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Arena Rink fonds
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1937, 1945, 1950 (Creation)
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- Saskatoon (Sask.)
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15 cm of textual records
42 photographs
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In 1936, a group of Saskatoon business men began a campaign to raise funds to build an artificial ice ring for the City. In 1937 they formed the Saskatoon Arena Limited with L.D. Peterkin as President and R.J. Norman Couch as Managing Secretary. The campaign raised about $50,000 from shareholders subscriptions and $13,000 from the City and the province in the form of relief payments. The Collegiate Board agreed to sell the site in return for a 10 year guarantee of free hockey and skating time for school children. The cornerstone was laid on 18 September and the first game was played on 30 October 1937. The facility was run by Saskatoon Arena Limited until 1956 at which time it was leased by the City. In 1958 the City purchased the rink outright
Custodial history
Records were maintained by the Parks and Recreation staff responsible for managing the arena after it was purchased by the City
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This fonds consists of records relating to the Arena Rink and includes photographs and a balance sheet for the year ending September 30, 1945
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Related material: See also Series 1059 (Parks and Rec. Dept., Arena Rink records).--A plaque (on display in archives) presented to the Saskatoon Quakers, 1953 and the trowel used to lay the cornerstone of the Arena, 18 September 1937, mounted and framed with a photographs of J.W. Estey at the ceremony, is in AC 1571
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