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The Gene Polisseni Center is an ice arena that resides on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus in Rochester, New York. Ground was broken for the project on October 19, 2012,〔 and the arena was officially dedicated on September 18, 2014.〔http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50983〕 The new arena is the home of the varsity ice hockey teams at RIT, replacing the Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena. Ritter Arena will not be demolished, and continues to be used as an ice arena.〔Ice Hockey Arena FAQs http://www.rit.edu/development/giving/powerplay/about-power-play.php〕 The Polisseni Center serves primarily as a hockey arena (for both RIT varsity hockey and local youth programs), and it will also be a multi-purpose venue.〔 The Polisseni Center is built not far from Ritter Arena on the RIT campus, south of the Student Alumni Union, replacing portions of parking lot U.〔RIT Selects Official Site for New Arena http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=49217〕 ==Fundraising efforts== Fundraising was started with a $1 million USD donation from Stephen and Vicki Schultz.〔From out of the 'Corner' and into the spotlight http://www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=48003〕 Naming rights were given based on a $4.5 million USD donation from the Polisseni Foundation (with backing from B. Thomas Golisano)〔Future RIT Hockey Arena to become the Gene Polisseni Center http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=48695〕 and were announced on November 11, 2011 during the men's hockey game against Air Force.〔Naming Announcement Ceremony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxXK-QVBxs〕 With arena construction being an estimated $30 million, the funding of the project has been divided into two components. The first half will be borrowed against RIT's endowment fund (worth $544 million),〔As of June 30, 2009.〕 and paid back with sponsorship and ticket sales. The second half of the cost is a grassroots fundraising effort called the Tiger Power Play. The Tiger Power Play is an effort to bring in both big name donations (like Tom Golisano) as well as garner support from students and alumni. Small donations could be made by cell phone text message. Larger donations have been working directly with school administration. Sales of nameplates for seats is also available, initially costing $1,000 per nameplate, and later reduced to $500.〔Take a Seat in the Gene Polisseni Center https://www.rit.edu/development/giving/home_makeagift_buyaseat.php〕 J.M. Allain, CEO of Trans-Lux and an RIT graduate, donated $1 million for a new video scoreboard.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gene Polisseni Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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