History
Ice Capades was founded in February, 1940 in Hershey, Pennsylvania by nine men who called themselves the Arena Managers Association. They met to discuss forming an ice show to play in their arenas during the 1940-1941 entertainment season. The arenas represented were all well-known venues of the day:
- Boston Garden, represented by Walter A. Brown
- Rhode Island Auditorium (Louis Pieri)
- Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (Louis Jacobs)
- Hershey Sports Arena (John Sollenberger)
- Cleveland Arena (Al Sutphin)
- Springfield Coliseum (Eddie Shore)
- Philadelphia Arena (Peter A. Tyrrell)
- New Haven Arena (Nathan Podoloff)
- Pittsburgh Gardens (John H. Harris)
Harris had noted the popularity of ice skating displays during the intermissions between periods of hockey games.
The arena managers chose the name Ice Capades, and formed a group of skaters.
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