Many managers are just starting to make their arenas more energy efficient. Les Quinton of Black Diamond, AB, has been working on his for nearly 20 years. And he thinks that “attitude” is the most important element…
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What do you do when your ice is under-utilized and the number of participants in your youth skating programs are continually dropping? The Town of Amherst, Nova Scotia initiated a “No-Fee Ice Time for Youth” pilot last season to see if free ice would boost enrolment — and it did. It also provided some other surprising benefits which hadn’t been imagined when the program was designed. In fact, the pilot was so successful, the Town will be extending it for the 2017-18 season. But before Ice Allocation Policy #72300-09 became a reality, it needed to be sold to the Town Council. After all,...
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Is your indoor ice arena’s schedule a carbon copy of last year or, like the Northwest Arena in NY, are you implementing tactical planning to increase revenue?
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When you need a new ice re-surfacer, how do you go about fundraising the money you need? And how can you be sure that what you really want isn’t different from what you really need? Here are a couple of stories that might give you ideas for your own arena. The first is the how one group turned to crowdfunding; the second is selling Zamboni rides in exchange for donations! In February 2016, with their old resurfacer grinding to a halt, the Pittsfield, MA-based Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires turned to the crowdfunding site GoFundMe to try and raise the...
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How the City of Burlington challenged their ice makers to be more energy conscious, how they began to save energy, water and money — practically overnight and how you can replicate it for your own arena staff.
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