 The city of Bemidji is just under four months away from being showcased on the regional stage for hockey day Minnesota. Work on the hockey day site is well underway as crews have begun to grade the site of the rink. Security fencing has gone up as utility workers continue to install lights and utility poles. Over the next few months the hockey day site will continue to develop well into the winter months. So yeah there's going to be a lot of stuff happening still over the course of the next three to four weeks to get everything in place that we need that deals with anything cold weather under the ground. So and then even then obviously you know we'll have a lot of activity once the ground freezes with all the above ground stuff that we'll be doing. So yeah a lot of activity I think you can just expect it maybe not on a daily basis but certainly on a weekly basis now through the event. Tickets for hockey day in Minnesota will go on sale beginning October 11th. Tickets will be handled through Ticketmaster or the Sanford Center box office. Tickets for Thursday January 17th will be $10 for adults and kids 17 and under free. Friday January 18th tickets are already on sale through Bemidji State and tickets for the official hockey day on Saturday will be $30 for adults with kids ages 5 to 17 costing $20. Children 4 and under are free. All tickets will go up in price by $5 after January 1st. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.