Less Than 3 Weeks To Sport Centre Opening

Sunday, September 02, 2007 05:51 AM

Turf in fieldhouse at new Northern Sport Centre ( photo courtesy UNBC)

Workers are heading into crunch time in an effort to have the Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre ready for the scheduled September 21^st official opening.

The gym is ready, the track is ready, the soccer field house is ready” says UNBC spokesperson Rob Van Adrichem. “The painters are still doing some work, and there may be some minor things that will be completed in a couple of weeks after the opening, but those things weren’t scheduled for the September 21^st opening.” He’s talking about things like a second bleacher. One has been installed, but the second wasn’t supposed to be ready until the basketball season opens and that is late October. He says the second bleacher will be installed early to mid October.

This past week, crews have been phasing in the HVAC system, powering them up and testing them to make sure the air systems are working properly. It normally takes a couple of weeks to take the units through their full system of checks.

The official opening is set for Friday September 21^st. All the key players ( politicians to University Board members) will be on hand to take part in the opening.

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Posted by: Gofaster on September 2 2007 7:42 AM

Gee the "SPECIAL ELITE" have a play house to go to now....
Isn't that just wonderful..
As if we really needed more soccer fields.
Indoors yet!

Posted by: owl on September 2 2007 8:53 AM

They did a great job making the floor look like an outside field. I think they should have painted the ceiling blue to make it look like a clear day outside.

Posted by: southfortguy on September 2 2007 9:08 AM

Great job and a welcome addition to UNBC and Prince George...at least the teams wont have to play at CNC anymore...

Posted by: realitycheck on September 2 2007 9:51 AM

The facility is open to all Gofaster and if you did your homework would see the rates for community sport group use of the field and gym are very, very reasonable.

And as a matter of fact we did need indoor soccer fields....over 3,000 kids and 500 plus adults play soccer and all we have is one very, very small indoor turf facility.
The proof will be in the pudding....the turf will be in huge demand, of that there is little doubt.

Posted by: bohemian on September 2 2007 10:13 AM

@ gofaster

The fact is, these indoor soccer facilities aren't enough. Based on the community participation and demand for winter options, we would do very well to build a 4-plex for the sport.

If indoor soccer was a real option during the winer (current "facilities" don't have enought capacity), there woud be far fewer people playing hockey.

Posted by: owl on September 2 2007 11:35 AM

And maybe people would even start playing field hockey.

I think we also need a botanical garden under glass and several greenhouse developments so that we can grow local vegetables rather than trucking them in.

Of course, those are all developments for the elite. So we need to go onto a recruitment programme to get more elitists into the community since we seem to have a bunch of farmers here instead of elitists.

If we can get enough, we may even have enough support for an elitist indoor polo pitch.

You know, for the life of me I have never understood why hockey ended up as an indoor sport. They should simply have kept it outdoors and built some spectator stands around the refrigerated rinks; the same with curling and figure skating and speed skating.

;-)

Posted by: Runner46 on September 2 2007 12:00 PM

Having played hockey outdoors, I vote for indoors. Not only is the ice colder, the toilet seats are warmer.

Posted by: lunarguy on September 2 2007 12:46 PM

The fees for membership are a bit high compared to other facilities in town but I guess you pay for the newness factor. Should be interesting how they control access to the running track and yet charge for people to watch the events going on below, etc.

Posted by: owl on September 2 2007 1:07 PM

The outdoor ice rink at the high camp level of Squaw Valley is covered with a "tent" structure most of the time so that little if any preciptiation falls on it and the sun does not hit the ice directly. It operates year round.

http://flickr.com/photos/timandtrudy/413403050

Posted by: owl on September 2 2007 1:12 PM

Here is a shot of ice skating in the summer on the refrigerated outdoor rink ....

http://flickr.com/photos/74426772@N00/233487565

Posted by: Gofaster on September 2 2007 8:27 PM

I think you have something there bohemian,
more soccer and less hockey....

Posted by: owl on September 3 2007 10:41 PM

We'd have to introduce fighting to soccer then.

Posted by: Gofaster on September 4 2007 6:31 AM

Only you could come up with that owl...
I never thought of you as one who condoned gratuitous violence...
I was wrong it appears.
But if you want to go to a soccer game to watch a fight...
fill your boots.

Posted by: Big_B on September 4 2007 9:08 AM

Yeah gofaster, try exercising for a few minutes a day. It might help out that raging bitterness and anger you carry around.

Thank you to the folks who made the North Sports Centre happen. A few more elite athletes around this city would do wonders. I do believe that part of the brain drain we currently see is caused in part by the lack of facilities in the city, including a world class sports facility.

Posted by: pgpercy on September 4 2007 10:10 AM

The dry land training opportunities are most exciting.
I recognize that soccer has the greatest opportunity to utilize the facility but look at rugby, baseball, track sports. The disadvantages that we had as athletes going down to the mainland for spring sports are removed with the opportunities to train indoors over the winter.

Posted by: owl on September 4 2007 10:40 PM

Gofaster .... a tongue in cheek comment .....

I should have put the olde wink after it ... ;-)

Posted by: owl on September 4 2007 10:41 PM

Baseball?????? raise the ceiling!!!!!!