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Re: Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves 2011-2012 Thread - Here We Go!
After the first arena (which had two venues in it) got vetoed by Sarah Palin the UAA Administration has been working toward "getting what they could".
But expecting a good situation to arise from hockey sharing a venue with basketball/gymnastics/volleyball is a mistake. It is time and labor intensive to switch between events. One certain result would be going from a rink (the sully) that is recognized by WCHA and ECHL players as being one of the (if not the) best surfaces they've EVER played on to a surface that isn't. You'd have to double at least whatever operations staff you employ or contract the service out at a high price.
The UAA administration is just paying lip-service (AT ALL LEVELS) to these inquiry's from the public regarding a new home for hockey. It's a big score to get what they got and I don't think they really have any tangible plan for a hockey solution. As tangible as it gets is to hope that they can get the legislature to build a new rink for a Muni/University partnership of some sort. The Aces desires certainly play a part in that as well. And what do you think our current governor Sarah Jr. would do with a line item like that?
To me this means that we'll likely not see the Seawolves play hockey in an on-campus ice-rink anytime soon.
After the first arena (which had two venues in it) got vetoed by Sarah Palin the UAA Administration has been working toward "getting what they could".
But expecting a good situation to arise from hockey sharing a venue with basketball/gymnastics/volleyball is a mistake. It is time and labor intensive to switch between events. One certain result would be going from a rink (the sully) that is recognized by WCHA and ECHL players as being one of the (if not the) best surfaces they've EVER played on to a surface that isn't. You'd have to double at least whatever operations staff you employ or contract the service out at a high price.
The UAA administration is just paying lip-service (AT ALL LEVELS) to these inquiry's from the public regarding a new home for hockey. It's a big score to get what they got and I don't think they really have any tangible plan for a hockey solution. As tangible as it gets is to hope that they can get the legislature to build a new rink for a Muni/University partnership of some sort. The Aces desires certainly play a part in that as well. And what do you think our current governor Sarah Jr. would do with a line item like that?
To me this means that we'll likely not see the Seawolves play hockey in an on-campus ice-rink anytime soon.
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