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ATTACHMENT 15 <br />Task Force Meetin� Minutes <br />Barclay added that the Schwanns Super Rink estimates that 1 million visitors =$100,000 <br />additional sponsor monies. <br />We proceeded to get reports froan the various user groups of the Skating Center, staring <br />with Speedskating. Jill Anfang also provided a"typical" ice rental week schedule for the <br />OVAL. Bill Cushman from Midway speedskating noted their club had provided a lot of <br />revenue to the OVAL over the years and that several World Cup competitions and other <br />events had brought in a lot of revenue to the city alsa Their club pulls in skaters from all <br />over the state and western Wisconsin, with a membership of approximately 60 adult <br />skaters and 150-200 novice skaters every year. Bill also provided some financial <br />information from the Salt Lake City speedskating facility and the Petit Center near <br />Milwaukee. The Salt Lake facility loses money every year and is dependent on public <br />programs for support, the Petit Center was "built" in 2002 and expects to make a net <br />profit since it is now a domed facility and can offer more services than before, but despite <br />the donations for the building of the Center there is still inventory to maintain and a debt <br />to be serviced so it may be some years before they see a net profit. <br />Lori Larson spoke about the importance of the Skating Center to �RA`Y�HA. She noted <br />that while there are several indoor rinks the organization can use for team practices they <br />have noticed that the ability to have several tea�r�s practicing together on the 4 rinks at the <br />OVAL has created a sense of camaraderie that was missed this past season when they <br />weren't able to have as many practices at the OVAL. It was also noted that there is <br />increasing interest in bringing hockey back outdoors and that other cities are looking into <br />artificial means of freezing rinks to guarantee outdoor hockey games — bandy has been <br />asking these cities to consider freezing larger sheets for bandy use as we1L The <br />possibility of bringing in dasher boards that could be easily set up and removed at the <br />OVAL was also discussed. <br />Because time was getting late we decided to adjourn for the evening and continue in two <br />weeks beginning with a tour of the facility, maybe inviting our state legislators to join us. <br />� <br />ATTACHMENT 15 <br />Task Force Meeting Minutes <br />