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No time has been wasted viewing arenas in Lumby, Vernon and Kelowna following Lumby's Kraft Hockeyville 2016 title win.
The win brings $100,000 in renovations for the Pat Duke Memorial Arena in the village and the promise of a preseason NHL game.
But Lumby's small arena can only seat a few hundred people.
Representatives from the National Hockey League, Kraft, Sportsnet and a Toronto-based marketing firm have spent the last two days taking a look at the Lumby arena as well as Kal Tire Place in Vernon and Prospera Place in Kelowna.
“We discussed expectations as they scouted all three venues,” said Lumby Mayor Kevin Acton, who held meetings on Thursday and Friday. “They have to take the information back to their bosses and go through a process there.”
Acton said he was pleased by the “thorough audit” of Pat Duke Memorial.
One of the 10 members of the group who flew to the Okanagan was the NHL's top ice maker, who praised the local arena staff for their standard of care and promised some new pads for the hockey nets.
The group was also looking at “the geography and our connection with other communities,” said Acton, who admitted there are some big challenges with the local arena, which is not the same size as an NHL ice sheet. “We'll wait and see what they come back with.”
The mayor is crossing his fingers, hoping for word on how the matter will go by the time Lumby Days start on June 10. “We'd like to carry on this celebration.”
Lumby is officially the smallest community to ever win the Kraft Hockeyville title, said Acton.
