Lethbridge’s Henderson Ice Centre getting overhaul with city construction project

Cool new changes are coming to the Henderson Ice Centre. A two-phase construction project has begun to improve functionality and accessibility.

Cool new changes are coming to the Henderson Ice Centre in Lethbridge.

A two-phase construction project has begun to improve functionality and accessibility.

Phase 1 will see four new dressing rooms built where a smaller ice surface once was.

On its website, the City of Lethbridge says the new dressing rooms will include private bathroom and shower facilities.

That phase is expected to be complete by the fall.

Phase 2 includes changing where the front doors are and making the lobby larger, and renovating the existing washrooms and changerooms as well as the officials’ room.

Phase 2 will begin next spring.

“This facility was built in the 1970s—1975, I believe—so the level of functionality, currently, is not great,” Robin Harper, City of Lethbridge recreation and culture general manager, told media.

“We have four dressing rooms, whereas in a lot of the other arenas, we have six. ... At Cavendish, we have 12 to accommodate two ice surfaces.”

“The whole project CIP budget is just over $6 million, and basically, about 40 per cent is phase 1 and 60 per cent is phase 2,” Jace Adams, City of Lethbridge facility services project manager, told media.

The entire project is planned for completion by late summer 2026.

On the city’s website, Adams is further quoted as saying construction is being done in phases to minimize “impacts to our community programs.”

Harper is further quoted as saying creating accessible spaces is “central to our vision for a vibrant Lethbridge.”