Preparations are underway for Nickel Days as city crews get ready to transform the Thompson Regional Community Centre grounds for one of the community’s biggest annual celebrations.

Communications Officer Ian Graham says Public Works and Recreation staff will spend much of the week leading up to the event preparing the midway grounds, arena spaces, and support areas needed for the festivities.

Graham says there’s a lot of work that happens behind the scenes before the public ever arrives.

Graham says crews will begin much of that work on the Monday of Nickel Days week to ensure everything is ready before the midway opens on Thursday.