The RIT Tigers ice hockey team plays their home games at Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
The Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena is an ice skating rink/hockey arena located on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus. It is the current home of the RIT Tigers Hockey team and the ![[WWW]](http://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
Genesee Figure Skating Club.
The official capacity of the arena is 2,100, making it the third largest ice arena in the Atlantic Hockey Association in seating capacity. It includes a concession stand, a press box and the President's Box. The ice surface measures 85' x 185'.
History
The arena was opened in 1968 when RIT moved from its downtown campus. It is named for nineteenth-century RIT benefactor (Frank Ritter), who helped found the Mechanics Institute at the college. Ritter's grandson Frank Ritter Shumway also founded the Genesee Figure Skating Club.
