Appleton Arena Phase I and Phase II Projects

1) Karpus ’68 Athletic Center
New construction will house facilities (from indoor training to locker rooms) for lacrosse, rowing, softball, and field hockey teams. This space also houses a coaches’ strategy room, players’ lounge, video/media center, rowing space, erg space, training and treatment center—with hydro baths and trainer’s office, an equipment and laundry room, and auxiliary locker rooms and wet rooms.

2) Saints Hockey Complex
The heart of the renovation, this large area includes men’s and women’s Division-I hockey locker rooms, coaching offices, the training center, media center and more.

Spaces Already Named:
3) Coaches Strategy Room - A space dedicated to coaches, where they can plan, evaluate players, anticipate plays, and address their squads’ needs - Named in memory of Dotty Hall P'26, Professor Emerita
4) Players' Lounge - A quiet space where our Division III student athletes can study, eat, and talk with a coach or teammate - Named by Rodd and Joan Riesenberger P’24, '26
7) Video/Media Room - A multi-purpose room, this space gives student athletes and coaches a place to review game videos, and to meet and talk with each other, SLU and League officials, and the media. The flexible layout of this room and its furniture makes it ideal for athletes’ pre- or post-game meals and accommodating press conferences - Named by Mark ’77 and Martha ’80 McGinn
8) Athletic Training and Treatment Center - This space houses a trainer’s office, the equipment, tables and other tools that help student athletes recuperate and perform at peak levels - Named by the Haehl Family

Spaces Available to be Named:
1) Women’s Lacrosse Team Room - Locker rooms and team spaces for women’s lacrosse student athletes - $500,000
2) Field Hockey Team Room - Locker rooms and team spaces for field hockey student athletes - $250,000
5) Softball Team Room - Locker rooms and team spaces for student athletes on the St. Lawrence softball team - $250,000
6) Men’s Lacrosse Team Room - Locker rooms and team spaces for men’s lacrosse student athletes - $500,000
9) Rowing Complex - The all-new home for the Saints rowing program, this space includes the 16-station rowing tanks as well as erg machines and other tools for training on campus - $500,000

View renderings of these spaces.

For more information about supporting this project or any of these naming opportunities, please email universityadvancement@stlawu.edu or call 888-758-4438. 

Spaces Already Named:
1) Michael “Buddy” Cornacchia ’74 Strength and Conditioning Center - Named by Thomas C. Dolan ’74, Dolan Family Foundation
2) The Torrey Rink - Named by an anonymous donor to recognize 100 years of engagement with the University by members of the Torrey Family.
3) Dolan Family Lobby - Named by the University in honor of The Dolan Family
4) Men’s Hockey Team Suite - Named in honor of Joe Marsh
5) The Stradling Multi-Media Room - Named by Richard F. Jr. ’64 and Gail Stradling
7) Haehl Athletic Training and Treatment Center - Men’s & Women’s Hockey

Spaces Available to be Named:
6) Women’s Hockey Team Suite - $1,000,000
8) Players’ Lounge - Inside Men’s Team Suite - $150,000
9) Players’ Lounge - Inside Women’s Team Suite - $150,000

For more information about supporting this project or any of these naming opportunities, please email universityadvancement@stlawu.edu or call 888-758-4438. 

Spaces Already Named:
1) Legends of Appleton Room - Named by the Torrey and MacAllaster families
2) William E. Carter '56 Club - Just steps from the seats in the President’s Section on the concourse level, this multi-purpose/conference room hosts Presidential and other University events. - Named by William E. Carter ’56
3) Hockey Alumni Lounge - Named by Eric ’78 and Lori Ankerud

Spaces Available to be Named:
4) Production Studio - Production technicians use this state-of-the-art control room to remotely operate the Arena’s lights, sounds, video, cameras, and other equipment to enhance the experience of watching Saints Hockey, in Appleton and around the world. - $250,000
5) Broadcast Booth - On the Red Line, perched on the Concourse level, this space has the view and technology to broadcast play-by-play content of Appleton games, via television, radio, and the internet. - $250,000
6) East Club – Facing Hall-Leet Stadium and Leckonby Stadium, this multi-purpose/conference room hosts Laurentian events and offers great views of St. Lawrence athletic fields. - $250,000

For more information about supporting this project or any of these naming opportunities, please email universityadvancement@stlawu.edu or call 888-758-4438.