The Alaska Nanooks are making a final push to replace the big scoreboard at the Carlson Center, which has been hanging there since 2006. ConocoPhillips Alaska kicked things off with a $500,000 gift, and UAF is looking for about $300,000 more from the community. The news comes alongside a new 12 year agreement between UAF and the borough to keep Nanooks hockey at the Carlson Center, with the two splitting maintenance on the new board 50/50. Read the full story from Webcenter Fairbanks.
Our take: a 20 year old scoreboard in Fairbanks has earned its rest. When a part breaks up here, you can't just run to the store before Saturday's game, so this one makes a lot of sense. We also like that it's a community project. Give $1,000 or more and your name goes on a donor wall at the Carlson Center, which is a pretty fun way to leave your mark on Nanooks hockey for the next decade. And a 12 year deal means a lot more Friday nights of cheering in the cold.
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Go Nanooks!
Photo: the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. By Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.