Cheel Arena is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Potsdam, New York. Cheel Arena was opened in on October 26th, 1991, and is named after Helen Snell Cheel, a long-time benefactor of Clarkson University, who provided a major gift towards the project. A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... ARENA may refer to either: Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party in El Salvador. ... Potsdam, New York relates to two locations in Saint Lawrence County, New York, Potsdam (village) Potsdam (town) Both locations are named after the city in Germany: Potsdam. ...

It is home to the Clarkson University Golden Knights Men's and Women's hockey programs, which play at the NCAA Division I level. Ice is maintained throughout a large portion of the year for campus and community usage ranging from intramural hockey and broomball and Section IX High School Championships. When the ice is removed, the facility is used for Clarkson's graduation and other local events. Clarkson University, formerly Clarkson College of Technology, is a private university located in Potsdam of St. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... A game of broomball begins with a face-off Broomball is a popular recreational ice sport originating in Canada and played around the world. ...

Cheel Arena typically hosts a concert every April featuring several music and comedy acts.

The attendance record of 4,125 was set on January 18th, 2003 against arch-rival St. Lawrence University, although many consider it to be un-official due to the large number of empty seats at the game. The previous record was 4,115 set against the same team the previous year. St. ...

Students are admitted to regular season games free of charge.

The arena is located within Cheel Campus Center which is the student center for Clarkson. The center contains eateries, the student post office, and Club 99. It replaced Walker Arena, the 1,800 seat home of Clarkson since 1938.

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• Clarkson Athletics-CHEEL ARENA