The Forum, Fargo, North Dakota, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1987. In the late '90s there were more talks of bringing varsity hockey back with a proposed arena, but Fargo citizens voted it down in April 2000.

The huge arena with the massive circular roof was familiar to nearly all Minnesotans beyond the age of reason because of the three days in late March when it would hold the state basketball tournament ...

My youth was spent wearing lucky green sweatpants, doing as many concourse laps as I could between periods at the old Ralph Engelstad Arena and ... now about North Dakota’s hockey past than ...

It’s a good-sized city with plenty of hotel and restaurant options, it’s got a perfect-sized rink, it’s got an airport that makes North Dakota ... up any available seats in the 6,000- ...