Kelli Hinchey had been thinking about the grand reveal that occured on April 28 10 years ago.

That's when she first thought about expanding the Yellowknife Racquet Club into a bigger facility.

April 28 is when her thoughts turned into reality as the Racquet Club 2.0 was officially opened to the public and club members. Several people passed through the doors that day to see the new facility and for Hinchey, it was a huge sigh of relief.

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Hinchey may have had the idea to expand 10 years ago but she got the ball rolling officially in 2015 with the planning stage getting off the ground, followed by shovels in the ground in 2016.

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Something people will notice in the weight room is exposed rock, something Hinchey said is a neat feature for people to see.

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The contractor for the project was Konge Construction while Vince Barter was the architect and Hinchey said they both did an amazing job.

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The biggest thing for Hinchey, though, is that everything will get back to normal after two years of construction.

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