{"id":6194,"date":"2014-04-10T00:28:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T04:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=6194"},"modified":"2014-04-23T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T17:59:00","slug":"tigers-chamber-clash-over-use-of-acc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/tigers-chamber-clash-over-use-of-acc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers, Chamber clash over use of ACC"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Doner<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Aurora Community Centre has been a venue for a variety of events over the years, but availability for the coming week sent two long-time tenants back to the drawing board to find a solution.<\/p>\n

The Aurora Tigers Junior A hockey club have fought their way to the OJHL championship finals this week, while the Aurora Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to host their 28th Annual Aurora Home Show this weekend.<\/p>\n

In response to the scheduling conflict, the Tigers have moved their home games to the Canlan Arena at York University, leaving the team in the predicament of not having their home crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not as far as what people think if you just go down the 400 and to Highway 7, but we\u2019re going to lose some Aurora backing,\u201d said Tigers Head Coach and General Manager, James Richmond. \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richmond said the team first brought up the possibility of needing the ice at the ACC back in December and that he\u2019s upset about the end result. He said they made a presentation to the Chamber on the conflict and they replied, \u201cWe\u2019re not moving for a hockey team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very disappointing to see what\u2019s happening for a three or four day home show that they would just boot a tenant out, and one loyal to the ACC and the Town of Aurora.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judy Marshall, CEO of Aurora Chamber of Commerce, said the Chamber tried to come up with a resolution, but ultimately decided there wasn\u2019t enough time and that too many resources had already been spent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met with Barry Quinn [Tigers\u2019 president] and Al Downey (Director of Parks and Recreation for the Town of Aurora) and we basically just talked about it,\u201d she said. \u201cWe were asked to move about six weeks prior to the date, which is this coming weekend, and this just wasn\u2019t possible. There were some comments about taking the plan for one arena and putting it in another arena, it\u2019s not possible. The arenas are all set up totally different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marshall said so much of the planning and work had already been done for the upcoming show, an event that is the Chamber\u2019s largest revenue maker, drawing in roughly 5,000 visitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve looked it at a lot and have discussed it a lot with our board, volunteers, etc.,\u201d she said. \u201cWe usually book the arena a year in advance and we have been doing it for 28 years and it\u2019s always around the same time of year. We paid thousands to get the arena mapped out properly so people know where to go, people know how to get into the arena.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marshall also referenced parking as a problem at some of the other venues in Aurora and said a lot of planning has already happened on part of the vendors.<\/p>\n

As far as the Tigers are concerned, the other venues in Aurora also pose a problem in meeting the seating requirements for an OJHL championship series, hence the move to York University.<\/p>\n

Quinn said the team hopes to avoid the same issue down the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeoff Dawe and John Firman [of the Town of] Aurora were outstanding, but we\u2019ve got to do what\u2019s best for the Tigers, so I\u2019ve already asked them what would happen next year,\u201d he said. \u201cThe issue here is the Home Show is booked and I think it\u2019s what they call a perpetual booking and unfortunately that doesn\u2019t help us at all. We\u2019d be having a hard look at where we would play next year unless the Town can come up and say, \u2018you\u2019re ok.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Quinn said he hopes fans make the trek down to York University for the series and that the team will be knocking the price down to $16 for an adult ticket for Aurora residents with identification.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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