Replacement of Civic Complex seats underway January 21, 2021 Reading time: 2 min
By Nick Seebruch City of Cornwall staff members replacing the seating at the Cornwall Civic Complex. Photo from Twitter.
CORNWALL, Ontario – City of Cornwall staff have begun replacing the nearly 5,000 seats in the Ed Lumley Arena a the Cornwall Civic Complex.
Most of the seats had been in the arena since it was built in 1976, with Parks and Recreation General Manager Jamie Fawthrop telling Cornwall City Council in Feb. 2020 that the cushioning in the seats had literally been reduced to dust, leaving some patrons sitting directly on the metal springs in the seating pan.