[3][4] The arena opened in 1995 as the Iceoplex at Southpointe, with Pittsburgh Penguins owner Howard Baldwin as one of the leaders in the project.

[5] In 2000, former Pittsburgh Steelers Robin Cole led a group of investors who attempted to purchase the Iceoplex to turn it into a community center.

The arena is also joined with a health club called the Southpointe Fitness Center, and the restaurant Bubbas Burghers.

[1] The building also hosts a successful adult hockey league containing approximately 50 teams during any session playing every night of the week.

[7] The Penguins new purpose-built practice facility, the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, opened in Cranberry Township north of Pittsburgh in August 2015.