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To: Michael V. Drake, UCI Chancellor and Irvine Company
Build UCI Ice Skating/Hockey Rink
Consider building an ice skating rink near ARC and Observatory. The nearest one is 25 minutes away. Also, I feel a rink would do well in this city.
Why is this important?
As a part of the UCI club figure skating team it would make it much easier for our practices and I believe the revenue from the students as well as the public would be substantial. I also believe it would be something that makes UCI stand out from other UC'S. In addition to its revenue, the rink would provide a great opportunity for a wider range in work-study positions for UCI's students.
There are many suggestions that ice rinks continue to be successful in revenue. For example, one news report for Tuscaloosa last winter stated that "a total of 13,031 tickets had been sold for an overall income of $130,607" in just one winter season.
Although this would be an expensive project, UCI already has plans for future projects that could be replaced with this rink, some of these projects costing over $50 million, one of which is a student housing expansion project. The rink would be a great replacement, the students at UCI feel the current amount of student housing is sufficient and a rink would be much more beneficial. The funds are there, but UCI is spending it on renovations elsewhere.
(Other future construction plans including a list of costs can be found here http://www.designandconstruction.uci.edu/documents/Capital_Projects.pdf )
As previously stated, students and alum of UC, Irvine believe that this rink would bring more national and regional recognition to our university and our community. The way in which the ice rink is capable of bringing this recognition is through tournaments, conventions, meetings, etc. With an ice rink on campus, we can excel in collegiate figure skating and will give the opportunity for those interested in ice hockey to re-start the ice hockey club sport here. Also, a national or regional USA hockey or US Figure Skating event will bring teams/contestants from across the nation to this facility. This will not only bring our community and school recognition, but will also help the other local entertainment businesses, restaurants, and hotels in our area.
There are many suggestions that ice rinks continue to be successful in revenue. For example, one news report for Tuscaloosa last winter stated that "a total of 13,031 tickets had been sold for an overall income of $130,607" in just one winter season.
Although this would be an expensive project, UCI already has plans for future projects that could be replaced with this rink, some of these projects costing over $50 million, one of which is a student housing expansion project. The rink would be a great replacement, the students at UCI feel the current amount of student housing is sufficient and a rink would be much more beneficial. The funds are there, but UCI is spending it on renovations elsewhere.
(Other future construction plans including a list of costs can be found here http://www.designandconstruction.uci.edu/documents/Capital_Projects.pdf )
As previously stated, students and alum of UC, Irvine believe that this rink would bring more national and regional recognition to our university and our community. The way in which the ice rink is capable of bringing this recognition is through tournaments, conventions, meetings, etc. With an ice rink on campus, we can excel in collegiate figure skating and will give the opportunity for those interested in ice hockey to re-start the ice hockey club sport here. Also, a national or regional USA hockey or US Figure Skating event will bring teams/contestants from across the nation to this facility. This will not only bring our community and school recognition, but will also help the other local entertainment businesses, restaurants, and hotels in our area.