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patrons utilizing our lease space businesses, and increased daytime ice programs, are all increasing demand for the FT Center reserved spaces (Q'IY 80). Staff are hearing more concerns from building users on the lack of parking space and staff has been strongly enforcing our policy procedures. Feedback from Rental Users We received some very positive feedback from Trimark, who rented the FT Center community room for a daylong job fair. It looks like they met their hiring targets through the event and the Trimark team was extremely complimentary of the center, and how well it worked for their event. I have also included a couple of emails from recent rental space users. Birthday Party Packages We launched a variety of FT Center birthday party packages in January. The reception has been quite encouraging, with many inquiries and a high level of interest. Since the launch of the packages, we have booked twelve turf birthday partis and four ice birthday parties. New FT Center Website We recently launched a new web page for the FT Center, we believe the new format will bring our web presence to a new level. MyFTCenter.com Summer Ice In the fall of 2023, it became apparent the demand for summer indoor ice had risen to the level making it financially advantageous to operate both sheets of ice throughout the summer. Budgetary goals were set to sell an additional 200 hours of offseason ice and significant efforts were made by staff to sell those added hours. Happily, ice bookings quickly exceeded the 200-hour mark! Later, some opportunities that aligned with our facility mission came to us, the premier event being the Taste of Elk River, hosted by the Elk River Rotary. To accommodate these dry floor opportunities, we revised the schedule for summer ice in Cornerstone for a few weeks in August. By this point, we had committed one of the two planned ice sheets to a new ice sale opportunity. Most of these scheduling challenges caused by the reduction to one sheet were able to be resolved with relative ease. However, August 5-9 involves some particularly challenging scheduling issues impacting Two Brothers Hockey due to their interest in summer ice. Joe is meeting with Two Brothers and Showdown Sports on Monday, February 12 to review August ice programming and consider mutually beneficial options for all parties involved. High School Hockey Section Games The FT Center is hosting several Boys Varsity Hockey Section Playoff Games. These playoff games fall into two categories: 1. Potential home site Sections 8AA playoff games for our Elk River Boys Team. (The Elk River Girls did not qualify to host a home playoff game this season). 2. Section 5A and 5AA contracted with the FT Center to host their neutral site playoff events. Staff will have a presentation outlining the preparations made for these events. Potential Boys Hockey Section Games Estimated Attendance 8AA Tuesday, February 20, 2024 7:OOpm Possible Home Site Quarterfinal 800 5AA Saturday, February 24, 2024 12:OOpm Confirmed semifinal game 1200 5AA or 8AA Saturday, February 24, 2024 4:OOpm Confirmed semifinal game 1200 5AA Boys Saturday, February 24, 2024 8:OOpm Possible semifinal game 1200 NOTE: If hosting an 8AA Semi on 2/24, we'll have games at 12p, 4p, & 8p — if not we have two 5AA semis (12p & 4 or 5p) 5A Boys Wednesday, February 28, 2024 7:OOpm 5AA Boys Thursday, February 29, 2024 7:OOpm Confirmed Final Game 1200 Confirmed Final Game 2900 *A maximum of 3,000 tickets will be sold for any of these events to ensure the safety of the building while at full capacity.