The Napier City Council is unsure if a "pop-up" home it offered skaters - pending the opening of a skate park on the former Marineland site - can be used at all, after the discovery of possible structural issues.
Napier Skating Club and Sk8Zone supporters had almost completed the temporary skate park in a former Faraday St winery building leased by the council from the Salvation Army. Opening celebrations were planned for tomorrow.
A party may still go ahead, despite the body blow delivered after the council learned of the possible structural issues on Tuesday and said the facilities could not open pending further assessment.
The council had put up $15,000 to requisition the building as a pop-up space for skaters to bridge the gap between the closure of Sk8Zone in July and the opening of the Marine Parade skate park scheduled for December.
Council director community services Antoinette Campbell said on Friday had the council known earlier the results of a Salvation Army-commissioned seismic assessment of buildings around the site it probably would have gone for an outdoor option.