http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18229932%5E2862,00.html
Here's the article. This one has been in the works for a while and it looks like they finally have a consortium.
"The consortium is yet to secure finance to build the centre, but has used private funding to pay designers here and in Canada to draw up detailed plans." This is a little concerning, that they haven't secured finances yet. But it's great that they're paying designers in Canada so hopefully if it happens it'll be done right, unlike our current rink (Oakleigh) which is pretty much a frozen swimming pool. A proper ice surface is meant to be half an inch thick.
I'm also not sure if there'll be any club hockey played there. The story says that it will host national and international ice hockey events and that it'll be open to the public for general skating, but will it be open to the hockey playing public for games? I imagine it will be but it'll cost too much for the league to regularly schedule games there.
Here's the article. This one has been in the works for a while and it looks like they finally have a consortium.
"The consortium is yet to secure finance to build the centre, but has used private funding to pay designers here and in Canada to draw up detailed plans." This is a little concerning, that they haven't secured finances yet. But it's great that they're paying designers in Canada so hopefully if it happens it'll be done right, unlike our current rink (Oakleigh) which is pretty much a frozen swimming pool. A proper ice surface is meant to be half an inch thick.
I'm also not sure if there'll be any club hockey played there. The story says that it will host national and international ice hockey events and that it'll be open to the public for general skating, but will it be open to the hockey playing public for games? I imagine it will be but it'll cost too much for the league to regularly schedule games there.
