Northern Lights Palace scoreboard arrives, but installation won’t happen until next summer
A good news, bad news story out of Melfort’s council meeting Monday night.
In the Community Services Monthly Department Report, Director Rob Lok told council that the new scoreboard for the Northern Lights Palace has been delivered, but the installation will have to wait until next summer.
“We ordered the scoreclock this spring, but by the time it was delivered it was delivered a bit late, the ice was already in the arena, and we already had arena users skating,” Lok told northeastNOW. “So it was really challenging for us to create a timeline large enough for us to confidently get the score clock installed.”
According to Lok, there just wasn’t enough time to be able to install and have a buffer in the event of any unforeseen circumstances. The current scoreboard is the original one installed at the Northern Lights Palace, which opened in 1991. Lok said finding replacement parts is virtually impossible for the obsolete clock, and they have had to purchase replacement bulbs from local auto dealer stores that don’t have the same clarity.