If you're making this blog a part of your daily reading, it's likely that you've got more than just a small interest in the sport of figure skating. Quite frankly, this little writing project of mine probably wouldn't even exist if not for good folks such as you.
(feel free to say 'you're welcome' at any point here).
But for yours truly, this blog has often been a voyage of discovery. A new city in a different part of Canada, each with its own story to tell. Not to mention buildings that often reek of history on some level.
Sorry to say but I've got nothin' in that area this weekend.
HomeSense Skate Canada International 2008 has not only landed in the city I've called home for 15 years now (our nation's capital), but the venue for this great event — Scotiabank Place — happens to be an arena that, for the past 13 months, I've also called my workplace. Let's just say if there are any mysteries about this building, I haven't been paying enough attention to detail along the way.
(a phrase I've actually been hearing a lot lately. It's an inside joke).
That being said, I hardly take SBP (as we sometimes call it out here in Kanata) for granted and feel comfortable in saying this might just be the finest facility ever to open its doors to one of Canada's top figure skating competitions. It's seen more than its share of great hockey moments over the years, the biggest being the Stanley Cup final in June 2007. That was some incredible ride. I have to tell you.
Now another sport gets a chance to make some of its own memories.
Oh, and a pre-event tip for those of you venturing out here the next three days: Make yourself heard. Scotiabank Place embraces noise rather fondly and trust me, if you give a shout out at the precisely the right time, the skaters will hear you loud and clear.
You can take that one to the bank.
About that little detail, I have no doubt.
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