Printscape Arena at Southpointe, owned by Black Bear Sports Group, Inc. is a multi-purpose sports facility located in Canonsburg, PA. Opened in 1995, the 125,000 square-foot facility is one of the South Hills most heavily visited venues with over 850,000- foot traffic annually. The facility includes one NHL-sized ice rink (UPMC Ice Rink) operating year-round and one NHL-sized dry floor arena which operates with turf from November through March and a sport court surface from April through October complimented by four meeting/party rooms that support a variety of corporate and community functions as well as groups/field trips.Printscape Arena's mix of surfaces provides for a host of programs, program drop ins, leagues, themed events, expos, trade shows, shows and concerts. The facility is home to many user groups as along with a variety of on-site businesses including Printscape Imaging and Graphics, Bubba’s Gourmet Burghers and Beer, Rinkside Café, Throw Indoor Ax Throwing, Whitehall Health Centre and Laser Spa, Pure Motion Southpointe, Southpointe Chamber of Commerce Network Center, and House O’ Hockey Retail Store.
Black Bear Sports Group, Inc. Black Bear Sports Group, Inc. is a Chevy Chase, MD-based company that operates sports and entertainment facilities and youth sports events. Black Bear Sports Group, Inc. was founded to purchase undermanaged and underperforming ice rinks to bring professional management and badly needed capital to 20-30 year old rinks to save the facilities and provide a safe and fun environment for the local community. We have subsequently expanded in junior hockey ownership to provide our facility participants a pathway to college hockey.
Ice Rink Performance Group The Ice Rink Performance Group provides management services that are focused on effective operational performance by implementing vertically integrated, internally managed programming, marketing, sponsorship partnerships and providing a best-in-class customer experience.