Gilroy council says Sharks Ice facility too expensive

After seven and a half years of talking about bringing a Sharks-led ice hockey and skating facility to Gilroy, city officials have decided the idea is economically infeasible — effectively killing development of the recreation space. The City Council last month unanimously agreed to an ad hoc committee’s findings that the ice skating facility proposed for the Gilroy Sports Park has no economically feasible path to development. The plan would have brought a 100,000-square-foot facility with two sheets of ice, a restaurant, snack bar, pro shop and other uses on an approximately 9.1-acre portion of the sports park. But despite the apparent end of the project, city officials and Sharks Sports Entertainment representatives are leaving the door slightly ajar to potentially revisit the partnership. “Both the city of Gilroy and Sharks Sports Entertainment remain interested in pursuing the project if financial conditions change or if other partners come to the table,” city spokesperson Rach