connecticut

The lights are going to be shining a little brighter during the first game ever played at the new Martire Family Arena in Fairfield.

Finishing touches were made on the $70 million state-of-the-art facility.

News 12's Justin DeVellis got an inside look at the new arena.

Connecticut

CT | Weather

CTFORECAST

Yeah, Nick again, some heavy rain is on tap for your Sunday. You'll get to enjoy a lot of your Saturday. Uh, but again, as we push forward into your Sunday afternoon, we're watching for heavy rain, we could see upwards to two, maybe three inches of rain for some spots. And we're watching for some strong gusty winds upwards to 50 MPH. We're gonna time things out. Futurecast takes us through what's gonna be again, a chilly morning for today. Heading into this afternoon, we're still gonna work with some sunshine. That's the plus side to today. I know yesterday was mainly gray and a lot of cloud cover. We're gonna see some more sun heading into the afternoon with those numbers into the forties, 45 for West, 44 for Norwalk heading into tonight. You will still need that heavy coat with numbers dropping off down into the thirties. Then we see those temperatures on the up as we're pushing forward into your Saturday again, a lot more cloud cover for you tomorrow to start off the weekend. But look at some of these numbers 52 for Newtown. It'll feel good out here in Norwalk at 50 as well. 53 for those out toward orange. Certainly coming after a stretch of some cold days. Now, to be honest with you, we're kind of dealing with the same setup that we did last week. We had Wednesday, Thursday with some chilly weather. Friday. Numbers started to bounce back. It was a pretty decent Saturday last week. And if you remember and then what happened Sunday, we brought in some rain. We're seeing another storm this Sunday, early parts of your Sunday look to be ok for right now again, the timing could shift. So you gotta stay locked in with us. Still work with 50 degree weather for the early parts of your Sunday. We're actually gonna get into the sixties, but it's gonna be tough to enjoy because there lies again, some heavy rain, you could see some clusters, some thunderstorms potentially heading into the afternoon. We're gonna get a little bit of a break by your six o'clock hour. But then look what happens heading into your Sunday night overnight. Parts of your Monday, we'll work with another swath of some heavy rain and thunderstorm activity. So for that first round, you're looking at about a half of an inch and then once we push through your Monday morning after that commute to back to work or school, you're looking at an additional two inches. So that's where we can see some spots, 2 to 3 inches of some rain, strong gusty winds upwards to 40 maybe 50 MPH for the overnight. So you maybe want to tie down those Halloween, um, those Christmas decorations and stuff around the house. And then as we fast forward into the second half of your Monday, we start.

https://vod.chdrstatic.com/transcode/6573d557-08bc-4359-9796-2bd504604b90/6573d557-08bc-4359-9796-2bd504604b90.transcribe

Weather

Sports

Sacred Heart's new hockey arena to open this weekend

DHNEWARENAREDO0109_2023-01-11-14-58-51

it's been a long time coming. The weight. It's gonna be a special night for our team in the whole university is finally over. I could just see the excitement in their eyes. Sacred heart drops the puck on its new hockey arena. This saturday when they hit the ice, it's going to be a little different and the pioneers couldn't be more excited. First class amenities we have downstairs, our locker room, our lounge area, the gym, it's all unbelievable. But I think the biggest thing for us is just to finally have this facility on campus where students can, can get here easily and I think it'll help us draw some bigger crowds. I can remember the days when we would bring young men and their families on campus and we'd walk around campus and then have to get in our car and drive over to the rink that we called our home rink at the time changes everything for us. We don't leave the rink, we're here, we come at nine a.m. We have, you know, we have left in the morning and then do some homework, hang out, practice. You know, we're here all day. It's, it's really fun having a facility like this. We're going to be able to attract big time programs to come play us here at home. The school is about excellence. Now, the hockey program is aligned with where the school is going

https://vod.chdrstatic.com/transcode/3bfb5f34-370e-45be-9500-0850ff1f468b/3bfb5f34-370e-45be-9500-0850ff1f468b.transcribe