Cedar Park to get AHL hockey team

[TexasRed]

Congrats Trad & RedMolly -- your traffic is gonna suck [more]! :mrgreen:

For years, the Austin Ice Bats hockey team tried to establish a permanent home in Cedar Park.

Last week, Cedar Park's City Council made use of a voter-approved sales tax hike aimed at economic development, so the Bats thought this was a good chance to make their move.

The city council decided to enter into an agreement that will transform an empty field at New Hope Road and Highway 183-A into a multiuse 6,800-seat arena. The arena is expected to be finished in 2009 and will become the home of the proposed new AHL hockey team, the Texas Stars, by 2010.

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