The AAA Bisons hockey team will be based out of Airdrie next season, and Airdrie Minor Hockey is preparing for the move.

Members of Airdrie Minor Hockey Association including Stacey Carefoot, Gord Ziegler and Cam LeGrandeur were on hand at last night's City Council meeting to discuss preliminaries of a plan to host the Bisons at the Ron Ebbeson Arena.

The Ron Ebbeson arena is not currently suited to house teams of the Bisons caliber, and there will be some trouble housing both the Bisons and the Airdrie Thunder. As a temporary solution, AMHA wants to rent to modular buildings to serve as the Bisons' clubhouse and change rooms. The cost would work out to about $475 per month, plus a little bit to cover installation.

Questions abounded from City Councillors regarding fire safety, utilities, the length of time the buildings would be located at the arena, and the feasibility of the plan. AMHA was unable to answer many of the questions, as they are still in the preliminaries of planning for the Bisons move.

City Council did grant permission as the land owners of the Ron Ebbeson Arena for City Staff to move forward with a request to go through the development permit process with AMHA.

 

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