Dubuque Fighting Saints Dubuque Ice Arena STADIUM REVIEW

[@Charles-ix5jc]

I'm from chicago and go out there view all the time for the games. The fans and everything are great the parking is free. The food is bogus except for in the privacy area. Enjoyed the stadium folks

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Yeah, not a bad place apart from the food.

[@canadiensfan90]

That’s a nice arena

[@SACSportsAdventures]

It is pretty nice and checks almost all the boxes for a good USHL rink.

[@Drakeavickgotnothingonme]

Come back now that we have a chick fil a stand

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Oh no way! I’ll have to redo some of the food if you guys have got better stuff now.

[@keegangailushas5752]

Dubuque's ice arena is cool, but not ad big as others

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Yeah, it’s one of the smaller ones but a great venue nonetheless.

[@BallparkHunter]

Thanks for the tour of the building!

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Always! Great place to catch a hockey game if you’re ever out that way.

[@morgandalsing7259]

I used to be on the academy figure skating team there! Doing warmups in front of that turtle (when he was there--he disappeared a lot??) was kinda creepy. The rink is huge, and when you're skating on an open day in the middle of summer, you've got the whole court to yourself. The only Saints game I ever saw was when the academy did an opening number for the team. I'm not really a hockey girl, but I gotta admit, I was feeling the hype. Shivers, every time we stepped out there. You have to see the learn-to-skate hockey kids. They put the Saints to shame, with how hard they barrel into walls. :)

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Hahahaha! Nice! What a cool perspective! That turtle is pretty odd.

[@AnthonyGriz]

I havene't experienced aluminium/aluminum flooring in rinks before. What is it like with all those aluminium/aluminum flooring compared to good old concrete? Did it feel solid? Did it add to the atmosphere? Did it make lot more noise? Did the stadium feel like it rocked or was it really solid under foot?

[@BigDogWaddy]

Only the stands are aluminum, the concourse is cement. It's solid and does not rock, it does make the noise louder when people stump their feet.

[@AnthonyGriz]

That sounds great. I'd imagine that would make for a reasonable cost savings for rink construction too. Thanks for the feedback! @@BigDogWaddy

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Felt solid but I did notice some good noise!

[@BigDogWaddy]

The arena was renamed about two months ago to ImOn Arena, and got a bit of a touch up signage and advertisement wise. The turtle is a city of Dubuque thing, about a decade ago an expansion of our River Museum occurred and to help raise funding they sold those large cement turtles, business's bought them and painted them to match their needs. They are becoming less frequent to find but they used to be pretty common thru the city. The black boards are about a year old, the arena underwent a major foundation repair and the boards were replaced at that time, took a bit to get used to for the regulars. The cowbells are because Dubuque competes in an in season trophy contest with Waterloo and Cedar Rapids called the Cowbell Cup, best record between those 3 teams gets the trophy. Johnny was on a Clark Cup winning team and is now part of the ownership group that owns the team. One other recent change is there is now a D3 NCAA team for University of Dubuque so there are new logos in the ice for their team. The video board and food/prices do suck - can't argue with that.

[@SACSportsAdventures]

What great info! Thanks so much for sharing! Is it weird having the same arena name as Cedar Rapids now since you're rivals?

[@justicef0rall158]

Dubuque Dubuque, You making me wanna puke. Lol force of habit

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Hahahaha! You’re a Lincoln fan, right? Is that what you guys chant at them?

[@justicef0rall158]

@@SACSportsAdventures yep, well use to until we decided that we won’t play the East conference at all for a couple of years

[@kingstonclayton9911]

Very cool! I’ve been to many games because I’m from Platteville WI which is about 20 minutes away

[@SACSportsAdventures]

That’s awesome! I live in Waukesha, WI, so I passed through there.

[@pawfectgamer577]

I’ve been going to games for 3 years now and I’ll admit, the food up until 23/24 was very sucky

[@pawfectgamer577]

Not to mention, at 7:50 I was “one of those kids playing around” lol

[@kyleroesch7750]

Saints added a nice big screen where the U.S. flag was (flag is right next to it). Opening video on it gives me goosebumps everytime!! The hotdogs are also in a foil packaging now. Merchandise shop has also been moved. Hope you can visit again!!

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Nice!! I’d love to make it out again.

[@paulkrolick8086]

The guy with the bunch of bells was my friend Tom

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Nice! That dude seems like a legend.

