Photo: FredericksburgHockey

Over the last several months, NoVa Caps has been providing updates on the progress of construction to a outdoor, roller hockey rink being built in the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia in partnership between the Capitals and their Legacy Project initiative (aimed at growing the love of hockey in the Washington D.C.-Metro area by the year 2020), the City of Fredericksburg, and local sponsors and donors. The installation of key rink features brings the project one step closer to completion.

Since the last update at the end of July, dasher boards and fencing, as well as team benches have been installed, giving the project the look of a hockey rink. The construction on the rink, located in the public Dixon Park, began two months ago as part of the team’s Legacy Project and is partly funded by the Capitals. In FredericksburgHockey’s latest update, the city is awaiting for the scoreboards and rink playing surface to be installed by the Caps, though an exact timeline is not available (although a opening date for sometime in the fall has been projected in the past).

The project is funded by the Capitals, City of Fredericksburg, and corporate sponsors in the Fredericksburg area. Spots are still open on the dasher boards for sponsors or advertisements, per the update.

By Michael Fleetwood (Fredericksburg native and resident)

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