Two come from city staff, while Mayor Simon Yu has his own take
Have you ever dreamed of going to see a movie in IMAX on top of Connaught Hill? Mayor Simon Yu has and he’ll talk about that dream at the Monday, Dec. 16 city council meeting.
That area includes the Civic Centre, the library, the former site of the Four Seasons Leisure Pool, the Two Rivers Art Gallery, Canada Games Plaza, Kopar Memorial Arena, City Hall, the former fire hall #1, the Knights Inn, the Canfor Leisure Pool and Veterans Plaza. The area behind the Civic Centre and the Prince George Public Library’s downtown branch appears to be transformed into a new plaza named after the Lheidli T’enneh.
That financial relief to taxpayers would come in the former of “strategic use of potential private funding to support public-requested initiatives.” Staff’s report to council said that administration asked that the plans for the ice arena and performing arts centre be shown at the maximum possible size and specifies that they can be scaled down from what is shown.
At 4,500 seats, the new arena would be the fourth-smallest in the WHL after the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert , the Innovation Credit Union iPlex in Swift Current, Sask. and Town Toyota Centre in Wenatchee, Wash. While staff said that costs associated with developing the Civic Core District Plan with the help of consultants can be covered in the city’s existing operating budget, “the overall construction of the new civic buildings will incur significant financial implications to the capital budget.”
The scope of work included the demolition of the Four Seasons Leisure Pool and Fire Hall #1, which has since been completed. The city said at the time that the Prince George Coliseum , Studio 2880 and the Prince George Playhouse had reached the end of their lifespan and need to be replaced. Later that year, six residents from different backgrounds came together to create their own plan for the civic core centering on the area around the Canada Games Plaza.
It proposed a 2,000-seat replacement for the arena that could be connected to the new convention centre and used for trade shows when not occupied by hockey. The atrium connecting the buildings was proposed to include retail opportunities.
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