First step taken for ice rink to glide into Lakewood Ranch's Premier Sports Campus

First step taken for ice rink to glide into Lakewood Ranch's Premier Sports Campus

On the heels of the Lakewood Ranch High School boys hockey team winning the Lightning Cup Feb. 6, Manatee County took its first step toward a public-private partnership to build an ice rink in Lakewood Ranch at Premier Sports Campus North. LWRHS hockey coach Peter Sibner said hockey is growing in the Tampa Bay area, but there aren’t enough rinks to support the sport’s growth. Although Manatee County commissioners unanimously approved the executi…