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Originally Posted by kwajo
If we do go ahead with pursuing new rink[s], then I think we seriously need to dig up the old plans to double or triple the ice surfaces at the LBR.
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Oh boy.
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The location is ideal for expansion
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How?
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and it would seriously help the North End and Main Street,
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Not really, no.
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as well as offering excellent potential for large tournaments given it is a 2 minute drive or <10 minute walk from Harbour Station.
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Its distance from Harbour Station doesn't mean a whole lot as many local tournament games are not played at Harbour Station. Hotel locations and their distance from rinks is most important with hosting tournaments. There are hotels west, north, south, and east...and in a larger capacity east and uptown than anywhere else.
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I'd hate to see that kind of new arena investment go out East and make for more traffic problems and sprawl.
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If we're building a new tri or fourplex it
has to be new and I cannot stress that enough. The LBR is too old and the costs would be too high for expansion of that rink. It would be like giving bionic legs to a 90-year-old. If you're expanding the LBR, where are you expanding to? The already small parking lot? If you build on the parking lot, where is everyone going to park? If you've been to the fourplex in Moncton you know how much parking is required for four ice surfaces.
If you try to expand the LBR to a fourplex you're ruining what is a pretty good rink as is and cheaping out on the chance of building a nice new facility whilst retaining the services of a centrally located mid-sized rink in the LBR.