Went over to Extreme Ice last night for the Charlotte Checkers pre season game. What a cool place! No pun intended. If you ever get a chance to see a hockey game there, do it. I've seen the Checkers play a few times at TWC arena but here you're literally sitting rink side. A great experience. While rink side the wife & I noticed people up on a balcony watching the action so after the end of the first period we ventured upstairs and low and be hold, A BAR!! Plenty of TVs, a really good size bar to pull up to and yes, a balcony to go out and watch the action. I was surprised and impressed. They had a few brews on tap including Sam Adams - Seasonal and OMB - Cooper (one of my favs). The menu was typical bar food & little pricey but I only had the cold beer. If hockey is not your thing, on the second full skating rink, it appeared that Friday nights was the local curling night. We will definitely go back for another Checkers game.