The chiller unit has arrived! 

The team from Ice Rink Events, along with Jim Hartnett and his crew, began setting up the chiller unit on Friday morning after it arrived on a tractor trailer. The unit was backed into position just after 10 a.m. and by early afternoon the tubing used to move the fluid from the unit to the rink were almost completely hooked up. Just three (3) more rink grids were due on site by late afternoon and that meant ice making could be on the horizon by early next week.

This historic project will continue to be documented throughout the process right here on SyracuseCrunch.com, as well as on Twitter at twitter.com/SyracuseCrunch.

To view today's progress at the Fairgrounds, click here to take a look. Daily photo galleries will be posted now through game day.