There is actually a fund on the OSU Giving website now where donors can designate funds to go to, so things are finally moving forward, albeit slowly, but things are finally moving in the right direction regarding getting a new arena.
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Ohio State Women's Hockey 2025-26
- Thread starter robertearle
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That’s been a pipe dream for the last 8 years at least… the money trickling in won’t move a shovel before 2030 at least
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
You talk but it's only your opinion, you don't know the facts. Yes there have been numerous delays but unless you went back and read the reasons for those delays in numerous previous posts you haven't been a forum member long enough to know what was reported about it by those here who are in the loop of where things stand. I'm not going to repeat what's already been posted except that the fundraising did recently officially begun. But there could be a new twist as of today with the President of Ohio State stepping down under dubious circumstances and he was an advocate for the arena. So it's wait and see if that will affect the athletic department's plans.
FiveHoleFrenzy
Well-known member
St Thomas was referenced earlier...They received a 75 million dollar donation in early 2023 from Lee and Penny Anderson. Data reported on the cost of the arena places it at 175 million. The arena is multi-use...5300 seats for basketball and 4000 for hockey.
A multi-use facility is not what slOwSU is looking for as they would be building a women's hockey arena only, correct? Also what are the odds of a mega hockey donor stepping up for slOwSU? Seems like the odds are pretty much nil for that happening. And this seems like a very important part of making this happen.
A fund on the slOwSU giving website? With all the supposed fanatical slOwSU women's hockey fans contributing their retirement savings? Sheesh, after a few years that might fund the purchase of a new Zamboni or two and a couple of rows of seats.
A multi-use facility is not what slOwSU is looking for as they would be building a women's hockey arena only, correct? Also what are the odds of a mega hockey donor stepping up for slOwSU? Seems like the odds are pretty much nil for that happening. And this seems like a very important part of making this happen.
A fund on the slOwSU giving website? With all the supposed fanatical slOwSU women's hockey fans contributing their retirement savings? Sheesh, after a few years that might fund the purchase of a new Zamboni or two and a couple of rows of seats.
Being a forum member for x number of years is no basis for knowledge as is wildly evident in this forum.
OSU will not build an exclusive women’s hockey facility because the interest in the team does not warrant that despite the beliefs on here.
It would be a dual purpose men’s and women’s facility and would need a minimum of 6,000 seats which would be perfect and keep the men’s game a “Hot” ticket. Any more seating and the administration is kidding itself as except for the Michigan series they just don’t draw well enough to justify more.
So, once again, it’s not happening anytime soon. It’s just not.
I am curious as to what is the make up of crowds at current rink? Majority students/non-students? In your opinion what is the right number of seats that would keep the crowds at 85-90% capacity? The team certainly deserves a bigger stage but how big is the question.
I think the only hope is if someone wants that land for something else. The women could end up in the schottenstein maybe if that happened tho.
My family will be in town for the state wrestling tourney this weekend (who am I, lol). Thought about buying tix to the hockey game. My husband has a bad knee and simply can’t watch a game in that rink tho in a packed setting, let alone general admission packed rink. So I could go without him or skip it altogether . We’ll skip because I’d rather hang out as a family and lord knows it’s not the end of the world. But my daughter, a hockey player who aspires to play college sports one day is missing out on a chance to watch number 1 in an ncaa game because they play in a building not fit for the team or what they’ve accomplished.
The rink is beyond a joke. They should get dragged every single year in the media at this time of year. I’ll be very proud to watch my nephew in the state wrestling tournament in a proper venue. Embarassing and sexist OSU! I know money talks and the OSU brand and education are impressive, but some parents may decide they want their daughter to play at a school where the girls get the best resources the school can provide, rather than embarassing crumbs.
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robertearle
Well-known member
Very odd post, from a very odd forum member.
Created his/her account in October of 2024, and didn't post anything - as best I can tell - until yesterday, when he/she shows up to bring up "Sierra". And now this rather insulting post.
What's going on here?
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
I can tell you with all certainty it's not Sierra back with a new identity.
Eddie Schorr
Member
As someone who was incredibly skeptical of Slapshot's fitness for the job, I'm not sorry to see him go. The one thing that I honestly thought he might achieve was getting a rink for the women, and he failed to make any progress on that. Sadly, I don't think the job is not going to be attractive to a Drake or Johnson level candidate, not with Wexner still pulling the strings on the board like some ghoul who won't go away. Slapshot wasn't around long enough to damage admissions selectivity, research funding or fundraising, so at least I'm thankful for that. As for his successor, I'm sure that Wexner's puppet board chief Zieger will make sure that the new President's top priority is protecting Leslie's legacy and his wife's meddling in the medical center.
Eddie Schorr
Member
Let me correct my double negative. I don't think the job is going to be attractive to top tier candidates we could have gone after four years ago.
Hockeybuckeye
Well-known member
The seating is approximately 650. There two sections of two row bleachers behind the goal on the south end for the students only and a section of bleachers in that corner for the band. The main bleachers are for the fans and parents which makes up the majority. It's general admission so you can sit anywhere you choose in the main bleachers.
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