{"id":651,"date":"2020-09-17T13:59:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T17:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/blog\/?p=651"},"modified":"2020-09-17T14:56:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T18:56:12","slug":"hockey-programs-in-saskatoon-switching-arenas-to-allow-merlis-belsher-place-to-be-used-as-covid-field-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/hockey-programs-in-saskatoon-switching-arenas-to-allow-merlis-belsher-place-to-be-used-as-covid-field-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Programs in Saskatoon Switching Arenas to Allow Merlis Belsher Place to Be Used as COVID Field Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global News reported Tuesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7337539\/hockey-saskatoon-rink-coronavirus-sasktel-centre\/\">several hockey teams are moving into the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon<\/a> to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/rinks\/4684\">Merlis Belsher Place<\/a>, a fairly new arena at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usask.ca\">University of Saskatchewan<\/a>, to be used as a field hospital in the event of a second wave of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/rinks\/3783\">SaskTel Centre<\/a>\u00a0is a 15,000 seat arena that was built in 1988. \u00a0Merlis Belsher Place is a 2,700 seat arena on the University of Saskatchewan campus that was built in 2018 and has two 200-by-85-foot ice surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>According to the article, &#8220;{Both} the men\u2019s and women\u2019s Saskatchewan Huskies hockey teams, with U Sports, as well as the SMAAAHL\u2019s Saskatoon Contacts and thee Saskatoon Stars, of the SFMAAAHL, are coming over temporarily from Merlis Belscher Place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the SaskTel Centre is a 15,000 seat arena, it hosts a larger amount of hockey than many facilities of its size. They have a 24-team adult hockey league that is scheduled to start in later in September.<\/p>\n<p>This story is perplexing, considering that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/government\/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources\/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines\/emerging-public-health-issues\/2019-novel-coronavirus\/cases-and-risk-of-covid-19-in-saskatchewan\">Saskatchewan does not appear to have any large outbreaks of COVID-19<\/a>. According to the Province of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon currently has 322 positive cases, of which 47 are currently active. Saskatoon is a city of approximately 250,000 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global News reported Tuesday that the several hockey teams are moving into the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon to allow Merlis Belsher Place, a fairly new arena at the University of Saskatchewan, to be used as a field hospital in the event of a second wave of COVID-19. 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