The EDGE Sports Center has broken ground to add a second ice hockey rink as well as two outdoor synthetic athletic fields with a winter air supported structure to its already existing ice rink and athlete training and physical therapy center. The EDGE is also doing its part to reduce its environmental footprint with the commissioning of its solar photovoltaic (PV) array on the roof of the existing facility. In partnership with Revolution Energy LLC, the EDGE is expecting to generate 575,000 kilowatts a year from almost 2,000 solar panels from its PV array and become a model for sustainability for athletic facilities in New England. The construction cost is $2.5 million.
Founding member and land use attorney / landscape architect Brian DeVellis, of Lombardo DeVellis & Smith LLP responded to a Request for Proposal from the Mass. Ports Authority on behalf of the EDGE in 2011. Following award of the RFP, DeVellis negotiated the land lease with Massport, led the team on the design and permitting efforts and is currently overseeing the buyout and construction efforts for the EDGE. The current construction consists of converting the former existing indoor turf building to a second ice rink as well as constructing the two outdoor lighted multi-sport turf fields with additional parking on seven acres adjacent to the existing rink.
When completed fall 2012, the EDGE Sports Center will be comprised of the following recreational and athletic facilities;
* Two NHL sized ice rinks
* Two full sized lighted outdoor turf fields
* Three indoor winter turf fields under an Air Supported Structure
* Expanded strength and conditioning center
* Physical therapy practice.