Apr 2010

The operating costs to maintain Centennial Arena open for ice purposes are manageable, says Shane Moffatt in his report.

The City of Portage la Prairie’s cost estimates for keeping the Centennial Arena open as an ice rink are not on tract, according to the new report compiled by a representative of the ice user groups in Portage.

Moffatt worked in conjunction with the Portage Minor Hockey Association and other ice users and spent about nine months compiling the Portage Centennial West Rink Business Proposal and Cost Comparisons study, which he plans to present to city council at its meeting April 12.

Because there is such a shortage in ice in Portage, he and every other parent with a child in an ice-related sport, has to do an inordinate amount of traveling.

“What motivated me is the travel that we have to do across the province,” he said.

According to Moffatt’s study, running the west rink of Centennial Arena for four months would cost just under $54,000.

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