Everett hockey arena opens as COVID-19 quarantine center
EVERETT — Its floor is now covered with curtains dividing dozens of temporary bedrooms — each with a cot, a folding chair and a night stand.
“It’s certainly not luxurious,” Snohomish County Emergency Management Director Jason Biermann said Tuesday, standing in one of the makeshift rooms at the Angel of the Winds Arena.
The downtown Everett landmark, known for ice hockey and high school graduations, is set to begin operating as the region’s new COVID-19 isolation and quarantine site Wednesday, county officials said.
The arena will provide a temporary, safe place to stay for up to 150 people who need to cut themselves off from others but have nowhere else to go. Some might be homeless. Others might have a family member at home with a compromised immune system, Biermann said.
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