I love that the hockey games will be early afternoon for the Olympics. I guess they need viewers in Europe, but it works great for me.

Same here. If not in class I will be watching!!

I guess you could say its free, if you overlook the fact that, this building costs us $600,000.00 per year to run, and that our taxes paid for the $800,000.00 video scoreclock, and the fact we pay the staff to keep the facility open.

So I guess you could say its free.

Yeah yeah.. death and taxes.

Palopu, would you rather see the building sit empty? I think this is a great idea. It gets people out to see the major midgets play hockey, and gives the people of PG an opportunity to participate in a large family oriented sporting event.

As for being free, so much the better. The dark costs are probably not much lower than the operating costs. It gives many people who may not be able to afford admission costs right now a chance to do something with the kids.

When you look at all of our public buildings and sports venues, are there any that make enough money to turn a profit by themselves:
Art Gallery
Exploration Place
Arenas
Swimming Pools
Soccer Fields
Ball Fields

Probably not, but the majority of us a very happy to have these facilities, even if they are subsidized by our tax dollar. What would this town be like without those facilities?

I dont have any problem with people attending these functons. Nor do I have a problem with no admission being paid.

My point is that it is being touted as **free** which would indicate that we are getting something for nothing, when if fact we are paying for the whole nine yards.