What will Moose Jaw do if funding falls through for the MultiPlex Project? P3 Architecture had a few ideas as the original Civic Centre architect addressed City Council.

 

Renovation design plans for the Moose Jaw Civic Centre presented to City Council last night as they discussed their Plan B when it comes to keeping the Warriors in town.

Plan A is the multiplex, but just in case funding falls through councils wants to have other options.

Parks and Recreation Director Jody Hauta explains one option presented by P3 Architecture. "Option One would be basically putting an addition on the south end of the facility. The south end addition in the basement would be for the Warriors, the main floor would be increased lobby space, new concessions, washrooms, and administrative space for the Warriors. In addition the sides of the Civic Centre would be expanded outward to the east and west to allow the concessions to be relocated."

The design also adds two more rows of seating to the top of the current seating plan.

Option Two is very similar to Option One, but features some additional seating on the south side as part of the new addition as well as some hospitality rooms that can be used for business meetings.

The price tags attached would be around 14 to 22 million dollars according to Hauta, something that needs to be discussed and looked at very carefully. "Council will be discussing all of the options in their capital budget deliberations. A key will be to find out whether there's any funding coming from the federal government. Basically its a matter of looking at the funding sources available, reviewing the Capital Budget and the financial implications of the overall Capital Budget, and then these options."

If renovations to the Civic Centre are selected as the project council takes on it would be 20 months from the okay to grand opening according to P3 Architecture who designed the upgrades. The upgrades could also include a curling rink but were not part of this report.

Its interesting to note P3 includes the original architect of the Civic Centre Dr. Joseph Pettick, who worked on these renovation designs.