saturday, November 22 4:00 p.m. Calvin vs. Wyoming (Clash in the Corn Tourney) 7:00 p.m. Dordt Blades vs. Wisconsin-Platteville (Clash in the Corn Tourney) Tuesday, November 25 6:45-7:45 p.m. Learn to Skate Session #3 begins Thursday, November 27 Facility closed - Thanksgiving Holiday Friday, November 28 Extended Public Skate hours
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Vernon Arena Facts |
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$5 for non-arena members Participants of all ages are welcome. Rule: 10 yrs old & under must wear helmet and must have parent supervision at all times NO GAMES allowed
Freestyle ice time is set aside for figure skating practice & for private hockey skating lessons or private figure skating lessons.
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The Vernon Arena ice is NHL size which makes it 200 feet long x 85 feet wide for a total of 17,000 sq feet. The ice is maintained at 1½ inches thick = 15,000 gallons of water. Ice surface maintained at 18-21°F - this is made possible by running 1" glycol tubes through the concrete arena floor, spaced 4" on the center. The load is handled by a 4 compressor Freon chiller system. The Vernon Ice Arena is kept at a temperature between 40-50°F at 45% humidity. Each color in the ice is hand painted once annually, including the white. This is done with stencils and paintbrushes. All the colors you see are approximately 1¼ inches beneath the ice surface. The glass that surrounds the dasher boards is tempered glass. Each sheet of glass is a 4 foot x 6 foot pane which weighs approximately 170 lbs. The lights above the arena are 1000 watts a piece. The Arena bleachers seat approximately 750 spectators. The Vernon Arena ice resurfacer is a Zamboni Electric, Model 552. The Zamboni is powered by 40 battery cells tied in series = 84 volts on a full charge. This makes it possible to resurface 12-15 times on each charge. The ice is shaved with a 70 lb, 77" long blade hidden under the conditioner. There is approximately 125 gallons of 150°F water used each resurface. Believe it or not the Zamboni batteries (2 of them) weigh 1750 lbs a piece which helps the Zamboni tip the scale at 11,800 lbs.
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