The town of Lysander is finally hanging up its skates.
The $550,000 sale of the Lysander Radisson Community Arena closed March 5. Back in January, the Lysander Town Board voted unanimously to approve a purchase offer from Rochester-based developer and property management firm DHD Ventures.
The official owner of the eight-acre property, which contains two ice rinks, is Home Ice 1, LLC. Home Ice 1 filed a business certificate with the office of the Secretary of State of New York Feb. 7, 2015, according to a legal notice in Rochester City Newspaper.
The town of Lysander has poured more than $2 million into the ice arena since 1992.
“The proceeds will be used to pay off the remaining bond balance of $315,000 plus interest, payment of the balance of the energy-efficient lighting system of $10,000, legal fees and expenses of $2,547.55 and any unpaid operating expenses prior to the closing date and for the period that the town has been operating the ice rink,” read a release from Supervisor John Salisbury.
Bob Amodie, a DHD Ventures representative, told the town board in January that DHD planned to maintain both ice rinks at the arena and was scouting pro shops from Western New York and Canada.
“There will be a substantial amount of money invested in the rink to make it a premier rink at the end of the day,” Amodie said.
