The Gene Polisseni Center is a planned ice arena that will reside on the Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology

The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...

 campus in Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

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. RIT is currently in the fundraising phase of the project. Fundraising was started with a $1 million USD

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 donation from Stephen and Vicki Schultz. Naming rights were given based off a $4.5 million USD

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 donation from the Polisseni Foundation (with backing from B. Thomas Golisano

Tom Golisano

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).

The new arena will be the replacement building for the varsity Ice Hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 program at RIT, replacing the Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena

Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena

The Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena, known colloquially as "The Ritter", is an ice arena on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, a suburb of Rochester, New York, United States. It is home to the RIT Tigers ice hockey teams and the Genesee Figure Skating Club...

. Ritter Arena will not be demolished, and will continue to be used as an ice arena after the Gene Polisseni Center is built.