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This courtesy rendering released on Monday, July 10, shows how the exterior of 3M Arena at Mariucci might look.
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The U on Monday announced a 14-year, $11.2 million sponsorship deal with
3M of Maplewood that includes a name change of the Gophers' men's hockey
arena to 3M Arena at Mariucci.
The Gophers' home ice has been
named after U player and coach
John Mariucci since 1985, when it
was part of the old field house
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The money, he said, will go almost exclusively toward upgrading the school's
facilities that falls under a $190 million fundraising campaign called Nothing
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Short of Greatness. About $166 million of that is dedicated to the Athletes
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Village, which will include new practice facilities for the football and men's and
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women's basketball teams, as well as a study resource center and cafeteria
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for all student-athletes.
With the 3M partnership, the school has now raised $92 million toward the
Athletes Village since fundraising began in 2013. The Athletes Village is
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"So, continue to aggressively fundraise," Coyle said. "That will continue to be
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"With Athletes Village and our Nothing Short of Greatness campaign,
obviously we need to continue to fundraise, and we have to look at
everything," Coyle said. "I can't predict the future."
But asked specifically about whether the U would consider a sponsorship
deal that includes naming rights to Williams Arena, Coyle said, "Yeah, I think
you have to. Again, it's got to be the right corporation, if that's what we end up
doing. Those conversations need to take place on campus."
Before the 3M partnership, TCF Bank agreed to pay $35 million over 25 years
for the naming rights to the Gophers football stadium, TCF Bank Stadium.
That money helped pay for some of its initial $288 million budget.
John Mariucci Jr., son of the Gophers coaching legend for whom the men's
hockey arena is named, endorsed the partnership with 3M, and the name
change. His father was a Gophers player from Eveleth who went on to play
for the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL.
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He coached the Gophers from 1952-66 with the exception of one season
during which he coached the U.S. Olympic team..
"Our father and grandfather was a lifelong Minnesotan, and would have been
thrilled to see 3M showing so much support for the University and for men's
hockey," he said in a statement. "To have 3M, one of Minnesota's most
respected and well-known brands, be a part of the rich history of Gopher
hockey and the Mariucci legacy is exciting."
The Gophers will play their first game at 3M Arena at Mariucci on Oct. 1, an
exhibition against Alberta. They open the Big Ten season there Oct. 13-14
against Penn State.
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