http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2005/07/is_ice_rink_run_1/ The Wichita Eagle Editorial Department Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:23:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2005/07/is_ice_rink_run_1/#comment-2711 kelly Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:31:05 +0000 http://blogs.varsitykansas.com/weblog/2005/07/is_ice_rink_run_1html/#comment-2711 I agree that the City has done the right thing, and should support the ice rink long-term. This also is true of the Art Museum,Exploration Place, the Mid-America All Indian Center, and other "public" buildings. These places enhance our quality of life in Wichita, and should not be expected to be profitable - not to say there shouldn't be every effort exerted through highly qualified managers to stay out of the red. But whether self-sustaining or not it is not fair to evaluate these programs on the basis of whether they are profitable in the same sense that Boeing or Cessna is profitable. I agree that the City has done the right thing, and should support the ice rink long-term. This also is true of the Art Museum,Exploration Place, the Mid-America All Indian Center, and other “public” buildings. These places enhance our quality of life in Wichita, and should not be expected to be profitable – not to say there shouldn’t be every effort exerted through highly qualified managers to stay out of the red. But whether self-sustaining or not it is not fair to evaluate these programs on the basis of whether they are profitable in the same sense that Boeing or Cessna is profitable.

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