WINTERTIME MEANS LETTING
SKIING AND SKATING.
IN THE STATE OF HOCKEY IF
THERE'S ONE THING MINNESOTANS
KNOW IT'S GOOD ICE.
WE WANTED TO FIND THE BEST
HOCKEY RINK IN MINNESOTA.
YOUR VOTE SENT ME TO THE RED
BARON. ONLY MINNESOTA WOULD
HAVE A HOCKEY RINK THIS GRAND
IN THE MIDDLE OF VERY COUNTRY.
THIS IS THE RED BARON ARENA AND
EXPO. IT IS LITTLE HOUSE ON
THE PRAIRIE.
BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS, IT IS THE TIPPING
POINT BETWEEN THE METRO AND
IOWA, AND NEBRASKA.
THAT MAKES THIS MINNESOTA
RINK NOT ONLY THE BEST OF, BUT
A DESTINATION FOR THOSE LIVING
BEYOND THE FOUR CORNERS OF OUR
STATE. WE HAVE A SYMBOLIC.
Reporter: THIS RINK HAS BEEN
A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. IT
TOOK A LOT OF PLANNING.
ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.
IT TOOK A PARTNERSHIP WITH
SCHWAB BEEF COMPANY.
THEY DONATED THE LAND.
Reporter: THE DECADE OF TIME
WAS WELL SPENT.
ON SLOW AND STEADY RESEARCH.
THE GROUP WENT OUT AND SAW ALL
THESE DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
THEY TOOK EVERYTHING THAT THEY
COULD, THAT THEY WANTED FROM
THOSE FACILITIES AND BROUGHT IT
TOGETHER.
THEY INCORPORATED IT WITH A
WORKING BUDGET THAT THEY HAD.
THEY MADE THE RED BIRD ARENA --
BARON ARENA.
THIS IS THE BEST OF THE BEST.
Reporter: IT IS THEIR CHANCE
TO STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT.
IT GETS US MORE PUMPED UP.
IS INÃIT'S AN AWESOME
ATMOSPHERE.
Reporter: AS THE UNIFORM
WALKER SHOW, THEY TAKE GREAT
PRIDE IN WHAT THEY HAVE.
OFF THE ICE THE FANS ARE
TREATED TO A LUXURY HOCKEY
EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE A 14 BY
25 FOOT HIGH DEFINITION BOARD.
WE HAVE THE EIGHT CAMERAS THAT
ARE INSTALLED.
WE HAVE GOLD CAMS INSTALLED
ABOVE IF WE EVER WANT TO DO
INSTANT REPLAY.
STATE OF THE ART SURROUNDSOUND
SYSTEM IN HERE.
THE BLEACHERS RETRACT.
IT IS A STATE OF THE ART
FACILITY.
Reporter: THERE IS SEATING
FOR MORE THAN 1200.
AND A PRESSROOM THAT WOULD MAKE
SID HARMAN BLUSH. IT IS ONE
OF THOSE THINGS IF YOU BUILD IT
THEY WILL COME.
WITH AS MANY HOCKEY RANKS AS
THERE ARE IN MINNESOTA, WE
REALLY HAVE THINGS THAT SET US
APART FROM OTHER RINKS.
THIS IS THE RED BARON ARENA
EXPO.
WERE THE BEST HOCKEY RINK IN
MINNESOTA! CONGRATULATIONS TO
THEM.
THE STATE TOURNAMENT WILL BE
HELD THERE IN MARCH.
THEY ALSO BROADCAST EVERYTHING
ON THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, LET'S SAY
THEY ARE IN ARIZONA, THEY CAN
WATCH. THAT IS WONDERFUL.
I AM HAPPY FOR THEM. I AM TO
-- TOO.
TO THEY HAVE A MUSEUM IN
THEIR?
THEY DO.
THEY APPROACH THE HOCKEY HALL
OF FAME INSIDE WOULD YOU MIND
LOANING US SOME STUFF.
THEY SAID SURE TAKE THIS STUFF
FOR A YEAR.
THEY HAVE A LITTLE DISPLAY
CASE.
THEY WILL SWITCH IT OUT YEAR-TO-
YEAR.
IT'S PRETTY NEAT.
NEXT WEEK WE ARE LOOKING FOR
