Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center

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The Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center, originally Wasilla Multi-Use Sports Complex,{{cite web

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}} is a 102,000 square foot{{cite news

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}} multi-purpose arena in Wasilla, Alaska, designed to accommodate up to 5,000 people.{{cite news|url=http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/background/story/517370.html |newspaper=Anchorage Daily News |title=Wasilla weighs sports facility |date=2001-12-06 |accessdate=2009-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201173805/http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/background/story/517370.html |archivedate=December 1, 2008 }}

The facility consists of an NHL-size ice arena, an indoor artificial turf court, a running/walking track, three community meeting rooms, and a commercial kitchen facility.

History

In 2002, Wasilla residents voted to add half a percentage point to their sales tax to fund construction of the $14.7 million facility. This project was significantly delayed by an eminent domain lawsuit brought by the prior landowner, Gary Lundgren.{{cite news

| title=Wasilla Sports Complex still sweating over legal issues

| url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/020609/loc_news001.shtml

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| last=Bauman

| newspaper=Alaska Journal of Commerce

| date=2009-02-06

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