The project carries a near $700,000 price tag. "So, you have to pull back some of the floor structure and you're talking about adding more concrete, more weight to an old, old structure." "You have to strip the floor down to the ice-making equipment and pipes," said Duane Owens, of the Onondaga Facilities Management Department. While it's only being expanded seven feet, there's a lot of work to be done. "These conversations have been going on for the majority of the time I've been here, all 20 years." "Some fans might ask, 'Well it hasn't been an issue before in the 21 years that we just completed?' It has been, it just hasn't been very public," said Syracuse Crunch COO Jim Sarosy. Like other teams, Lightning officials want their athletes to skate on a regulation rink. The project will appease Tampa Bay, the Crunch's parent club. Work on the expansion of the War Memorial rink began Tuesday, which means come next season, the Syracuse Crunch will no longer play on a rink shorter than the rest of the teams in its league.
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