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LANTZ:<\/strong> The East Hants Sportsplex in Lantz has been purchased by the Municipality of East Hants (MEH) for $2.3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a release on July 26, the Municipality and the East Hants Arena Association (EHAA), who operate the facility and the Fieldhouse Dome, announced they had forged a partnership for the the sustainability of the Sportsplex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At its Council policy meeting on July 20, East Hants municipal council approved the purchase of the Sportsplex for a price tag of $2.3 million. EHAA will continue to operate the Sportsplex as an agent of the municipality through a Facility Management Agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTimes have been tough for the Sportsplex and facilities like it because of COVID-19,\u201d Eleanor Roulston, MEH warden. \u201cThis partnership secures the future of the facility as a community asset and ensures its financial security in the months and years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In December 2020, EHAA approached the municipality to provide emergency funding to continue the operation of the Sportsplex. COVID-19, the earlier collapse of the Dome, the cancellation of fundraising initiatives due to COVID-19 shutdowns, and cancelled bookings had a significant impact on the operation and financial status of the Sportsplex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”2″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”111″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n In early 2021, EHAA and the municipality began discussions on a new owner-operator model for the Sportsplex. This model is common across other facilities in the country and EHAA will continue to operate the facility day-to-day through fundraising, rental revenue, and other programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe think this is the best possible outcome for the Sportsplex,\u201d says Bill Falkenberg, president of EHAA. \u201cOur volunteer group has been dedicated to this facility for a long time and we\u2019ve worked extremely hard alongside the Sportsplex employees to deliver excellent service to the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We\u2019re proud of what we\u2019ve built together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This change in ownership of the building will not have any noticeable impact on users or programs, and it will allow EHAA to continue operating the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”84″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”133″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”78″] LANTZ: The East Hants Sportsplex in Lantz has been purchased by the Municipality of East Hants (MEH) for $2.3 million. In a release on July 26, the Municipality and the East Hants Arena Association (EHAA), who operate the facility and the Fieldhouse Dome, announced they had forged a partnership for the the sustainability […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[2150,196,2442,677,1101],"class_list":["post-22635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-covid-19","tag-east-hants","tag-east-hants-arena-association","tag-east-hants-sportsplex","tag-municipality-of-east-hants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}