COEUR d'ALENE - A combination event center and sports arena may be going up in Coeur d'Alene.

North Idaho College trustees gave the go-ahead during their board meeting Wednesday for the college's administration to explore the feasibility of building an event center in the Riverstone area, provided funding for construction of the facility comes from outside sources.

NIC president Joe Dunlap told college trustees that the college's existing indoor athletic facility, the Christianson Gymnasium, was built in 1949 and is in poor condition.

"It's limped along for quite some time," Dunlap said.

An event center would provide a new athletic facility for the college and likely a venue for other types of entertainment activities, he said. Read more. Maureen Dolan, Cda Press

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