Jordan Valley Ice Park is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown

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. The arena is owned and operated by the Springfield-Greene County Park Board and serves as a location for community recreation and the home for the

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team, and various youth sports programs. The arena opened in 2001 as Jordan Valley Ice Park. In 2008, it was renamed to Mediacom Ice Park, due to a $200,000 a year, 10-year naming rights agreement with

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, a

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and communications provider in the

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. This agreement expired in 2019, whereupon the arena reverted to its original name.

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