Article contentThe application has been submitted, it meets the requirements listed and Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody is hopeful of success. The application is for federal funding under the Canada Strong program, for a new arena on municipally owned land in East Ridge. He explained the land is fully serviced and the municipality has licensed plans from an existing single-pad arena in the province. He noted the approximate cost for a single-pad arena is $35 million. Whether the application is successful depends on a lot of factors, including the number of applications that are submitted.