LISTOWEL, ONT. -- The Listowel Memorial Arena will be coming down this spring, now that the Municipality of North Perth has accepted a tender from a Waterloo-based demolition company. North Perth Mayor Todd Kasenberg says it's, “Tender in more way than one. We sought external bids, and selected a bidder. But, as well I think there is a lot of feeling in the community about the fact that we are, slowly but surely, moving towards the removal of that structure." On Feb. 28, 1959, the roof of the Listowel Memorial Arena collapsed, killing seven peewee-aged hockey players, and their coach. The arena that stands here now was built in it’s wake.