After a pandemic repurposing, Sullivan Arena is about to reopen. What’s its role in Anchorage now?

Jan. 27—The air inside Sullivan Arena is cold again. Properly cold. The cold of an ice rink chilled by the flow of liquefied carbon dioxide pumping through subsurface pipes and sucking the warmth right off the concrete stadium steps, metal-halide lights and gunmetal gray plastic seats. "We're going to start with the recreational skating," said Steve Agni, who leads O'Malley Ice and Sports …