David Robinson, board chair of the Capital Region Development Authority, walks through the PeoplesBank Club during a tour inside the PeoplesBank Arena, (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
The PeoplesBank Club inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The PeoplesBank Club inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Retractable seats await assembly as construction wraps up inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Workers apply a layer of ice inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Capital Region Development Authority)

Retractable seats await assembly as construction wraps up inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The PeoplesBank Club inside the renovated PeoplesBank Arena. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The PeoplesBank Club inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

New flooring covers the concourse inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The hockey rink is prepared for a layer of ice as part of a $145 million renovation inside PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford.(Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The PeoplesBank Club inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

David Robinson, board chair of the Capital Region Development Authority, photographs the new kitchen next to the PeoplesBank Club at the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Construction continues in one of the five bunker suites at the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The new kitchen next to the PeoplesBank Club at the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

Andy Bessette, vice chairman of the Capital Region Development Authority, tries out seats inside a new loge box during a tour of the renovations at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford.(Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

New flooring covers the concourse inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

New seats, including the loge box seating, are seen inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

The PeoplesBank Club inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)

New seats, including the loge box seating, are seen inside the PeoplesBank Arena on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
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David Robinson, board chair of the Capital Region Development Authority, walks through the PeoplesBank Club during a tour inside the PeoplesBank Arena, (Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant)
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