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HEADINGLEY – A blue ribbon was cut this morning for the grand opening of the $26.6 million MTS Iceplex, a four-rink complex for professional and amatuer hockey.
“We were standing in a field less than a year ago,” said Mark Chipman, chairman of True North Sports and Entertainment, owners of the facility located just beyond the Perimeter adjacent to Assiniboia Downs. “They built this place, remarkably, on time and on budget.”
The facility will become the practice rink for the AHL Manitoba Moose, also owned by Chipman’s company, and it will provide beyween 20,000 and 22,000 hours annually of ice time to amateur sport.
Premier Greg Selinger, who took part in the ceremony, said the details on the public access agreement to the complex is being finalized but he praised the project as an opportunity to provide needed recreational facilities for the public.
The complex features four NHL-sized rinks on the main level with a restaraunt and bar on the second level.
The complex is also home to the Winnipeg Blues of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and hockey teams from St. Paul High School, Balmoral Hall and several minor hockey associations and recreational leagues.
MP Steven Fletcher praised the project as an excellent example of the private and public sectors working together for the community’s benefit.
“This is a good day for amateur athletes,” Fletcher said.
Among those attending this moring’s event were MLA Jim Rondeau, city councillors Scott Fielding and Grant Nordman, and civic official Kenny Boyce.
The entire complex is heavily sponsored, with the names of local businesses plastered on the rink boards. Even the four rinks are named after local businesses: ReMax, Assiniboine Credit Union, Red River Co-op, and the Winnipeg Free Press.
The facility has also secured the title as the Hockey Canada Centre of Excellence.
In addition to the rinks, the complex houses a high performance training center and a goaltending training centre.
The only part of the complex still to be completed is the 350-seat restaurant and bar.