Ottawa's historic Minto Skating Club looking for a new home

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The Minto Skating Club is looking for a new home

MASK Management, owners of the Minto Skating Centre facility, have announced that they have accepted a conditional offer to purchase the facility from an organization which would NOT keep it open as an arena. They say that the arena facility will continue to operate through August.

Popular Minto Skating Centre set to be sold, leaving skating club looking for new home

A popular arena facility is set to be sold, which means one of the oldest skating clubs in the city will be without a home.

ottawa.ctvnews.ca

In an e-mail message to Minto club members/friends before the news broke, the current president said, in part:

In the club's more than 110 years of operation, it has occupied several different locations within the city and this upcoming move will usher in the the start of a new chapter in the club's long history.

The centre has been our home for more than 30 years and has served the club's needs well. In addition to allowing us to meet the training needs of our own skaters, the centre management has always been an ally in helping to make special events like skating shows and the Minto Summer Skate competition financially viable and successful. The sale of the Minto Skating Centre marks the end of an era for the Minto Skating Club and the end of a long and successful partnership. While we're saddened to be leaving our current home, we're looking forward to finding a new home for our skaters to continue their pursuit of enjoyment and achievement on ice.

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