NMU gets approval for new rink
                        MARQUETTE, Mich. - Northern Michigan received
                        approval from its Board of Control to proceed
with the
                        planning and construction of a $9.5 million
Events Center on
                        Friday. Construction is slated to begin in the
spring, with
                        completion expected in August 1999. The arena
portion will
                        feature individual seating for approximately
4,000 for hockey
                        games and up to 5,000 for other events, and an
Olympic-size
                        sheet of ice. The hockey Wildcats should make
their debut in
                        the new center with the first game of the
1999-2000 season.
                        NMU's lease with Lakeview Arena, where the 'Cats
have
                        played for the past 21 years, expires that same
year.
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