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Developer pitches combined ice rink and indoor pickleball center; commissioners say the price tag could be prohibitive
Summary
A Topeka resident presented plans for a year-round single-sheet ice rink paired with four indoor pickleball courts; presenters estimated large visitor and revenue potential, but commissioners said construction and operating costs—estimated by commissioners at $10–$15 million—mean the county should study feasibility and seek private partners.
Mike Iken presented a concept for a combined, year-round single-sheet ice rink and an adjacent four-court indoor pickleball facility during the Shawnee County Board of County Commissioners work session on May 4.
Iken said the complex would host youth and adult hockey, open skate, sled hockey, curling and broomball, and he projected heavy use. "We would estimate that the amount of traffic this facility would receive would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 750,000, to 1,000,000 on an annual basis," Iken said. He asked commissioners to consider the concept and to permit staff-level study of…
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