It's starting to get pretty real........
The Moncton Wildcats are moving their business operations into the new events centre on Monday. Their current office at the Coliseum is closing.
For the time being, the only way to contact the business office will be by telephone.
The
Roar Store will be opening at the events centre by September 12th. It will be 1,200 sq ft (2.5x the size of the current store) and will feel much like an NHL team store, with increasing souvenir offerings (especially customized team jerseys and more women's items).
The new Wildcat's team clubhouse sounds quite amazing. Highlights include:
- 10,000 sq ft
- locker and dressing room
- state of the art gym
- hot and cold tubs
- steam room
- medical facility
- theatre (to review game films)
- ping pong area
- lounge room
- full kitchen
The Cats claim it will be the "nicest dressing room of any junior hockey club in Canada." They spent 2.5 years researching and visiting team dressing rooms in the NHL, NFL and major US college programs before designing their own facility.
A great team dressing room of course can be a tremendous marketing tool when trying to attract the best talent out there. When you are trying to convince young players to play junior hockey rather than going the US college route, you have to pull out all the stops.......