The plan has always been to build a new area in Hampton and turn the old one into a field house for other recreational activities, but many in the hockey community had hoped to keep the old rink as a second ice surface for a still-growing sport
Summit Centre to open in October, with the old rink made into a field house for sports like pickleball
Mark Leger · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 15, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
The new Summit Centre isn’t ready yet, but Mayor Robert Doucet says it be will open when hockey games are set to begin in October. (Mark Leger/CBC)
Hockey season is here, but parents like Melanie Logan have to drive their kids to practices half an hour away because the new rink in Hampton isn’t open yet, and the old one is now closed.
“I have to drive to Saint John for my children to practice out of the LBR and TD Station so that they can be evaluated for their tryouts and be placed into teams because there’s nowhere in Hampton to play,” Logan said.
“A lot of people are upset that they have to travel to Saint John. There are single moms that have multiple children and they have to travel that distance that they probably hadn’t budgeted for.”
Like a lot of small towns with the means to do so,
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