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MP for Durham Backs Rink Development(0)
Durham City’s MP, Roberta Blackman-Woods has today added her support to plans for a new ice arena in Durham. In today’s Northern Echo she declared last week’s announcement as “great news”.
She said: “I am pleased that my suggestion of Belmont as a possible site for a new ice rink has ultimately been successful.
“One of my [...]
New Arena Announced for Durham
It’s the news you’ve all been waiting for. Plans for a new multi-million pound leisure complex have been announced which could see a permanent ice rink return to Durham for the first time since the city’s Riverside Rink closed in 1996.
The announcement was made public at the inaugural Ian Defty Memorial Trophy at Newcastle’s Metro [...]
CDIF Supports Plans for Gateshead Rink
A new ice rink development for Tyneside was announced on Sunday 24th August which could see a 3,000 seater arena built on land adjacent to Gateshead International Stadium.
The proposed 7 acre development would offer a range of new sporting facilities to complement the existing International Stadium, Indoor Athletics Hall, sports academy and English Institute of [...]
The Rink that Nearly Happened
In 2004, the CDIF in conjunction with Sedgefield Borough Council commissoned a Feasibility Study to examine the possibility of redeveloping part of Newton Aycliffe’s Leisure Centre to incorporate a first-floor ice facility. Intially, spectator capacity was restricted to 600 spectators, however as the study progressed, it became clear that the rink would be able to [...]