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to spend $ 500,000 on renovations in the first five years in exchange for a lease till the year 2050. Since then, Dan and Ted Graham have been completing renovations in stages and as of 2019 had spent $ 2.6 million on the facility (figure including purchase price and upgrades). They first
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453:"HISTORY OF ICE HOCKEY IN QUEENSTOWN"
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536:"Cutting Edge Queenstown Ice Arena"
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479:"Ice rink comes of age"
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