Sidney J. Watson Arena

Coordinates: 43°54′09.14″N 69°57′31.50″W / 43.9025389°N 69.9587500°W

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Sidney J. Watson Arena
Construction
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Location	Brunswick, Maine, U.S.
Coordinates	43°54′09.14″N 69°57′31.50″W / 43.9025389°N 69.9587500°W / 43.9025389; -69.9587500
Public transit	Downeaster at Brunswick Maine Street Station
Owner	Bowdoin College
Capacity	1,900^[1]
Opened	January 18, 2009 (2009-01-18)^[1]
Construction cost	US$20 million^[2]
Architect	Bear Mountain Design^[2]
Services engineer	DeWolfe Engineering Associates^[2]
General contractor	Pro Con Incorporated^[2]
Tenants
Bowdoin Polar Bears men's ice hockey (2009–present) Bowdoin Polar Bears women's ice hockey (2009–present)
Website
athletics.bowdoin.edu

Sidney J. Watson Arena, or simply Watson Arena, is an ice hockey arena on the campus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Watson Arena seats 1,900 plus additional standing room. The arena opened on January 18, 2009, and is home to the Bowdoin Polar Bears men's and women's ice hockey teams. The arena is named for former Athletic Director Sid Watson.^[1]

Watson Arena was the first newly constructed ice arena built in the United States to earn LEED certification.^[3]^[4]

History

Watson Arena replaced Dayton Arena, which had served as the home of Bowdoin ice hockey since 1956.^[5] On January 18, 2009, the women's ice hockey team tied Hamilton College 1–1 in the first game at Watson Arena.^[6]

Before a match between Bowdoin and Williams at Watson Arena, built in 2009

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sidney J. Watson Arena". Bowdoin College. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sidney J. Watson Arena". J. P. Carrara & Sons, Inc. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
^ "Watson Arena - Bowdoin College". U.S. Green Building Council. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
^ "Bowdoin College has country's first newly constructed LEED-certified ice arena". Building Design + Construction. August 11, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
^ Jermey Bernfield (December 12, 2008). "After 52 years, hockey teams leave historic Dayton Arena". The Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
^ Emma Powers (January 23, 2009). "Women?s hockey exits Dayton in style". The Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved December 23, 2021.

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People

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Cross country Field hockey Football Men's golf Women's golf Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Men's lacrosse Women's lacrosse Nordic skiing Women's rugby Sailing Men's soccer Women's soccer Softball Men's squash Women's squash Swimming and diving Men's tennis Women's tennis Track and field Women's volleyball Rowing
Arenas and stadiums	Brunswick Golf Course (Golf) Howard F. Ryan Field (Field hockey, Lacrosse) Smith Boathouse (Rowing) Leighton Sailing Center (Sailing) LeRoy Greason Pool (Swimming & diving) Lubin Family Squash Center (Squash) Morell Gymnasium (Basketball, Volleyball) Pickard Baseball Diamond (Baseball) Pineland Nordic Skiing Center (Nordic skiing) Sidney J. Watson Arena (Ice hockey) Whittier Field (Football, Lacrosse)
Rivalries	New England Small College Athletic Conference Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium Bates–Bowdoin rivalry

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Campus

v t e New England Small College Athletic Conference
Members	Amherst Mammoths Bates Bobcats Bowdoin Polar Bears Colby Mules Connecticut College Camels (non-football member) Hamilton Continentals Middlebury Panthers Trinity Bantams Tufts Jumbos Wesleyan Cardinals Williams Ephs
Championships	Baseball Men's basketball Men's ice hockey

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