The final vote at the final regular city council meeting of the 2012-16 term was on the licence agreement for the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling event in North Battleford.
The licence agreement was made back on Feb. 9 between Twin Rivers Curling Club and Rogers Media, Inc., parent company of Rogers Sportsnet, which is televising the event.
The vote at council Monday was to proceed with the agreement. The motion to execute the agreement carried.
The event, called the 2017 Canadian Open, will be held at the North Battleford Civic Centre from Jan. 3 to 8, 2017.
City Manager Jim Puffalt noted advertisements promoting the event are already being shown on TV.
“It’s very cool this is happening in North Battleford in January,” Puffalt said.
The Grand Slam committee, Twin Rivers Curling Club and the City had a chance to look at the agreement and confirmed it was good to go, he said.
As well, there have been a number of meetings with Sportsnet including a final tour of the Civic Centre to make sure they met requirements.
“We already are giving notice to all our staff that it is all hands on deck when there is a major national event coming to the city,” said Puffalt.
“We’ll do what it takes to make sure this event goes off well and puts North Battleford in a good light.”
