Syracuse.com Article On Glulam Timber Onondaga National Lacrosse Pavilion
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| Unalam team members finishing an arch leg for the arena |
Unalam note: In May and June we manufactured the structural glulam for this amazing new Onondaga Nation arena. It is getting a lot of attention leading up to the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, both for its beauty and how quickly it was completed. Our entire team worked tirelessly to get this done, and we are very proud to have been a big part of this project. Here is one of the great news stories running now in the Syracuse media about the arena. The games start at the end of this week, and we can’t wait to visit Tsha’ Thoñ’nhes this weekend and take in some lacrosse action.
Onondaga Nation builds $6.5M arena in record time for lacrosse championship
by Sarah Moses
by Sarah Moses
ONONDAGA NATION – In 2010, England would not allow the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team to enter the country to compete in the world championships because the players were traveling on their Haudenosaunee passports.
The traditional Iroquois passports, accepted internationally for three decades, were suddenly considered inadequate as countries adopted new rules requiring more sophisticated and secure travel papers.
Travel will not be an issue this year for the Iroquois team. Next week the Onondaga Nation will be the site of the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, the first international sporting event held on indigenous lands.
Seventeen games of the tournament will take place in a gleaming new $6.5 million arena built in record time to host teams from 13 nations.
“We’re excited for the games to come home,” said Tadodaho Sidney Hill, the spiritual leader of the Onondaga Nation. “We’re proud to host and we want to make everyone feel welcome … even England.”
Workers have been putting the finishing touches on the wood-and-stone arena that is called Tsha’ Thoñ’nhes, which means “where they play ball.”