(Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase)
(File Photo)
Saint John has a new organisation in place whose mandate it will be to boost tourism and there’s one idea on the table coming from Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase who says sports tourism has become quite lucrative as cities elsewhere cash in by being known as tournament capitals.
He acknowledges that can’t happen now because, for one thing, Saint John doesn’t have a multi-ice arena.
There was talk a few years ago of building a multi-ice arena out east when Norm McFarlane was Mayor and Saint John Portland M-L-A Trevor Holder talked about the L-B-R being turned into such a facility to help revitalise that part of the north end. Both efforts, though, came to naught.
Before anything happens, the city is being urged to come up with a master plan for recreation.
