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Take a look inside Coralville’s Xtream Arena
Jan. 24, 2020 1:21 pm, Updated: Jan. 24, 2020 5:00 pm
Construction continues at Xtream Arena in Coralville's Iowa River Landing. The arena complex will serve youth teams and the University of Iowa Club Hockey Team, Iowa women's volleyball, and more, and is expected to open in August.
Contractors from Ice Builders prepare the arena floor for a several-inch-thick layer of concrete at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Heat tubes beneath this layer prevent freezing of the ground and subsequent frost heave, while cooling tubes will run through the floor to control the temperature of the ice. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Construction continues at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
A tour group of city and civic leaders stops in a suite overlooking the arena (left) alongside the concourse (right) during a site tour of the progress at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Contractors from Ice Builders prepare the arena floor for a several-inch-thick layer of concrete at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Heat tubes beneath this layer prevent freezing of the ground and subsequent frost heave, while cooling tubes will run through the floor to control the temperature of the ice. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Jason McKane, Senior Project Manager for Mortenson Construction, leads a tour of the progress at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Contractors from Ice Builders prepare the arena floor for a several-inch-thick layer of concrete at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Heat tubes beneath this layer prevent freezing of the ground and subsequent frost heave, while cooling tubes will run through the floor to control the temperature of the ice. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
The concourse, with space for suites that are not yet framed in, at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Ductwork is installed at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Jason McKane, Senior Project Manager for Mortenson Construction, leads a tour of the progress at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Shown here is the main entrance and lobby area. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Coralville mayor John Lundell listens as Jason McKane, Senior Project Manager for Mortenson Construction, leads a tour of the progress at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Locker rooms, which will be accessible from both the arena and field house, are being built at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Coralville city manager Kelly Hayworth listens during a tour of the progress at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Josh Schamberger, President of the Iowa City/Coralville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, explains future amenities of the GreenState Family Fieldhouse during a tour of the progress at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
The GreenState Family Fieldhouse will offer space for five full-sized basketball courts. Photographed at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Stairs lead from the lobby to the future site of the Antique Car Museum of Iowa and Johnson County Historical Society Museum at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Coralville mayor John Lundell views the mechanical room for the ice arena at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
The arena floor is prepared for cold tubing, which will be topped with eight inches of concrete and then the ice, as seen from the penalty box tunnel at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
The GreenState Family Fieldhouse, which is not yet fully enclosed, will offer space for five full-sized basketball courts. Photographed at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
The south entrance to Xtream Arena, which will be the primary entrance to the GreenState Family Fieldhouse, is reflected in melted snow in the field house in Coralville on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. The field house is not yet fully enclosed as construction continues. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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