Herb Brooks Arena — Local services in Town of North Elba

newly updated arena where the miracle on ice 1980 men's Olympic hockey team beat the USSR and countless other miracle's have happened on this rink. there is a new museum where where you can watch a video called "small towns, big dreams" all about how lake placid NY made its mark way before the Olympics leading up to the 1932 and 1980 Olympics...yes that's right lake placid NY has hosted two Olympics. the only place in the world to host it more than once. winter that is anyway. the video will most likely talks about former NY governor and former United States president Franklin delanor Roosevelt having some responsibility into promoting the "forever wild act" which made it illegal to development in the Adirondacks because its a NY state park with 6 billion acres of wild life. FDR also had some involvement in the 1932 winter Olympics games. with the veterans memorial highway up whiteface mountains ski slope. the highway is only accessed during the summer season. don't forget to check out whiteface mountain ski slope, the ski jumps, the bobsled track, and the original Olympic coldren from 1980 out on the horse show grounds in...

I’m a huge history and stadium nerd and I’ve always wanted to see this arena ever since I first heard of the Miracle on Ice, and finally got that chance in December 2018. Kinda funny to see the striking modern exterior and then see the basic interior right down to the high school gym-style bleachers in the balcony. A product of an Olympics built on a budget, the way they should be compared to nowadays. The fact that this little village of 3,000 people hosted the Olympics twice still boggles my mind. It’s so cool to see this arena preserved so well and that really makes you feel the history of what...

Have watched the movie Miracle many times with the kids so we decided to stop and see where the 1980 Miracle On Ice took place. They have the original score board from 1980 on display inside the arena. It was very cool to be able to walk around and see where this great event in US Sports history took place. There is a tour that you have to pay for to get a more “behind the scenes” look. The view outside the arena is awesome as you can see many of the sites where the other Olympic sports took place. There was on street parking available. This must stop for...