This company made its own ice making machine by retrofitting an ice resurfacer. It's onboard water tank feeds 20 sprayers that mist a 4 meter span.

Since the league made the rink's perimeter something other than pure, solid white in the 1980s, the fans in the arena have seen the same ads as the ones watching on TV, but now, when the action is being shown on the main camera, each individual TV station has the power to digitally draw over the in-arena ads with their ...

Over top of soil. And gravel there is an insulating layer of styrofoam. This keeps the temperature of the earth below from affecting our perfect ice temperature. Next comes a thick slab of concrete.

An ice hockey arena (or ice hockey venue, or ice hockey stadium) is a sport venue in which an ice hockey competition is held. Alternatively it is used for other sports such as broomball, ringette and rink bandy.

Arena & Stadium Advertising Arena and Stadium Advertising is an excellent way to expose your brand directly to thousands of consumers who are actively watching and listening to everything around them. You have the opportunity to flaunt your brand right in front of an active and receptive audience.

The NHL has partnered with virtual ad company Supponor to develop a remote, artificial intelligence-based keying technology to program dasherboards automatically. The digital boards are programmed from a central hub. The DED system will be featured on the NHL Global Series games that start the regular season on Oct.

Layering Ice The first layer is sprayed directly onto the concrete floor and freezes almost immediately. The second layer is then applied and painted white to contrast with the black puck. The third layer seals the lower two layers. Lines and logos are painted directly onto the fourth layer of ice.

32 The majority of these arenas are in Canada and the United States, with a small number in Europe; none are on any other continent. Most of the largest arenas are home to professional teams, mainly from the National Hockey League (NHL). All 32 current NHL arenas are listed.

At its inception, the NHL had four teams, all in Canada, thus the adjective "National" in the league's name. The league expanded to the United States in 1924, when the Boston Bruins joined, and has since consisted of both American and Canadian teams.

The word arena originally meant "place of combat," and it's sometimes still used this way. Its root is harena, a kind of sand that was supposedly used on the floor during ancient Roman battles to soak up spilled blood.

ARENA leads Australia's efforts to deliver affordable renewable energy across the nation.

Technology Showcase in Seattle, the NHL debuted a pilot of new limb- and stick-tracking tech from Hawk-Eye that could supplement the puck and player tracking in place from SMT.

Ads are sold like commercials, with brands buying 30-second increments, based on the game clock. Every game, teams have 120 increments to program. Each broadcaster and the NHL itself get 90 seconds of institutional time for their own advertisements.

Synthetic ice is made from a high-density polymer (polyethene plastic) specifically engineered for ice-skating. The material is molded into tiles and treated, resulting in a surface that simulates the sliding properties of traditional ice.

An NHL hockey rink is 200 feet long, and 85 feet wide. In comparison, a European rink is a standard 60 meters by 30 meters, or, 197 feet by 98.5 feet. Though slightly smaller in length, European rinks are significantly wider than those being used by an NHL team.