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Northern Lights Arena employee Jessica Sandahl sharpens an ice skate at the rink on Tuesday. Alpena County, which owns the arena, is preparing to seek proposals to find a new arena management group.
ALPENA The Alpena County Board of Commissioners has started looking for a new management group to take over operations at the county-owned Northern Lights Arena.
The current management group, the Northern Lights Arena-Community, has informed the county that it intends to step away from its current lease, which includes a 90-day escape clause.
The NLA-C leases the arena from the county for $1 a year, and pays for operations and pays toward county bond debt with revenue from ice rentals and other income. The management group keeps any profit.