By David Tuan Bui [1]
BELLEVILLE – The city is planning to sell the historic Memorial Arena.
A for-sale sign has been posted on the east side of the downtown building at 15 Market Square. The building is listed at $499,900 [2].
City council’s planning advisory committee met Monday to discuss rezoning the property from a community facility to general commercial zone [3].
Memorial Arena was built in 1929, and was first called Hume Arena [4]. In 1946, it was bought by the city and renamed Belleville Memorial Arena to honour war veterans.
In 1958, the Belleville McFarlands – best known for defeating the Soviet Union for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship – used the arena as their home ice.
City council is expected to vote on the zoning change at its meeting this coming Monday.