kij
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- Jan 31, 2016
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Funny how all these arenas state they are community/multi-purpose but can anyone find examples of any of these arenas regularly being used as anything other than a rink? When you think about it, all boards are collapsible and most rinks have that tiling on hand to convert the sheet into a floor (even my ratty old rink back in Long Beach, NY had them and it's from the 60's). But does anybody see rinks regularly doing this? With the costs associated with skilled labor to maintain the ice under the tiling as well as actually taking everything out and rebuilding it, is it even worth the money to do so? Obviously you see it at MSG and the like in the big leagues but at these smaller arenas built for junior hockey? Best example I can think of was the old Louisiana Ice Gators in the Cajundome but the dome hated them and jacked up the rent on ice time because it cost so much to convert from basketball.Probably just for purposes of appeasing taxpayers who will be footing the STAR bonds bill, but the Bluhawk leasing web page refers to their ice facility as "a 3,500-seat Civic and Community Center/Arena ... ." I guess Woodbury Corp. & Junior's Loretto Sports Ventures won't have to bother putting lipstick on their pig.
no it's not, kjj, in fact the success of the Colisee brought on the NCDC once St. Dominic's Academy swapped cities; and Norway Savings Bank Arena was constructed as the replacement for Ingersoll Arena and then the Twin City Thunder of the NCDC arrived (NSBA has two rinks, btw), not one, it's also why the NAHL Maine Nordiques partnered with said school as the next logical extension of that franchise... replacing the NA3HL L/A Nordiques, when Dr. Antonucci bought the facility outright from Jim Cain and Firland Management;
remember, Lewiston had a QMJHL entry for roughly a decade after leaving Sherbrooke.... and the AHL rented the Colisee in 2014/2015 while Cross Arena went into full update mode in the midst of a lease dispute
Hutch, I appreciate your input, but I was referring to the use of the ice throughout the day to help cover expenses. To my knowledge, on a regular day during the season, the Colisee sits vacant for a large amount of operating hours outside of when the junior team/1-2 prep teams using it. Can you clarify that situation for us?