{"id":71528,"date":"2016-04-26T17:49:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T22:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=71528"},"modified":"2020-08-24T17:15:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T22:15:35","slug":"report-denvers-magness-arena-to-undergo-renovations-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2016\/04\/26\/report-denvers-magness-arena-to-undergo-renovations-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Denver&#8217;s Magness Arena to undergo renovations, expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uscho.photoshelter.com\/img-show\/I0000_6ZYz53qTrs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC-0090.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magness Arena will soon get a facelift behind the scenes (photo: Candace Horgan).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/colleges\/ci_29813111\/pioneers-plan-remodel-home\"><em>Denver Post<\/em> reported Tuesday<\/a> that Denver&#8217;s Magness Arena will be renovated and expanded over the next year, with initial work starting next spring.<\/p>\n<p>The Post article states that through private fundraising, the school intends to renovate and expand its off-ice space at the arena and will spend up to $2 million by the beginning of the 2017-18 season to include a\u00a0new locker room, new lounge for the players with a full kitchen, a dressing room and coaches room.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love where the program is headed, and this is the last step to put the icing on the cake,&#8221; said DU coach Jim Montgomery in the report. &#8220;We still get a lot of great recruits, but we&#8217;ve lost on some recruits because we don&#8217;t have that wow factor when they walk into our locker room like they do at North Dakota, Miami or (Omaha).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going on 17 years since this building has been here and nothing has been done to the locker room. 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