The harsh sound of hammer on wood echoed through the air as a crew of more than 33 people worked to lay down an ice rink on Camp Randall field Monday.

The ice rink will be the site of Culver’s Camp Randall Hockey Classic and the location of a free public skating rink the night before.

Tickets for the public skate went on sale Monday morning and sold out within 15 minutes, according to Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Paul Capobianco.

During the weekend, more than 10 trucks drove materials to Camp Randall, and a construction crew prepared the field and materials to set up the rink for the classic, Ice Rink Events Project Manager Patrick Seltsam said.

Senior Associate Athletic Director for Operations Sean Frazier said he had been watching the process out of his window Monday morning.

“And what a process it is,” Frazier said.

Frazier said the field usually used for football has a pitch in it that must be leveled out before any ice can be made.

To level out the field, Seltsam said they are first laying one layer of thin plywood. On top of that, they will put a layer of foam that has been pre-cut to level out the pitch of the field. Another layer of plywood will go on top of the foam.

Seltsam said this is a new strategy for leveling a field. When Ice Rink Events laid rinks in the past, they used a system of legs and platforms to hold up the ice. He said the foam system is working well.

“It’s coming in perfectly level,” Seltsam said.

He added the biggest challenge in creating the platform was finding a way to keep it level while holding up the weight of the ice rink, players and a Zamboni.

If everything continues to go as planned, Seltsam said he hopes the rink will be skater ready in seven days.

Seltsam said he thinks the new trend of outdoor hockey games is a good thing, as hockey was meant to be played both indoors and outdoors.

“Every time you take it to a new place it’s a novelty there,” Seltsam said.