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Multi-Use
Ken Gousseau The arena will be used for a variety of
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activities and events, such as concerts,
trade shows, dances, banquets, grads, circus
After months of anticipation, the Brooks
performances, mixed-martial arts events,
Multi-Use Arena is finally starting to take
hockey, ringette, lacrosse and roller hockey.
shape.
The facility will also be part of a new
Arena in
Concrete work on the estimated $19-million
agribition park in the city that will utilize
facility is complete and construction crews
the existing Silver Sage Community Corral
are currently focusing on erecting the steel
and will feature a new chuckwagon track.
structure for the building.
The park, which is expected to be completed
The arena is on track to open at the end of
sometime in 2010, will become the new
2009, according to Russ Tanner, manager of
venue for the annual Kinsmen Rodeo in
Brooks
recreation services for the City of Brooks.
June.
“It’s going smoothly,” he says. “(The cold
Tanner says the community, which helped
weather) slowed it down a little bit, but our
raise $1.66 million to construct the arena, is
construction schedule is pretty healthy and
awaiting the completion of the facility with
(the crews) still feel they can meet that.”
great anticipation.
The bowl-shaped facility will seat more
“It’s been a long time coming,” he says.
than 1,700 people and features an NHL-
“People are very excited to see this happen.”
taking shape
size ice surface, seven dressing rooms and
The arena will serve the community well
a two-lane running track surrounding the
into the future, Tanner added. The building
bleachers.
has been designed to accommodate
Other amenities include five private boxes
construction of a second ice surface in the
with seating for 15 to 20 people, two
future.
concession areas, a bar and a boardroom.
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