Pinch me! I might be dreaming.

The Broadmoor Curling Club is one of four finalists to receive a leased curling facility from the World Curling Federation.

It’s no done deal, but if we can find a couple of acres, you could be joining me in a game on dedicated curling ice in a year.

Moving a curler from a hockey arena to dedicated curling ice is like moving a basketball player from a slab of asphalt bracketed by netless, dented rims to the Pepsi Center.

Back in the late 1960s through the mid-1990s, the club was based at the old Ice Hall next to the lake at The Broadmoor. It wasn’t the best ice in the world, but it was a place for curlers and I’m told you couldn’t beat the setting. (I’ve walked around The Broadmoor; who wouldn’t agree!?)

In my travels around the country and Canada to complete, curlers ask me about the Ice Hall and share stories about the fun times they had visiting Colorado Springs to curl.

Curlers still visit here for the club’s annual bonspiel (tournament) in April, but imagine if they came multiple times a year!

Imagine if all the teenagers who come to our Learn to Curls in Monument had a place where they could compete after school in leagues. (They could compete against the teens who are forming leagues at the Denver Curling Club. They could get coaching and funding to compete at national events, which lead to competitions all over the world. They could be our next Olympians!)

Imagine if the hundreds of disabled veterans whom we’ve taught to curl could play with their friends and family members – and make new friends – at a facility in town.

Currently, we have 2 hours of playing time once a week at a cost of more than $450 a week.

During my few years as a curler, I’ve paid up to $30 a game. At many dedicated clubs across the country, curlers play $150 a year to curl a few times a week. They pay about $5 for a couple of hours.

What other sport is that affordable?

This is an incredible opportunity, and I hope we’re chosen for one of these temporary facilities.

They resemble hard-shell tents and would have 2 or 3 sheets of ice inside. They wouldn’t be free, we’d have to pay to run them and to buy or lease the land, but this would be an amazing asset for the community.

Seriously, if you know someone who would give us a long-term lease – say, 10 years – at a reasonable cost, email me at dena.rosenberry@gazettedev.gazette.com.

The Broadmoor Curling Club is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, so that could be beneficial to a company or foundation.

In the meantime, I want to thank everyone who came out to Sunday’s Learn to Curl session at the Colorado Sports Center in Monument. That was a blast!

We taught some amazing people how to “throw” a stone down the ice and sweep until they worked up a sweat.

I hope no one was too sore the next day!

If you’re interested in learning to curl, drop me a line. I think we have about a dozen students on a waiting list. If we get a few more, we’ll definitely schedule a class.

Till next time, cheers and good curling! (Hey, click on that; it’s a GoPro curling video!)

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