AHL arena evacuated before game due to suspicious package
The Albany Times Union Center, the scheduled site of an American Hockey League game Saturday, was evacuated prior to the game as police investigated a suspicious package.
About an hour before the scheduled 5 p.m. start of the contest between the Albany Devils and the Providence Bruins, the building was evacuated for reasons that at first were unclear, with even the players forced to leave the stadium just before warmups.
Times Union Center announcement regarding bomb scare at @AlbanyDevils game from earlier tonight https://t.co/vgzdYcqbTH
— Don Ferlazzo (@HellOnSkates) December 26, 2015
Albany Devils players, in full uniform, wait for Times Union Center to reopen. #PROvsALB pic.twitter.com/facgPerFjc
— Pete Dougherty (@Pete_Dougherty) December 26, 2015
According to Albany Times Union reporter Pete Dougherty, the Devils eventually confirmed rumors that police were checking into a suspicious package spotted under a vehicle in one of the stadium's parking lots.
The Devils have confirmed police are investigating a suspicious package under a car in the box office parkoing lot. #PROVSALB
— Pete Dougherty (@Pete_Dougherty) December 26, 2015
The police have not yet provided any other details of the investigation.
