mgoblue.com: University of Michigan offers a glimpse inside renovated Yost Ice Arena

By Pete Cunningham Sports Director

Posted on Thu, Sep 27, 2012 : 5:20 p.m.

A new scoreboard was installed at Yost Ice Arena in 2011.

AnnArbor.com file photo

Construction crews are finally clearing away from the Yost Ice Arena parking lot as renovations on the old building are coming to a close.

The University of Michigan's official athletics website MGoBlue.com offered a glimpse inside the home of Michigan hockey team and to say it looks drastically different is a vast understatement.

Gone are the wooden benches which are replaced with aluminum bleachers. There are new windows, seven additional luxury suites and a sound system to go along with the new scoreboard, which was installed last year.

In all, it cost $16 million to make the arena look like the same old Yost from the outside and a brand new Yost on the inside.

Check out the video at MGoBlue.com.