At a press conference last week, it was announced that the HRM 4-Pad will now be known as the Greenfoot Energy Centre as the company takes on a 10-year lease for naming rights at a cost of $600,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mayor Mike Savage along with officials from Greenfoot Energy Solutions, and their mascot a green Yeti, made the announcement before a small crowd at the arena on a beautiful Thursday morning April 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Savage said when they set out to find a partner for the naming rights, they wanted one that shared the values of HRM and understood what the 4-Pad means to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted someone that sees this 4-Pad as more than just a venue, but a place that citizens can come together and memories are made,\u201d said Savage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”188″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roy Vandermaar, Greenfoot Energy\u2019s General Manager for Nova Scotia, said working on getting the naming rights to the rink, has been something they\u2019ve been working on for approximately a year. The Greenfoot Capitals of the Maritime Major Female Hockey League also calls it home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re ecstatic,\u201d said Vandermaar. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working on this for more than a year now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen we heard about the opportunity we thought it was a really good fit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said it was a good fit because of the connection the company has through its workforce to the arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have a lot of employees that have children that play here, a lot of customers whose children play here,\u201d said Vandermaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHeck, I think I spend half my waking hours in this arena with my daughter.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Councillors Tim Outhit and Pam Lovelace and Caps head coach Kevin Bennett were on hand at the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vandermaar said its been awhile since the naming rights had expired\u2014it had been known as the BMO Centre, something some still call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re happy to be able to provide the funding for the naming rights,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He doesn\u2019t foresee any changes outside of the colours and branding on the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s a well-oiled machine,\u201d he said, praising General Manager Bill Cruickshank and his team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Players from the Fall River\/Windsor Junction area do participate in sports, whether its hockey, sledge hockey, ringette, lacrosse, or a number of other sports at the Green Foot Energy Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Atlantic U-15 Hockey Championship bronze-medal winning Bedford Bandits of the N.S. U-15 league call the rink home as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”206″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”93″] [adrotate banner=”169″] BEDFORD: A new name will emblazon the 4-pad arena in Bedford-Hammonds Plains. At a press conference last week, it was announced that the HRM 4-Pad will now be known as the Greenfoot Energy Centre as the company takes on a 10-year lease for naming rights at a cost of $600,000. Mayor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[528,5550,6563,6564,80,6565,1388,6566],"class_list":["post-44431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-bedford","tag-bedford-bandits","tag-greenfoot-energy","tag-greenfoot-energy-centre","tag-hammonds-plains","tag-hrm-4-pad-arena","tag-mayor-mike-savage","tag-new-name"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44431","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=44431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44431\/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=44431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_9207-1024x683.jpg\")