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Photos / Courtesy of the Rinks
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OON IT WILL BE ELECTION DAY, and
Minnesotans will be headed to the polls to
vote, many likely doing so after having just
dropped their child off at a hockey practice
at the local municipal arena. And if it's an
arena in Minnesota, then it's likely an arena
that was paid for in part by funds that were
approved by voters in a previous election.
"The topic of community-owned arenas is
the most underappreciated part of the very
successful and unique hockey model in Minnesota," said Mike Snee,
Vice President of the Minnesota Wild Foundation and Community
Relations. "If Minnesota's rink ownership model were to change
from public to private, many of the rinks would close because, the
reality is most rinks won't be profitable. Fortunately, enough people
in Minnesota look at ice rinks the way they look at playgrounds
and high school football fields. The intent isn't to make money,
but to serve the community."
COMMUNITY RINKS DRIVE THE STATE OF HOCKEY
Community support
helped bring a brand-new,
state-of-the-art arena and
event center to Marshall.
