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$2.4M+ for changing rooms? 4 council members vote against pricey plan at Poirier centre Gary McKenna gmckenna@tricitynews.com
New change rooms planned for the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex will optimize ice allocation and make the venue attractive for leagues looking to host tournaments. But they won’t come cheap. Parks and recreation staff estimate the 4,150-square foot addition on the south side of the facility will cost between $2.4 million and $2.9 million, or approximately $560 per square foot. The price tag caught a few at the council table off guard, including Mayor Richard Stewart, who said during Monday’s meeting the facility appeared to be operating fine with its existing change rooms. “We are not always going to build everything with every possible element it can have,”
Monterrey, Mexico native Eduardo García has been juggling since he was 10 and performing professionally for 18 years. Last weekend, he performed with Circo Osorio under a tent in Coquitlam Centre. For more photos, see page 19. For even more photos plus the story of Circo Osorio, go to tricitynews.com. Stefan Labbé/the tri-CitY neWS
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he said. “None of our facilities are perfect. The difference between an excellent facility and a perfect facility can be hundreds of millions of dollars.” Monday’s budget request comes as part of the second phase of an arena conversion plan that turned what was previously curling ice into general use ice. The city has already spent $1.1 million adding boards and glass, a score clock and new ice cleaning equipment along with some building modifications, but said additional funds are necessary to complete the changeover. When the work is complete, there will be four new change rooms with showers plus two new flex change rooms, which could be used by referees. To accommodate the new space, up to 25 parking stalls will be removed. A staff report said additional change rooms would improve scheduling flexibility and provide more rental opportunities for the facility. see
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