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Just heard that the New Hampton School, a private high school in New Hampton not too far from Exit 23, has received a two million dollar gift from a 1968 alumnus to build a refrigerated, indoor ice skating arena.

So, that means that the approximate 15-mile stretch of Route 93 going from Exit 23-New Hampton up to Exit 25-Plymouth, and up to Exit 28-Campton and ten miles north on up to Waterville Valley will have a total of three very fine quality, indoor ice arenas.....ice arenas which are good enough and big enough to be a practice rink for professional hockey like the Montreal Canadiens or Boston Bruins.

I know that down in Boston, there are three ice arenas all close together located at Harvard College, Boston University, and Boston College, but to have three ice arenas of professional ice hockey size and quality all so close together here along Route 93 just seems pretty danged unusual.

Could be some new highway signs promoting Route 93 - Exits 23 to 28, as "America's Ice Arena Highway" could be a good tourist-business-promotional theme!

What the heck....it never hurts to promote an unusual and highly sought after area amenity like an ice arena(s) to help build up the local tourist-visitor-ice arena business. In the winter, skiers come here to ski, and in the summer-fall-winter......hockey players, figure skaters, recreational skaters, & broom-ball players can come here for the great ice arenas.