Ice Bats Welcome Voter Decision On Cedar Park Arena Project

Published on December 6, 2004 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Austin Ice Bats News Release


The Austin Ice Bats of the Central Hockey League today announced that the city of Cedar Park has reached a memorandum of understanding with the CHL's parent company, Global Entertainment and its subsidiary, International Coliseums Corporation, for the construction and operation of a new multi-purpose events center in the city. Under the agreement, the project will be placed before voters in a special election on February 5th.

If voters approve the project, construction on the new state-of-the-art facility would begin immediately, and the Ice Bats would relocate to the facility as its anchor tenant, beginning with the 2006-07 season.

"We are extremely pleased to be involved with a project of this magnitude," said Ice Bats President Jeff Buch, "and we're happy that the voters will get the chance to make the ultimate decision. We believe once voters are presented with the accurate information, they'll view this as an extraordinary opportunity to accomplish something great for the city."

"The construction of a multi-purpose arena is probably the single biggest project we'll ever undertake as a city," said Cedar Park City Manager Craig Lonon. "It's a great project for the city, and we're honored to have the Ice Bats' involvement as a partner in the project."

"The combined efforts of many parties have made this project a reality," said Rick Kozuback, President and CEO of Global Entertainment Corporation. "We commend Mayor Bob Antle and the City of Cedar Park, Norman Green and Jeff Buch of the Austin Ice Bats and Stafford Sports consultants on their diligence, spirit of cooperation and desire to bring an outstanding new multi-purpose event center to the City of Cedar Park."

The Ice Bats return to their current home, the Travis County Expo Center, for a four-game homestand, starting with games this Friday and Saturday. Friday night, the Ice Bats host Southeast division leading Corpus Christi, and Southwest division leader San Angelo visits on Saturday. The "Bud True Music Concert Series" continues after Saturday's game, with a performance from "The Burden Brothers."

Individual game tickets are available now through the Ice Bats office at 927-PUCK, on-line at www.GetTix.Net, or at any of a dozen Pinky's Wireless locations in the Austin area, including Round Rock, Cedar Park, Killeen and San Marcos. Tickets are also available at all Texas Box Office locations, including all Austin-area HEB stores, or on-line at www.TexasBoxOffice.com.

To charge by phone, fans may call the Ice Bats ticket office at 927-PUCK, Get Tix at 1-866-4-Get Tix, or Texas Box Office at (512) 477-6060.

Individual game tickets range in price from $10 to $35, depending on section, with discounted rates for groups of 15 or more. Fans may call the Ice Bats ticket office at (512) 927-PUCK, or log onto the team's website at www.icebats.com for more information.

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