Nanaimo Clippers Society still requires huge financial boost
NANAIMO — A boat-load more money is required to ensure the Nanaimo Clippers stay in the harbour city.
Andrea Trepanier, CEO of the Nanaimo Clippers Hockey Society, told NanaimoNewsNOW they’ve raised about $250,000 toward buying the team from the current ownership group. She said while it’s unclear how much cash a pending purchasing agreement would require, she suspects at least $400,000 more will be needed by Dec. 1 to keep the BCHL club in Nanaimo.
“They (current owners) would have to have a good idea that the society is going to be successful in that goal, because if the society is not successful then the ownership group needs to have time to decide what their next best options are.”
A group of out-of-town owners, headed by Ken Wagner, continue to own and fund the team.