Iqaluit arena needs repairs right away: city administrator
Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 4:30 PM CT
CBC News
There could be an ice crisis in Iqaluit this coming winter unless the city’s 30-year-old arena is fixed up quickly, the city’s chief administrative officer says.
John Hussey told the city’s finance committee that the ice plant at the arena is badly in need of repair before the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship comes to town in November, and the start of hockey season.
"There is the possibility that it could fail on us at any time and, if that’s the case, we’ll be without an arena or ice for the remainder of the season. That’s the risk of waiting," Hussey said.
He said the city could spend more than $200,000 on a brand new ice making system, or move the ice plant from the Arctic Winter Games Complex, which is still unusable because its floor is sinking into the tundra.
The finance committee favoured spending $60,000 to fix the existing ice plant, and parts need to be ordered right away to make this year’s sealift.
The matter will go back to full council.
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