Duluth Heritage
Sports Center
2008 Economic Development
Association of Minnesota Award
"Reviving the Lincoln Park Neighborhood"
Located on a redeveloped industrial brownfield site, formerly Clyde Iron Works, the Duluth Heritage Sports Center is the center of a multi-million dollar Clyde Park development. Home to Duluth Amateur Hockey Association and Duluth Schools Hockey, the center will also serve as a practice facility for other school sports programs and for the City of Duluth Parks and Recreation programming for ice activities. It is also home to the Boys and Girls Club outreach center.
The facility is designed and constructed around an existing industrial building donated by the property owner, which is now the centerpiece of the facility called Heritage Hall. This created the opportunity for the design to be influenced by the historic industrial nature of the site. The design includes unique aesthetic amenities such as an original 20-ton bridge crane that remains in place about the entry lobby, restored original brick walls and steel structure incorporated into the design of the lobby, arena and pavilion.
The complex includes:
Heritage Hall – Main entry lobby and support facility connected to the arena and pavilion. The upper level mezzanine houses the Boys and Girls Club outreach center.
Heritage Arena – A newly constructed addition to the existing Heritage Hall is a year-round hockey facility with 1,200 permanent seats around the perimeter of the NHL standard ice sheet. Along the open concourse, large brick archways frame historical graphics that tell the story and heritage of Duluth hockey.
Heritage Pavilion – A multi-purpose recreation center with a second sheet of ice and retractable seating for 1,000.
