Gene Polisseni Center
The Gene Polisseni Center (colloquially known as the Polisseum or by its initials, the GPC) is an ice arena on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus in Henrietta, New York. Ground was broken for the project on October 19, 2012, and the arena was officially dedicated on September 18, 2014.
Gene Polisseni Center during an RIT hockey game | |
| Location | 200 Lomb Memorial Drive Henrietta, New York 14623 |
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| Coordinates | 43°4′57.26″N 77°40′28.56″W |
| Owner | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Operator | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Capacity | Ice Hockey: 4,300 Concerts: 5,980 |
| Field size | 200x85ft |
| Surface | Ice |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 19, 2012 |
| Opened | September 18, 2014 |
| Construction cost | $38 million USD |
| Architect | BBB Architects |
| Main contractors | LeChase Construction Services, LLC |
| Tenants | |
| RIT Tigers men's ice hockey (2014–present) RIT Tigers women's ice hockey (2014–present) | |
| Website | |
| http://www.rit.edu/fa/arenas | |
The arena is the home of the varsity ice hockey teams at RIT, replacing the Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena. Ritter Arena continued to be used as an ice arena until 2021 when it was converted to a temporary library, and is soon to be repurposed into an indoor turf field. The Polisseni Center serves primarily as a hockey arena (for 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.