INUVIK - "King of beers" Rick Adams, owner of both Frosty's and now the Mad Trapper says he plans on closing Frosty's.

"Only having one bar makes more sense," said Adams. "Both bars have their own busy nights, we want to focus our energy in one place."

Bar Manager Rick Adams and Assistant Manager Verna Norman stand behind the bar at the Mad Trapper pub. The establishment is under new management and closed last week for renovations. It is open again and Adams said a new entertainment schedule is being made up as well. - Dez Loreen/NNSL photo

Adams has been the owner of Frosty's Arctic Pub since 2004, when he bought it from the previous owner.

"I was a silent partner until then," he said. "Before I bought it I had nothing to do with running the place."

Frosty's is closing soon for a few reasons, said Adams.

"The owner of the building has other things in mind for the space," he said.

"I really want to focus on one place too, so it makes sense economically."

Adams has big plans for the new Trapper.

"We're working on our entertainment schedule," said Adams.

"I want big entertainment, that's what I'm about."

Adams has a crew of 12 people working daily to clean and renovate the Trapper building before the re-opening of the bar.

"We went through and took the bathrooms apart first," he said.

"Both washrooms will be renovated and completely changed."

Other changes to the familiar layout of the Trapper include the pool table placement and the possibility of a third bar.

"We're working on a third serving station," he said.

"We're waiting to hear back from the liquor board."

Adams said he had his crew working hard to keep the closure of the Trapper as short as possible.

"I didn't want to leave the people in town without a place to go," he said.

The Trapper will re-open with the existing sound and lighting system, but Adams said he wants to update that as well.

"We should have our system up and running in three to four weeks," he said.

Catering to the early crowd is something that Adams wants to work on as well.

"The four to seven o'clock crowd is what I'm looking at," he said.

"There's definitely a market for that 'happy hour' style format."

But the evening entertainment will remain.

"I will offer entertainment from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. six days a week, with the occasional Sunday," said Adams.

The Trapper is scheduled to re-open this week.