City Backs RBC Bid

Written by Peter McIntyre 107.5 KISSFM Tuesday, 24 January 2012 02:09

Vernon council is officially backing the bid to bring the 2014 Royal Bank Cup hockey tournament to the city.  Council  has agreed to give the bid committee a letter of support and a surety of five-thousand dollars which will be returned if the event makes a profit. Councillor Juliette Cunningham says there's a lot of support for events like that. "I think it's a good economic development driver and I do support it." Councillor Bob Spiers says it was an easy decision for council. "Our exposure is basically just providing a five thousand dollar surety and that money may never has to be used. It will come back to us."  The next step is to get the bid into Hockey  Canada which will announce the winning bid later this year.