 By the time ground was broken the price had increased to $8.5 million, $1.5 million more than originally planned; paid for by Seven Peaks.Then after construction had already begun SLOC decided to host hockey events in the new arena versus using Utah Valley State College's McKay Center.SLOC would contribute $5.25 million towards the project whose cost had just jumped to $10.75 million, with the addition of 12 locker rooms instead of four, 8,000 seats, 2,300 of which would be permanent, and other minor expansions to the original plan.