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Originally Posted by JohnnyO
Long overdue and a complete joke!!
Why only build 1 hockey rink? Why not add several indoor soccer fields as well. The city is severely lacking facilities for hockey and soccer.
I am born and raised in the NW and the city hasn't built a pool since Shouldice/Churchill in the NW. Just think how much the NW has grown since the 80's. I don’t even remember the last rink they built. (Winsport aside)
We used to live in RockyRidge. There was a massive baby boom in this city in the mid 2000's, by the time this is built and opened my kid will be driving there.
20 years too late in my opinion.
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Rinks around/since ex-Winsport - 2 at South Fish Creek, 1 at Flames Community Arenas (I think there was another, but can't think of it off the top of my head)
So 7 new sheets (inclusive of Winsport) in the past few years.
IMO, Rocky Ridge should have contained at an absolute minimum two new sheets with the provision for 2 more in the future. However pundits would say that 5 new sheets in the NW was enough. (One could make an arguement that the two new sheets out at the Edge school should be sufficient for NW demand.)