Wyoming Business: IKON Center a model for downtown projects

CHEYENNE – Cheyenne’s new IKON Center is being hailed as more than just an ice rink and events center, but also as an icon for future public-private partnerships in projects that can enhance the community.

The newly opened $4.6 million ice center was conceived and developed as a private project by Cheyenne lawyers Jack Speight and Mike Rosenthal, but both the city of Cheyenne and Laramie County contributed to the project, and the city’s eight largest banks combined forces to help finance the project.

The results go beyond merely providing the community with its first indoor ice facility, including a National Hockey…