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November 13, 2007

The Dunk re-opens tomorrow as work in progress / Photo

Journal Photo/Steve Szydlowski
The front door of the Dunk seems ready for business.

PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Convention Center Authority is making final preparations today for the reopening of the Dunkin' Donuts Center tomorrow after a six-month closure for upgrades.

The first event at the center begins at 7:05 p.m., when the Providence Bruins play the Portland Pirates. There are 12 events scheduled for November, including Providence College basketball games and a performance by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

The center's renovation is still a work in progress. But for tomorrow's game, patrons will enter the building through a new lobby and order snacks and beverages at new food courts. Three hundred hockey fans will sit in "test" seats - models of the new seats that will be installed throughout the arena next summer during the final phase of the three-year renovation.

“More than 300 construction workers have been on site daily throughout most of Phase 2. We’ve accomplished a lot of work during the past six months, focusing on areas critical to making the building operational again, including the new life safety systems, mechanical and electrical systems, restrooms, food courts and the lobby area," James P. McCarvill, executive director of the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority, said in a statement today. "Patrons will get a sense of what the final design will look like, but there is still a lot of work to complete."

-- Journal staff writer Benjamin N. Gedan

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