{"id":58870,"date":"2014-05-19T18:51:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T23:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=58870"},"modified":"2014-05-19T18:51:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T23:51:46","slug":"arena-upgrades-coming-to-minnesota-states-verizon-wireless-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2014\/05\/19\/arena-upgrades-coming-to-minnesota-states-verizon-wireless-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Arena upgrades coming to Minnesota State&#8217;s Verizon Wireless Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/mankatofreepresshockey.blogspot.com\/2014\/05\/hockey-upgrades-coming.html\"><strong><em>Mankato Free Press<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, state funding for upgrades to the Verizon Wireless Center may be happening sooner than later.<\/p>\n<p>Already passed by both houses of the Minnesota legislature, the borrowing and spending bills for construction projects include $14.5 million for a Mankato civic center project &#8211; overall, about a $30 million project.<\/p>\n<p>Part of that money will go to hockey-specific improvements and making the arena the full-time home of the Minnesota State men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams.<\/p>\n<p>The next phase of the project is expected to commence in the fall, but the hockey portion likely won&#8217;t begin until March 2015, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>New dressing rooms for the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams, as well as visiting team and youth locker rooms moved to the east side of the rink, coaches offices, a recruiting area, player lounge and a weight room will potentially be part of the renovation project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Mankato Free Press, state funding for upgrades to the Verizon Wireless Center may be happening sooner than later. 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