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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.
Bleecker
Stadium Clinton Avenue, Albany, 438-2166. High-school
baseball and football, college baseball, semi-pro Albany Twilight
League baseball, Metro Mallers football and occasional city-sponsored
recreation events.
Glens
Falls Civic Center 1 Civic Center Plaza, Glens Falls,
798-0366. Home of the Adirondack Frostbite hockey team 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. Public skating offered.
Lebanon
Valley Speedway Route 20, West Lebanon, 794-7130. The
summer place to be for stock-car competition. Saturday nights,
mid-April through September. www.lebanon valley.com.
Saratoga
Race Course Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs, 584-6200.
One of the oldest and most beautiful thoroughbred tracks in
the nation. The meet begins in late July and continues through
Labor Day. www.nyra.com/ index_saratoga.html.
Saratoga
Raceway Crescent Avenue, Saratoga Springs, 584-2110. Year-round
harness racing and simulcasting. www.saratogaraceway.com.
Times
Union Center 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. www.time sunioncenter-albany.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.ualbanysports.com.
Washington
Avenue Armory 195 Washington Ave., Albany, 694-7160. Home
of the Albany Patroons. Also, boxing. www.washington avenuearmory.com.
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