Here is the second of three galleries of Duluth Arena photos from the News Tribune archives. This batch goes from late 1966 through 1975. Click on each image for a larger version and to read the caption information:
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- First UMD hockey game
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- Arena’s first anniversary
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- Arena’s first anniversary
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- Arena’s first anniversary
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- Basketball game, 1968
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- Bob Hope crowd
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- Bob Hope crowd
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- 1968 GOP convention
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- 1968 GOP convention
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- Arena-Auditorium, 1968
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- Arena lobby, 1969
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- Graduation ceremony
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- Duluth Day 1969
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- Third anniversary celebration, 1969
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- 1970 DFL convention
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- 1970 hockey game
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- Duluth Arena-Auditorium, 1970
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- Circus, 1971
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- 1971 hockey game
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- Arena crowd
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- Pioneer Hall construction
The final gallery of photos will be posted Thursday, along with an extended version of a Duluth Arena timeline that appears in the DNT’s special section about the new Amsoil Arena. That 16-page special section will be included with Thursday’s paper.
We raced snowmobiles on the hockey rink in the arena.
The races were Thanksgiving weekend in 1968,69,70. I don`t know if any more were run in suceeding years. There were factory teams racing…it was quite an event. There may be pictures at the trib cause I remember the event getting front page coverage.