Ingalls Rink

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Ingalls Rink is a distinctive, whale-shaped ice hockey arena on Yale University's campus in New Haven, Connecticut, known for hosting Yale Bulldogs home games and its iconic mid-century modern design by architect Eero Saarinen.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
ice hockey arena
modernist architecture
sports venue
affiliation Yale Bulldogs
architect Eero Saarinen
architecturalStyle mid-century modern
modernist
campus Yale University
campusArea Yale main campus
category College ice hockey venues in the United States
Eero Saarinen buildings
Indoor ice hockey venues in Connecticut
Modernist architecture in Connecticut
Sports venues in New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University buildings
city New Haven NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1956
country United States
hasParking yes
hasSurface ice
leagueVenueFor ECAC Hockey
locatedIn New Haven, Connecticut
namedAfter David S. Ingalls
David Sinton Ingalls Sr.
nickname The Whale
Yale Whale
notableFeature exposed wooden roof ribs
suspended cable-supported roof
sweeping reinforced concrete arch
whale-shaped profile
opened 1958
operator Yale University
ownedBy Yale University
primaryTenant Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey
Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey
publicTransitAccess New Haven Union Station (nearby)
region New England
roofShape catenary arch
significance iconic example of mid-century modern sports architecture
landmark of Yale University campus
sport ice hockey
state Connecticut
uses college ice hockey games
figure skating
public skating
tournaments

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Yale Bulldogs
iceHockeyArena

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