The Rimouski Curling Club will ultimately not be able to move in the short term to the Empress Golf Club in Pointe-au-Père. Quebec confirmed to its leaders on Tuesday that they will not receive the desired government contribution in the coming year.
The board of directors based its hopes on its application to the Financial Assistance Program for Recreational, Sports and Outdoor Infrastructure (PAFIRSPA).
According to the response obtained, the Legault government is using the pretext of having too many projects submitted to refuse that of the Rimouski Curling Club.
It included the use of the existing Empress Club chalet where an annex would have been built to accommodate three curling lanes.
The members of the Rimouski Curling Club gave their agreement, in June 2023, to begin the process, including the sale of its current building, erected in 1940, at a price of $725,000.
The CA hoped to make the move a reality in view of the club’s 80th anniversary, scheduled for the 2024-2025 season. For several decades, numerous redevelopment or relocation projects have been discussed, without success.
The Curling Club management will analyze, over the coming weeks, whether it will try its luck again for the 2024-2025 PAFIRSPA where it will try another approach to obtain the hoped-for funding.
Rimouski waiting
It is not this same program that the City of Rimouski wishes to obtain $9.5 million to support. financially its future multi-sports complex or stadium, estimated at $38.5 million. The city council has already set aside $21.5 million in its budget forecasts for its completion by 2028.
In principle, candidate cities were to receive news of whether their application had been accepted by the end of June.
