Pat Kaleta gets his rink

[SwampD]

This should be the slogan for Buffalo instead of "For Real"!

 

I hear you. I don't care. Just looks pretty ballsy. Viva la Open skate!

Don't forget though, it isn't Buffalo. It's Springville. The "politics" are even smaller there. Who else would build it?

 

 

I still find it funny that when we needed my parent's cabin leveled, some 10+ years ago, Pat Kaleta was one of the Kaleta Bros that had to crawl underneath it.

[calti]

Reports that Kaleta, along with his Uncle have got the go ahead and $5.5 million to build a youth rink and sports complex in Springville off the 219.

 

Full article.

 

Nice job Patty!

So---Kaleta raises money thru his charity for disabled/disadvantaged kids---which will go to/thru his uncle's co. to build an ice rink/sports complex....Maybe I have been around too long and have become too worldy-wise and cynical. But come on guys..

[wacollin]

This happens, to some degree, on every project everywhere. As long as the community benefits from it in some way, I say meh.

 

 

 

I used to live near Springville and had to travel to the Southtowns. WMCA to play hockey. Can't speak to the cost and who is building it, but this will go a long way to helping the community. Why does everything need to be built inner-city? Kids are kids.

[shrader]

Actually there is, NHL ice is 200 x 85. Olympic is 200 x 100. Most arenas post 1970s build NHL sized ice. Olympic is uncommon except in a number of college arenas that thought it was going to be the "new thing" back in the 1990s I believe.

 

And most of those seem to be out west.

[korab rules]

Actually there is, NHL ice is 200 x 85. Olympic is 200 x 100. Most arenas post 1970s build NHL sized ice. Olympic is uncommon except in a number of college arenas that thought it was going to be the "new thing" back in the 1990s I believe.

 

 

And most of those seem to be out west.

 

NHL rinks are supposed to be 85 x 200. I'm not sure when that standard was put in place. Historically, there has been a great deal of variability in the size of rinks, including the Aud. It was the historic disparity I was referring to when I mentioned the lack of a standard.

 

There aren't many Olympic size rinks south of the border, but there are a lot of them in Ontario. My kids have played on them many times over the years.

[buffalohsix]

I'm just going to take a good thing being done for what it is, not for who's behind it :thumbsup:

[spndnchz]

Update:

http://www.metrowny.com/sports/733-Ice_rink_ground_breaking.html