City of Revelstoke shelves referendum vote in plans for financing new arena

City of Revelstoke shelves referendum vote in plans for financing new arena

After considering whether to make the financing of Revelstoke’s replacement arena a referendum question in the October election, the city has withdrawn that plan upon learning the existing arena has a decade of life left to operate. The more than 1,500 responses the City of Revelstoke received by survey voiced overwhelming support for replacing the aging Revelstoke Forum with a new facility and attached curling rink — potentially through a priva…