Achilles Rink Union College, Schenectady, 388-6134. Home of Union College’s NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey team, and open for ice skating.

Alumni Recreation Center (aka the ARC), Siena College, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, athletic ticket office: 783-2528. Home of Siena NCAA Division I women’s basketball.

BIG Arena 900 Delaware Ave., Delmar, 439-2211. Offering year-round, indoor ice skating, this facility also feature skate rentals, lessons and hockey leagues. www.bigarena.com.

Bleecker Stadium Clinton Avenue, Albany, 438-2166. High school baseball and football, college baseball, semi-pro Albany Twilight League baseball and occasional city-sponsored recreation events.

Glens Falls Civic Center 1 Civic Center Plaza, Glens Falls, 798-0202. Home of the United Hockey League’s Adirondack IceHawks and United States Basketball League’s Adirondack Wildcats. Other events include pro boxing, dances and more. www.glensfallscc.com.

Houston Field House Burdett and Peoples avenues, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus, Troy, 276-6262. Home of RPI NCAA Division I hockey.

Pepsi Arena 51 S. Pearl St., Albany, 487-2000. The American Hockey League’s Albany River Rats and the Arena Football 2 League’s Albany Conquest anchor the area’s largest indoor sports venue. The 15,000-seat arena also has pro wrestling, several NBA and NHL exhibitions yearly, and Siena College NCAA Division I men’s home basketball games.

Lebanon Valley Speedway Route 20, West Lebanon, 794-9606. The summer place to be for stock-car competition. Saturday nights, mid-April through September. www.lebanonvalley.com.

Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, 584-6200. One of the oldest and most beautiful thoroughbred tracks in the nation. The meet beginUnion Avenue, s in late July and continues through Labor Day. www.nyra.com/saratoga

Saratoga Raceway Crescent Avenue, Saratoga Springs, 584-2110. Year-round harness racing and simulcasting. www.saratogaraceway.com

University at Albany Recreation and Convocation Center (aka the RACC), University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, 442-DANE (3263). Includes an indoor track, fitness center, racquetball and squash courts. Home to UAlbany basketball. www.albany.edu/sports