The Park City Ice Arena needs water to freeze the sheet. But it does not want water intruding elsewhere in the Quinn’s Junction facility. The ice arena leadership has outlined issues with leaks and has approached Mayor Ryan Dickey and the Park City Council about potential steps toward fixes . The ice arena dates to 2006 and is one of the municipality’s key recreation facilities. It hosts numerous sports, like figure skating, hockey and curling. The elected officials on Thursday are scheduled to discuss the leaks at the ice arena, with the possibility that they could signal whether they are interested in having a feasibility study done. A study would detail the causes of the leaks, a strategy for remediation and consider repairs in the context of future decisions about capital plans, according to a report by the municipal government drafted in anticipation of the meeting. Staffers are not seeking funding or approval for any work on the building itself on Thursday. The report indicates there has been “persistent water intrusion along the east side of the building for more than a decade.” “During storm events and spring conditions, water infiltrates the facility, with active leaks requiring buckets to capture steady drips. Intruding water soaks patrons’ belongings and requires constant staff attention, the report says. “This ongoing condition disrupts daily operations, degrades the customer experience, and accelerates wear on a heavily used public facility.” The report says there have been attempts since 2007 to “address cracking, settlement, and water infiltration along the east side of the building. While past repairs have been advertised to be the fix, none have resolved the underlying issue. Rather than pursuing another potential repair, the city is proposing a feasibility study to better understand root causes and evaluate long-term solutions.” Staffers recommend conducting a study, indicating the research would evaluate remediation strategies and align “repairs with potential expansion or modernization.” “The feasibility study approach recognizes that the water intrusion issue is complex and longstanding. It allows the city to move from reactive maintenance toward informed, strategic planning — reducing the risk of repeated failures, improving the customer experience, and ensuring that future capital investments deliver long-term value,” the report says. A feasibility study would be expected to take three months. The mayor and City Council are scheduled to discuss the topic at 2:30 p.m. Thursday for 30 minutes. The discussion is timed days after the close of the Winter Olympics in Italy. A member of the City Council who traveled to the Games for fact-finding purposes, Bill Ciraco, is interested in trying to move the curling competitions during the 2034 Winter Olympics to Park City instead of Salt Lake City, as currently planned. Such a move would rely on a significant expansion of ice-facility availability in the Park City area. The post Park City Ice Arena leaks prompt talks about repairs appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less