Should be funding updates to the Coliseum. Inside and out..

No more money on the Coliseum, it is too old too fix up. The building is tired, the system to operate the building is old, and inefficent.

Then we should rip it down and make way for something better

I think it was originally built in the early fifties. 55 years of service. I know the original roof caved in after a few years, thus there is the big trusses over the building.

We might as well tear down the Coliseum. I am sure the Spruce Kings will move to the C.N. Centre as soon as the Cougars are gone, which will probably be after this year.

News Flash: The Spruce Kings suck too. They can't fill the coliseum, why do they need the CN Centre?

The roof did not cave in but needed to be strengthened.

the original roof caved in in 1964

It is just an ugly building that one pretty much has to drive by daily while downtown.. and it needs a facelift or to be demolished as it sits between our City Hall and the Civic Center.

The roof did not cave in! It sagged.
During one of the playoff games for the Mohawks one year, a fan noticed movement in one of the wooden beams, reported it, and they subsequently closed the Coliseum to the public. I think it was later than '64, thought it was more like '68 but I could be wrong.
How many people are aware how much money has been spent on the coliseum in the last ten to twelve years? Answer: a lot. Not just on upkeep, but improvements to the heating and ventilation systems and more.
metalman.

All that money spent and the place is still a dump. But it's not as bad as the Kin Centres.

True MrPG. Kindo of funny that being a "hockey" town, we don't up-keep our facilities..

Prince George is not, and has never been a **hockey town**. A very small percentage of the population actually attend any hockey games. There is a lot of Senior Hockey, and of course junior hockey, but there is also a lot of swimming, soccer, baseball, softball, golf, etc; etc; etc;.

The Coliseum is old, and probably should be retired, and of course this would leave us the CN Centre. If the Cougers leave town, then there would be sufficient space available at CN Centre to look after the Spruce Kings, and other hockey needs.

Why the hell the Cougers are still here is beyond me. They are now averaging about 2000 paid tickets per game. This means that they are losing money, the City is losing money. Pretty poor example of a so called **Hockey Town**

I'd actually like to see a detailed analysis of the operating results for both the Coliseum and the Four Seasons Pool. For example, how much money do they bring in? How much does it cost to operate them? What are the future estimated capital expenditures required to keep these facilities operating for the next 5, 10 and 15 years? Could the user days or hours for these facilities be adequately accomodated at other civic facilities like CN Centre, other rinks and the Aquatic Centre? Do we REALLY need them any longer? How much would we save by mothballing them and what would be the impact to the public? Would that impact be acceptable given the cost savings?

I look at both of these facilities as aging assets that may in fact be at the end of their useful life. To add to it, they have both effectively been replaced by newer facilities in town. They are also both sitting on prime real estate in the downtown core that could be sold or held in inventory to be redeveloped for other purposes in the future.

In short, do we still NEED them?

Being a little harsh, aren't you Palopu? Sure, PG Hockey Fans are hard to find right now, but can you blame them? They haven't had much to cheer about the past 10-15 years. If the Cougars and/or Spruce Kings could find success occasionally, the fans would be there. People are tired of being associated with consistently losing hockey teams.

And to NMG, what the heck is the definition of prime downtown real estate? I wouldn't pay very much for anything in the downtown core, but I guess that didn't stop our City from buying the Norgate property for a half a million bucks -- the reason I would love to know.

Come on you guys there is already a shortage of ice time in this town now you want to take away a rink. We need a new rink inaddition to the coliseum. By the way the ice is quite fine at the coliseum. It's not all about the fans or people driving by.

I totally agree 21deebee. The ice is good and needed.

It's unfortunate that the interiors and dressing rooms of the Coliseum and the Kin Centres are woefully inadequate and usually quite filthy. I'd love to see some upgrades there.

I'm embarrassed for the teams that visit from out of town and have to play in those buildings.