Vernon Arena

Events SeasonsVernon Arena floor

The Vernon Arena has a dry floor season and an ice season. Ice events and programs are held in September through February. Dry-floor events and programs are held in March through August.

Arena Facts

  • The arena bleachers seat approximately 750 spectators.
  • The glass that surrounds the dasher boards is tempered glass. Each sheet of glass is four feet by six feet, which makes the pane weigh approximately 170 pounds.
  • The Vernon Arena lighting is handled by energy efficient high output florescent lights made possible through Missouri River Energy.
  • The Vernon Ice Arena is kept at a temperature between 40-50 degrees Fahrenheit and at 45% humidity during the ice season.

Ice Facts

The Vernon Arena ice is National Hockey League (NHL) sized, which makes it 200 feet long by 85 feet wide for a total of 17,000 square feet. The ice is maintained at 1.25 inches thick, which amounts to 12,500 gallons of water.

The ice surface is maintained at 18-21 degrees Fahrenheit. This is made possible by running one-inch glycol tubes through the concrete arena floor, spaced four inches on the center. The load is handled by a four-compressor freon chiller system. Each color in the ice, including the white, is hand-painted once annually. This is done with stencils and paintbrushes. All the colors you see are approximately 1.25 inches beneath the ice surface.

Zamboni Facts

The Zamboni 552 AC is powered by efficient lithium-ion batteries and features a 195-gallon water tank, of which approximately 125 gallons are used during a standard resurface. When fully loaded with water, the machine weighs approximately 8,900 pounds. Beneath the conditioner sits a 77-inch cutting blade that shaves the ice to a precise, consistent finish.

Its Fast Ice System uses fine misters that adjust water output based on the machine’s speed, allowing for a harder, faster-freezing, and more durable layer of ice. The Level Ice system employs laser guidance to automatically adjust the blade height, maintaining ice thickness within half a millimeter of the desired level.