Dartmouth College Thompson Arena Addition, Renovation and Upgrades

Constructed in 1975, Thompson Arena serves as the home for Dartmouth College’s “Big Green” Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey teams. The addition, renovations and upgrades to the historic Thompson Arena will enhance training and amenities for the college’s Division I athletes and club sports. The improvements modernize essential spaces, providing state-of-the-art resources to support athletic development, team performance and the student-athlete experience.

Work includes a 10,000-square-foot addition on the eastern side of Thompson Arena and 17,000 square feet of interior renovations within the existing space. The new addition will create space to expand program accommodations with new women’s locker room and team room spaces, the Smoyer VIP Lounge, a coaches’ suite, and a new elevator. The renovations will complement the addition with a new men’s locker room and team room, new Sports Medicine and training rooms, a new 2,600-square-foot strength and conditioning space with a state-of-the-art sound/vibration attenuating floor system, and visitor locker room updates. The equitable men’s and women’s locker rooms will incorporate features such as custom lockers with individual ventilation and power, LED backlighting, an enhanced sound-system and a changing area.

Rounding out the interior upgrades is a new hydrotherapy treatment room with cold and hot plunge pools and a new Thompson Arena center ice scoreboard.

The project will achieve Dartmouth College’s goals of incorporating Title IX enhancements, including equitable varsity locker rooms on ice level, in addition to co-locating coaches’ offices and program support within the arena and improving sports medicine and training spaces. The project also includes a mechanical systems upgrade to prepare for the transition from steam to hot water heating systems as part of Dartmouth’s effort to achieve carbon zero operations by 2050.