In a recent post I provided the content of an email I received regarding the Bobby Orr Community Centre. You can find the post at this link. In the meantime I have received information from the Town relevant to the earlier post that clarifies a couple of points and suggests what is planned for the ice pad. In summary:
1. The current BOCC ice surface is 85’ x 185’. I understand that is close to what the Boston Garden (now TD Garden) was at one time (83’ x 191’), a time before there was an NHL standard size. The TD Garden is now 85’ x 200’. The budget for the 2018 upgrade to the BOCC includes an increase in size to the NHL ‘regulation’ 85’ x 200’.
2. The recent renovation mentioned in the earlier post did not involve any change to the ice pad. The current pad is the same one that was installed some 50-plus years ago. An overhaul, and upsizing seems timely. The earlier renovation involved changes to the lobby, halls, change rooms as well as the addition of meeting rooms.
I would like to thank the Town of Parry Sound for taking the time to provide information about the Bobby Orr Community Centre.
NHL Ice Pads are built for high speed Professional adult skaters and should actually be 100 x 200 feet as is the case in Europe. The BOCC needs to be extended to 200 feet like I need 15 more feet added to my front lawn.
Believe me. this expenditure, like the expenditure for extra meeting rooms an change rooms is a TOTAL waste of money. But it will happen because stupidity breeds more stupidity. Pity