David S. Ingalls Hockey Park

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Just across the street from the Yale School of Management stands Ingalls Rink - aka "The Whale". The rink is named in honor of David S. Ingalls (Yale '20), who twice captained the Yale hockey team, and his son David Jr. '56 who served as captain of his freshman and varsity teams. Gifts from the Ingalls family provided the bulk of the funding for its construction.

The rink was built in 1958 by Eero Saarinen (Architect), Douglas Orr (Associate Architect), and Severud-Elstad-Krueger (Engineer). The roof consists of two saddle surfaces spanning between three arches. The roof is 23.2 m high at its zenith. The cable nets are covered with wood decking.

Quick construction facts:
Steel suspension cable grid with flexible surface
tied to single concrete "backbone"
Span: 300' x 76' zenith
Capacity: 5,600 seats; multi-use space
Cost: $1.4 million