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Originally Posted by JHikka
Fredericton does have a suitable arena (The Aitken Centre) but it's owned and operated by UNB who are staunchly against any other hockey tenant in their building, and for good reason.
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The AUC is not by any remote means worthy of a Q league team. The seats are old, the capacity is smaller than it used to be, UNB got rid of general attendance in favor of assigned seats last year, the hallways are cramped, the dressing rooms are ridiculously tiny apart from the UNB one which they won't share, the parking lot is half gravel and a ton of views are obstructed.
The Willie/GH are great community rinks (2 surfaces each, great views, GH serves beer, one for each side of the river which is important with how deep the North/South divide is) but a Q League team was a distant dream when they were first discussed and built. I wouldn't say it was unreasonable given how terrible the community rinks would be if they had built a Q arena and left the York, Nasis, LBR and Coliseum for minor hockey.
Major Junior in Freddy is seriously at least 10 years away, unless someone decides to take the chance and try to move into the AUC.
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