City of Lethbridge to help Hurricanes find alternate playoff venue for 2019
LETHBRIDGE – The Lethbridge Hurricanes are working with the City of Lethbridge, to address their concerns centred around the 2019 World Men’s Curling Championship coming to the city next spring.
The announcement came Wednesday, Mar. 14, with event organizers explaining that the 13-team curling tournament will run Mar. 30 to Apr. 7 at the ENMAX Centre – about the same time as the first round of the WHL playoffs.
Should the Hurricanes make the playoffs again next year, that would leave them looking for somewhere else to play temporarily.
“There’s huge challenges when you’re not in your building, because obviously, there’s revenue streams that need to pay for your budget in the regular season, and when you start making money, it’s normally after the regular season in the playoffs,” explained team president Doug Paisley, in an interview with Lethbridge News Now.