[@paulkrolick8086]

He is glad we became friends. BTW the review on the concessions stand are dead on. They absolutely suck. The only good thing about eating there is on Friday Nights they have chick fil a come in and sells they're sandwiches chips and cookies over by the open end of the arena. I hope they find something better for the concessions

[@nilemayo18]

Was at that game lol, I always complain that there food sucks so it was good to see someone agree with me

[@SACSportsAdventures]

No way! Haha! And that’s good to validate my opinions as well so I don’t seem like a jerk ripping on their food. Haha!

[@nilemayo18]

@@SACSportsAdventures yeah, you should do Waterloo next on your ushl journey

[@SACSportsAdventures]

@@nilemayo18 I’m heading to Youngstown this weekend but I do want to make it out to Waterloo soon.

[@nilemayo18]

@@SACSportsAdventures yeah, definitely try to, that place is awesome

[@BigDogWaddy]

@@SACSportsAdventures having had my kids play in a lot of these arenas I'll give you my opinion. Omaha has the biggest and probably the nicest arena in the league, it is a full size arena. I've seen the outside of the Green Bay rink and it also looks like a full size arena guessing it's the second largest. Cedar Rapids would be right behind them on that list. Madison's arena is older but has had recent remodels, they do have a cool bar area up top but feels dark with old seating. Waterloo's feels a bit old and they have an olympic size rink so it makes the stands feel smaller, Lincoln, NE is pretty old, dark, and feels a bit run down. Des Moines is seriously old and rumors are will be replaced soon, Buc arena is a dump to be honest. Mason City has maybe the newest rink in the league and is pretty nice probably near the top of the list. Chicago Steel is another old arena with odd seating. I hadn't realized I had been in so many till I started commenting, if I ranked them I would go. Omaha, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Mason City, Waterloo, Madison, Chicago, Lincoln, Des Moines. I assume Green Bay would be in the top 3 but I've never actually been inside. Even though Des Moines is a dump it does have a very old school hockey feel to it.

[@neet2083]

Rank that hotdog, my favorite segment 😋😋😋

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Heck yeah! I’m going to be expanding it to another league soon as well… glad you like it. Maybe I’ll try to make it more prominent throughout other videos.

[@justgabbii]

Rip Johnny ❤️🕊️

[@kordelllattner5718]

Heyy you got my Lil sister on cam man she the one walking with a blue hat with a plastic bag in the lobby at when your showing the lobby

[@SACSportsAdventures]

No way! That’s too funny! Haha!

[@goombajoey]

I was there on Black Friday when they faced the Chicago Steel.

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Nice! It’s a pretty good place to catch a game.

[@DuckDogYoutube]

YES, THE USHL REVIEWS ARE BACK!!!

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Oh yeah!! And I just hit up another one this past weekend so there will be another review out in a few weeks.

[@seankwasny6767]

That giant bobblehead turtle has seen some shit, man. The layout of the stands and concourse reminds me a bit of the Cornell U hockey arena, makes for a good atmosphere! I had no idea Johnny Hockey played for Dubuque either, so that's awesome! Bummer about the sad hot dog, man

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Hahaha! The team has a season ticket holder raffle for a package to go see CBJ on the road with a meet and greet with Johnny. He’s a huge deal there.

[@seankwasny6767]

@@SACSportsAdventures That is really badass! Maybe I'll have to take a trip out to Dubuque and take a game in

[@kingstonclayton9911]

There used to be a big bounce house on the other side of the rink where it’s open which was pretty cool!

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Interesting. That gives it some minor league baseball vibes!

[@Drakeavickgotnothingonme]

You’re a saint for life in my opinion my man

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Haha! Thanks so mcuh!

[@hunterterry7341]

Roughriders still have the best area and fans 😏

[@SACSportsAdventures]

I don’t think you’re wrong ;) haha!

[@reedlicht]

My home team

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Nice! Hope I was able to do it justice for you guys.

[@kordelllattner5718]

And lmao the hot dogs are not great and lmaoo the pizza is even worse 😂 the nachos and chili are the way to go man if you ever come back to dubuque

[@SACSportsAdventures]

Glad I’m not the only one with that opinion. I’ll remember the nachos and chili for next time if I make my way back. Thanks so much!

[@kordelllattner5718]

@SAC Sports Adventures no problem man and if you want someone to sit next to just remember( section 102 row A seat 3) if you make your way to dubuque for a game

[@itsyaboibrady7879]

Thats why whenever I go to a game in Dubuque, I go to Catfish Charlie's before 😅

[@kordelllattner5718]

@itsyaboibrady don't blame you that's for sure lol

[@SACSportsAdventures]

@@kordelllattner5718 I’ll remember that! Thanks so much. I really appreciate it!