I am sort of interested in seeing what people think of the rinks, arenas,
fieldhouses, forums, and centers that Div I teams play in.  I am
a little more interested in how people would rank these facilities within
their conference.
 
I have been to all the ECAC and most of the HE facilities, so I will offer
my opinion on the ECAC sites.
 
I am basing my rankings on a few things.
 
1)Appearance
2)Access
3)Sight Lines
4)Crowds
5)Atmosphere
6)Seating (size of seats, type and so on)
7)Food
 
In the ECAC here goes:
 
1) Gutterson Fieldhouse, Vermont
        Mainly because of atmosphere, crowds, and sight lines
2) Cheel Arena, Clarkson
        Excellent sight lines, atmosphere, and right in the student center
3) Thompson Arena, Dartmouth
        Beautiful sight lines, beautifual arena, just no people
4) Appleton Arena, St. Lawrence
        Rustic, and nice looking.  Crowd is very appreciative.
5) Bright Hockey Center, Harvard
        Good sight lines, atmosphere is great.  Seating is a minus though.
6) RPI Fieldhouse, RPI
        Not many bad seats, atmosphere tends to go with flow of game.
7) Lynah Rink, Cornell
        Atmosphere is great. Pricing expensive. Seating needs work.
8) Hobey Baker Rink, Princeton
        Lots of people say stone and steel. I love the atrium of the walkway.
9) Meehan Auditorium, Brown
        Great sight lines.  Atmosphere is lacking.
10)Ingalls Rink, Yale
        Intereting architecture.  Like being at sea.
11)Starr Rink, Colgate
        Cold, damp, and dismal
12) Achilles Rink, Union
        A firetrap. No where to walk, sound system is awful. Crowd is good.
 
Just my opinion.
 
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