Lion's Head Arena Project

The Municipality is committed to working with the Arena users, community organizations, and the public, to ensure the final plans for the arena reflect the needs of the community moving forward. While there is a limited budget, the Municipality has hired an engineering firm and will be hiring an architect to draw up revised plans.

“The Arena renovations are a long time coming, after years of planning and persistent funding applications in 2012, 2015 and now finally in 2019,” said Mayor McIvor. “We are proud to have successfully secured funding, but Council understands the need to ensure these plans are up to date. We all look forward to hearing what the community has to say.”

Project History to Date

• 2012 Plans are drawn up in preparation for the FedDev Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund application for the Lion’s Head and District Community Centre and Arena.
• At the time the application was submitted, August 21, 2012, the drawings were chosen by Council. This grant submission was unfortunately unsuccessful.
• On June 9, 2015, the same proposal was brought forward for the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program. This grant submission was unfortunately unsuccessful.
• In a resolution passed on September 23, 2019, Council decided to move forward with this same design in a new grant application for the Community, Culture and Recreation Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.
• With this final application almost 10 years old, in 2020 the Municipality was successful in securing funding for Arena renovations.
• The Municipality is committed to working with the Arena users, community organizations, and the public, to ensure the final plans for the arena reflect the needs of the community moving forward.
• Public engagement meetings specific to the project were held during the first two weeks of January 2022.
• Public on-line survey now closed.
• Final report has been prepared and will inform the RFP for an architect and their subsequent designs.
• All designs will be presented to the public for comment.