Well ladies and gentleman, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but fees are up this year. 
Two of the four rinks we use have raised fees this season. The Carlson Center raised rated from $180 per hour to $210 per hour. The Polar Ice Center, where 50% of our ice is, raised rates from $330 per hour to $430 per hour. Polar Ice Center is privately owned and has been running at a loss since it was opened. Last year losses were in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. With ever increasing costs for electricity and heat Polar's owners were faced with a simple choice, raise fees or close their doors. If Polar were to close we would be left with only Sunday nights at the Dipper, Thurdays nights at UAF, hit and miss ice at the Carlson Center where the ice is taken in and out depending on the Nanooks schedule and the concert/event schedule. We would probably have enough ice sheets left for eight teams and at least one quarter of all games would be 10:00 pm or later.
In addition there was small increase in refs fees for Int A and Int B games of about $2 per hour.
So there you have it...fees are up. I wish there was something we could do about it, but at this point there is little we can do. If you have any positive input or ideas please call or email one of the BOD members, or better yet come to the Annual Meeting Sept 30th 6:00 pm at the Noel Wien Library (at Cowles and Airport).
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