The arena is used primarily by Ames figure skating and youth hockey programs, the ISU hockey club and ISU broomball intramural teams. The city schedules public skating time as well. Neither the city nor Iowa State has the capital improvement dollars to renovate the ice arena. City and university officials agree that private fund raising is crucial and that those who use the arena need to be behind any fund-raising effort. Ideas and opinions will be tabulated and passed on to officials involved in the issue.
Officials say private fund raising is crucial.