Wednesday, December 09, 2009

What About Disrepair of Indoor Arenas

Chris Selley: Aristocrats on ice
Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:19 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Full Pundit,Chris Selley

The Toronto Maple Leafs, making themselves useful for a change, have been chipping in to refurbish the city's aging outdoor hockey rinks. The most recent one to be fixed up is at midtown Ramsden Park — where, as a lad, I spent a good few stereotypically Canadian afternoons huffing and puffing after a hockey puck until I could barely drag my sorry arse home. And today, to celebrate the refurbishment, the Leafs held an outdoor practice in front of 700 fans, including students from two nearby public schools.

Well, that's just a soothing mug of hot chocolate, isn't it? Surely no one could find even the slightest bit of controversy in that story.

Ha!

It may be hard to believe that an arena in the heart of one of Toronto's wealthiest neighbourhoods had fallen into disrepair, but Mayor David Miller said the city audit of rinks showed this arena needed help the most.

"We do audits on all of our outdoor rinks," said Miller. "This one came up in the audit, the boards had deteriorated, the sides, the dressing rooms weren't adequate. It just happens the rink in Rosedale had been allowed to decline."

Yeah, right! I bet the whole crowd went to Galen Weston's house afterwards for champagne, strawberries and photos with Phil Kessel.

You gotta love Toronto, where class warfare and hockey go hand in hand.

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com


Chris Selley: Aristocrats on ice
Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:19 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Full Pundit,Chris Selley

The Toronto Maple Leafs, making themselves useful for a change, have been chipping in to refurbish the city's aging outdoor hockey rinks. The most recent one to be fixed up is at midtown Ramsden Park — where, as a lad, I spent a good few stereotypically Canadian afternoons huffing and puffing after a hockey puck until I could barely drag my sorry arse home. And today, to celebrate the refurbishment, the Leafs held an outdoor practice in front of 700 fans, including students from two nearby public schools.

Well, that's just a soothing mug of hot chocolate, isn't it? Surely no one could find even the slightest bit of controversy in that story.

Ha!

It may be hard to believe that an arena in the heart of one of Toronto's wealthiest neighbourhoods had fallen into disrepair, but Mayor David Miller said the city audit of rinks showed this arena needed help the most.

"We do audits on all of our outdoor rinks," said Miller. "This one came up in the audit, the boards had deteriorated, the sides, the dressing rooms weren't adequate. It just happens the rink in Rosedale had been allowed to decline."

Yeah, right! I bet the whole crowd went to Galen Weston's house afterwards for champagne, strawberries and photos with Phil Kessel.

You gotta love Toronto, where class warfare and hockey go hand in hand.

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com

Chris Selley: Aristocrats on ice
Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:19 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Full Pundit,Chris Selley

The Toronto Maple Leafs, making themselves useful for a change, have been chipping in to refurbish the city's aging outdoor hockey rinks. The most recent one to be fixed up is at midtown Ramsden Park — where, as a lad, I spent a good few stereotypically Canadian afternoons huffing and puffing after a hockey puck until I could barely drag my sorry arse home. And today, to celebrate the refurbishment, the Leafs held an outdoor practice in front of 700 fans, including students from two nearby public schools.

Well, that's just a soothing mug of hot chocolate, isn't it? Surely no one could find even the slightest bit of controversy in that story.

Ha!

It may be hard to believe that an arena in the heart of one of Toronto's wealthiest neighbourhoods had fallen into disrepair, but Mayor David Miller said the city audit of rinks showed this arena needed help the most.

"We do audits on all of our outdoor rinks," said Miller. "This one came up in the audit, the boards had deteriorated, the sides, the dressing rooms weren't adequate. It just happens the rink in Rosedale had been allowed to decline."

Yeah, right! I bet the whole crowd went to Galen Weston's house afterwards for champagne, strawberries and photos with Phil Kessel.

You gotta love Toronto, where class warfare and hockey go hand in hand.

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com

Chris Selley: Aristocrats on ice
Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:19 PM by NP Editor
Filed under: Full Pundit,Chris Selley

The Toronto Maple Leafs, making themselves useful for a change, have been chipping in to refurbish the city's aging outdoor hockey rinks. The most recent one to be fixed up is at midtown Ramsden Park — where, as a lad, I spent a good few stereotypically Canadian afternoons huffing and puffing after a hockey puck until I could barely drag my sorry arse home. And today, to celebrate the refurbishment, the Leafs held an outdoor practice in front of 700 fans, including students from two nearby public schools.

Well, that's just a soothing mug of hot chocolate, isn't it? Surely no one could find even the slightest bit of controversy in that story.

Ha!

It may be hard to believe that an arena in the heart of one of Toronto's wealthiest neighbourhoods had fallen into disrepair, but Mayor David Miller said the city audit of rinks showed this arena needed help the most.

"We do audits on all of our outdoor rinks," said Miller. "This one came up in the audit, the boards had deteriorated, the sides, the dressing rooms weren't adequate. It just happens the rink in Rosedale had been allowed to decline."

Yeah, right! I bet the whole crowd went to Galen Weston's house afterwards for champagne, strawberries and photos with Phil Kessel.

You gotta love Toronto, where class warfare and hockey go hand in hand.

National Post
cselley@nationalpost.com

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