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PRESTO CHANGE-O
Michael Farber
February 23, 2004
After a Saint Louis University basketball game on Dec. 17, the Savvis Center floor was converted from hardwood to hockey rink, a nine-hour job completed in plenty of time for a Blues game the next night.
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February 23, 2004

Presto Change-o

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After a Saint Louis University basketball game on Dec. 17, the Savvis Center floor was converted from hardwood to hockey rink, a nine-hour job completed in plenty of time for a Blues game the next night.

8:20 p.m. Billikens game nears end
5:30 a.m. Ice covering removed
12:15 a.m. Temporary seating removed
6:20 a.m. Ice resurfaced
12:40 a.m. Hardwood taken up
6:40 p.m. Pregame skate
1:10 a.m. Ice covering exposed
6:50 p.m. Ice resurfaced again
5:20 a.m. Protective netting erected
7:10 p.m. Face-off, Sharks versus Blues

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