Paid experts came to the obvious conclusion

I’m standing in a corner of my home office banging my head against the wall.

I just read in the Sept.17, 2018, issue of the Peterborough Examiner that the local city council voted to receive and pass on to city staff for input on funding ideas to build a shiny replacement for the scoffed at, moldy oldie Memorial Centre.

I’m wall-pounding because the preferred site for the Petes Palace is the exact location where any local dolt would choose; at Morrow Park, a flip-shot from the existing Mem Centre. The new digs are pegged to cost from $72.1 million for a one pad arena, and $85.9 million for a double pad.

The cost to Peterborough taxpayers to select that obvious site, what form a new arena should take, when the city would need it, and what do to with the existing arena is $139,675, and payable to John Hack of Sierra Management and Consulting. A sky-high amount.

I could whip that data together smartly at the hometown discount fee of $139,000 flat. The saved $675 could be used to plunge out the Liftlocks, should a clog problem ever arise there. Do we have a deal?

Question: Let’s say Peterborough does erect a new hockey temple so bright it glows in the dark, is there a guarantee the Ontario Hockey League will sign on to help keep the city-owned Jr. A hockey Petes in town should the fan base erode?

That is an important consideration. Peterborough, after all, is the seniors’ capital of Canada. The grey gang now make up 19.5 per cent of our total population. And all seniors go to bed before puck drop. It’s the law of the land. Any dolt knows that.

The team has played at the Memorial Centre since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league. However, these days the arena is half empty for many games.

Will improved powder rooms draw more paying customers? Short term: Sure. Long term: I doubt it.

Dave Tatham, Christopher Road