National Sports Center Blog

Passion for a game

2012-01-25T08:41:45-06:00

By Spencer Arvold, Ice Sports Programming In the Minnesota Wild Adult Hockey League that runs at the Schwan Super Rink there are over 141 teams in the winter session. That equates to around 2,100 participants. At the Super Rink we...

Minnesota's new concussion safety law requires training for coaches

2012-01-23T15:02:03-06:00

By Barclay Kruse, NSC Chief Communications Officer In September 2011 a law went into effect in the State of Minnesota that requires all coaches and officials involved with all youth sports to be trained in concussion awareness, safety and protection....

Flexibility and diversity name of the game

2012-01-20T14:35:51-06:00

By Scott Clasen, Director of Marketing Today we fired out our monthly National Sports Center newsletter as well as posting the latest NSCtv episode (watch it below). Both products included stories about how flexible and diverse our programming is in...

Sport Expo Center construction update

2012-01-18T16:09:32-06:00

By Barclay Kruse, NSC Chief Communications Officer After a brief construction hiatus over the holidays, crews are back on the job building the NSC's new Sport Expo Center. This 21,000 square foot building will be big enough to accommodate sports...

New NSC outdoor sports expos coming

2012-01-17T11:59:51-06:00

By Barclay Kruse, NSC Chief Communications Officer Last spring, the National Sports Center partnered with the Tom Helgeson family and took over the hosting and production of the Tom Helgeson's Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo. We've hosted outdoor shows on...

Day off of school in January? Must be time for baseball!

2012-01-16T12:10:49-06:00

By Scott Clasen, Director of Marketing Most kids have today off of school for Martin Luther King Day (although I tend to think Dr. King would have preferred to have kids in school learning on a day dedicated to him,...

NSCtv is back!

2012-01-13T16:06:21-06:00

By Scott Clasen, Director of Marketing Our own NSCtv weekly video series is back after our winter hiatus! This week we take a look at the name change for our pro soccer team here, the NSC Minnesota Stars. The North...

Intern time is here...

2012-01-11T08:18:46-06:00

By Scott Clasen, Director of Marketing "Intern time is here, happiness and cheer..." (I'm changing the lyrics of the Charlie Brown Christmas special song, but go with me here.) Summer seems like a long ways away (although not so much...

Have stick, will travel...

2012-01-10T15:54:12-06:00

By Scott Clasen, Director of Marketing Consider this the all-call for boys lacrosse players in the Twin Cities. The National Sports Center is offering a new indoor lacrosse league in the NSC Sports Hall. The new Sevens Varsity League will...

The week to be at the NSC

2012-01-09T09:38:03-06:00

By Scott Clasen, Director of Marketing This coming week here at the National Sports Center is relatively quiet, but we do have several events scheduled that are worth checking out. Bethel Men's and Women's Hockey Not too many people realize...