a couple of interesting notes from an article in the Strib:
The hockey teams currently play off campus at St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, which has seating for only about 1,000 spectators. The basketball teams play on campus at Schoenecker Arena with capacity for about 2,000. The new arena would have capacity of 4,000 to 6,000, the university said.
The university anticipates the entire project — including demolition, as well as design and construction of the new building — will cost about $175 million. Administrators said they hope to raise at least $131 million from donations, more than half of which has already been donated by the Andersons.
4,000 to 6,000 is still fairly small for D1. by comparison, the arena at MSU-Mankato seats 4,800 for DII.
and if my math is right, they still need to raise roughly $56-Million in donations.