Ice Bats move closer to my house

After ten years at the Travis County Expo Center, the Austin Ice Bats are moving to a new venue, Chaparral Ice. The details were basically the unavailability of the Center. I would also go with the smell on that place (the Center is used for livestock shows and rodeos). 
 
I’m rather stoked because Chaparral Ice is the rink near my house. It’s just a quick drive under the I-35 bridge over Wells Branch Parkway to the south-bound feeder next to the Whataburger. This rink will be making some major improvements to handle 2000 people. I would highly recommend doing something about the parking which barely handles the number of people attending the UT games. 
 
Other renovations will probably involve the concessions, thus no more bringing in your own cooler of beer or carrying in a #5 from Whataburger. I’m sure paying for parking will come into the picture too so I’ll see how hard of a walk it’ll be. 
 
The upside is that this move is temporary while the owners try to keep searching for their new, permanent home. I don’t recommend downtown like the Toros or other UT sports. The bigger upside is that I will definitely be taking in more games, heck I might even look into season tickets or a ten-game package.