(SALISBURY, Md.)- Friday is a big day for Wicomico County as they had a press conference to announce they are trying to bring hockey to the area.
Culver said with the improvements to the arena the time was now to pursue a team.
"You can tell we have done new flooring, new seats, the ceiling has been painted and everything has been redone.capitalize on the Civic Center, and once we got the beer and wine sales last year, that was the prerequisite of having a hockey team," said Culver.
President of Paramount Sports Services Jim Caplin signed an agreement with Wicomico County Executive Bob Culver to bring together a hockey franchise to the Civic Center.
"If we decide to build the ice rink there will be funding, the county will own all the supplies and we will not own the team," said Culver. "It will be owned by a group of investors. It will be a private-public ownership in that sense."
Caplin will be one of the partners.Caplin has worked for teams in the United States Hockey League, and ECHL, and has extensive knowledge and connections in the field.
"With regards to looking at the community and looking at the demographics numbers, I feel that it'd be a very good fit have hockey here at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center," said Caplin.
The team would play about 20 to 28 regular season games starting in 2018 or 2019.
The season would run from mid-October to early April.Salisbury University field hockey player Brad Geyer is in favor of a local ice hockey facility in Salisbury.His Seagulls at this time play the teams home games at the Harrington Ice Rink.
"It would give us a rink to practice and play home games," said Geyer.