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Lloydminster Place is on hold pending grant funding, with the point being, it’s easier to get funding for a budgetpriced project like Kitscoty’s than Lloydminster’s mega project.

It also always hurts Lloydminster to be a bi-provincial city when it comes to securing government funding.

The timing is also bad, given the ever-rising costs of labour and material, which will push the final costs higher.

The City of Estevan built their new Affinity Place arena in April 2011 at a cost of about $22 million with $8 million raised by the community. It can seat 2,700 people.

If Lloydminster can build a similar arena for about $102 million, the price will seem cheap in 10 years, just as Estevan’s does today.

If no funding comes through, the city might have to copy Kitscoty with its no-frills sports and event centre proposal and go that route. Any rink is better than no rink.