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Support for exploring a new downtown arena is divided along gender and age lines, according to a new poll commissioned by the StarPhoenix.

The Mainstreet Research/Postmedia Network Inc. telephone poll of 803 Saskatoon residents showed support for a possible new downtown arena edges out the idea of continuing to spend money on renovations to suburban SaskTel Centre, which opened in 1988.

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Forty per cent of survey respondents said they want city council to consider building a new downtown arena, while 35 per cent said they would prefer the focus to be on renovations to SaskTel Centre. No definite price tag has been attached to either option.

Half of men said they favour a new downtown arena, while only 31 per cent of women said they do. Forty-two per cent of women said they prefer to focus on SaskTel Centre renovations, while just 27 per cent of men said they would back that option.

Support for a new arena over renovations drops as the survey respondents’ ages increase, according to the poll.