Bishop tells CHSJ News the project will compliment the qplex nicely since the Quispamsis facility is focused on providing ice time.
The field house will allow for indoor basketball, soccer, tennis and a walking track.
There has been some opposition over the fact that two low-income apartment buildings will be knocked down to make way for the field house.
But the mayor says the impact will be small because most tenants are on a month-to-month lease and the turnover rate has been very high.
The apartments will be demolished and work on the field house will begin in a year or two.
