John S. Glas Field House
Encyclopedia
John S. Glas Fieldhouse is a 2,399-seat hockey arena in Bemidji, Minnesota
. It was home to the Bemidji State University
Beavers men's and women's ice hockey
teams until October, 2010. (The men's team plays in College Hockey America
; the women's team plays in the WCHA
.) The building, a part of a larger fieldhouse which contains the BSU Gymnasium and other athletic facilities, opened on November 17, 1967 and was dedicated on February 10, 1968. On October 1, 1975, the building was renamed in honor of John S. Glas, the acting president of the university at the time of the building of the arena. The Beaver ice hockey teams moved into the Bemidji Regional Events Center
in October, 2010.
47.486875°N 94.8771572°W
Bemidji, Minnesota
Bemidji is a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was at 13,431 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beltrami County. Bemidji is the most major city in North Central Minnesota and the largest commercial center between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Duluth,...
. It was home to the Bemidji State University
Bemidji State University
Bemidji State University is a public state university in Bemidji, Minnesota, USA, located on the shores of Lake Bemidji. It is a part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities .-History:BSU was founded in 1919 as Bemidji State Normal School...
Beavers men's and women's 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...
teams until October, 2010. (The men's team plays in College Hockey America
College Hockey America
College Hockey America is a women's college ice hockey conference in the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The conference is currently made up of four women's teams in New York and Pennsylvania....
; the women's team plays in the WCHA
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....
.) The building, a part of a larger fieldhouse which contains the BSU Gymnasium and other athletic facilities, opened on November 17, 1967 and was dedicated on February 10, 1968. On October 1, 1975, the building was renamed in honor of John S. Glas, the acting president of the university at the time of the building of the arena. The Beaver ice hockey teams moved into the Bemidji Regional Events Center
Bemidji Regional Events Center
The Sanford Center is a 4,700-seat multi-purpose arena and convention center in Bemidji, Minnesota, United States that opened in October 2010. On October 18, 2010 the venue was renamed from the Bemidji Regional Events Center to the Sanford Center after Sanford Health Systems purchased naming rights...
in October, 2010.
External links
47.486875°N 94.8771572°W