A private dekhockey operator is seeking a 10-year lease of Crow Creek Park property – at essentially no cost – under an agreement to be considered by the Bettendorf Park Board Wednesday (1/15).
While the lease calls for QC Dekhockey to pay $4,000 per year for the use of park land, the city is required under the lease to construct a second rink and install lighting at an estimated cost of $37,500.
The required outlay by the city does not include the cost of building additional parking adjacent to the rinks, which was estimated at more than $10,000 in discussions of the proposed lease last fall.
Also under terms of the proposed lease, the city would pay for electricity used by the two dekhockey rinks.
The dekhockey group, owned by ex-QC Mallard hockey player Patrick Levesque, would be allowed to sell concessions at the dekhockey rinks and keep the revenue. The lease would prohibit beer from being sold at the dekhockey facility, something Levesque wanted the city to allow last year but later withdrew the request.
Levesque told the park board last fall he had invested more than $100,000 in the dekhockey rink equipment, trailer and scoreboards. Dekhockey charges teams to play in various leagues and Levesque said he has 750 participants and a waiting list of more than 100 people.
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