Fort McMurray residents will have one more form of entertainment to look forward to in the area when Shell Place welcomes a WMBL franchise in 2016. According to the announcement that was made the league is expected to begin playing in Wood Buffalo around May of 2016. Annette Antoniak, the CEO of Regional Recreation Corporation,…
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Friday night Shell Place saw the very first sold out crowd since the venue opened earlier this year when the Monster X show took place. The crowd was excited and the stunt drivers who operated the monster trucks and the dirt bikes during the show gave everyone something to be excited about. Thousands attended the…
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In spite of a summer that was filled with high profile events Shell Place has ended the fiscal year with a budget deficit that is approximately $387,000. The original prediction by the Regional Recreation Corporation was that there would be a deficit of almost $6 million, so $400,000 seems like a big improvement. $3.7 million…
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The Shell Place construction included cost overruns, but these added expenses were recently approved by the council. Just days before the facility was set to open to the public the project budget had a $4.3 million deficit due to cost overruns. Last Tuesday the RMWB council voted on a capital budget amendment which would increase…
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When the Inaugural Shell Place concert takes place on July 19 Fort MacMurray and Wood Buffalo residents will have the opportunity to see Aerosmith play. So far the opening act for the event has not been determined or announced, but Steven Tyler and his group will be the headlining act when the Shell Place concert…
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Construction on Shell Place is expected to be finished in plenty of time for the opening deadline, and the project is in the home stretch and should be finished by Spring when a soft opening is expected to be held. The project looks almost completely user ready, a big difference from September 2011 when Shell…
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