Business View Magazine | March 2018

56 THE YARDMEN ARENA called theQuinte SportsCenter,was named after a group of CanadianNational Railwayworkers who spearheaded the drive to build a sportsvenue in the community,raisingmore than $3million to contribute to its construction.“Theycame upwith a strategy to run a lotterywith small prizes for local people,but the funds all went back into building theYardmen,”says Lyng.“Theyhad some grand plans,including an out- door pad,themain indoor pad,a curling rink,a swim- ming pool,ball diamonds,and a trackand field facility. Unfortunately theycouldn’t do anythingmore than just themain bowl and the outdoor rink,and theyopened it up in 1978.After a year of operation,theycouldn’t make a go of it,so theyhanded it over to themunici- pality to run it for them.” In the 1990s,a second rinkwas added to theYard- men,and in 2012,twomore rinks and three swimming pools were added to the complex,nowknown as the Quinte Sports&Wellness Centre,a 335,000-sq.-ft. facility,with four NHL-sized ice pads,one of which is in theYardmen; an aquatics center; amulti-use gymnasi- umspace; an indoor track; fitness studios; community