Spectators at the Drake Sportsplex will have a new seating experience for the upcoming hockey season.

The pre used padded theatre seats come from the old Mosaic Stadium in Regina, thanks to community member Ed Bergen.

"It was a real nasty job hauling them all out. We had to disassemble them and haul them right from the very top of the stadium and carry them down to ground level. It was a big job."

The seats are a lot cheaper than buying brand new ones, as Bergen explains.

"When we priced out seats the pricing was ridiculous and there was no way we could afford to do it with what it was going to cost to put in new ones."

He tells us how he was able to get his hands on the 45 seats.

"I put some bids on for three rows of 15 when they were selling off all the old stuff out of there. I forgot about it and found out that I actually won the seats."

Previous fundraisers for the Sportsplex include a Sports Celebrity Dinner last spring.