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The ice rink is a popular people watching location during the winter months; [4] [5] [31] many view events at the McCormick Tribune Plaza from AT&T Plaza, above and to the east. [45] The ice skating rink has become so popular that when the weather was too warm for the rink's opening in November 2005, the story became international news. [46]
The arena is also home to several local high school ice hockey teams, and is used by local figure skating clubs, youth, and adult recreational ice hockey leagues, as well as public skating. The U.S. and Canadian sledge hockey teams faced off in a three-game exhibition at the arena in February 2012. [2]
A skating rink in the southeastern corner of Central Park was first proposed in 1945. [5] In 1949, philanthropist Kate Wollman (1869–1955) [6] donated $600,000 for the rink's construction to commemorate her family. [1] She is the great-aunt of Henry and Richard Bloch, co-founders of H&R Block. [7]
The New England Sports Center is a two-story, eight-rink ice-skating facility located in Marlborough, Massachusetts.Covering 22.3 acres (90,000 m 2) of suburban land, the 220,000-square-foot (20,000 m 2) building [1] has over 65 locker rooms, a hockey pro shop, ice skate sharpening, ice skate rentals, function rooms, a full-service restaurant, and a snack bar.
The Elfstedentocht (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛl(ə)fˈsteːdə(n)tɔxt]; West Frisian: Alvestêdetocht [ɔlvəˈstɛːdətɔχt], English: Eleven cities tour) is a long-distance tour skating event on natural ice, almost 200 kilometres (120 mi) long, which is held both as a speed skating competition (with 300 contestants) and a leisure tour (with 16,000 skaters).
Ice skating is the self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including recreation (fun), exercise, competitive sports, and commuting .
Ice skating quickly became a favorite pastime and craze in several American cities around the mid 1800s spawning a construction period of several ice rinks. [8] Two early indoor ice rinks made of mechanically frozen ice in the United States opened in 1894, the North Avenue Ice Palace in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Ice Palace in New York City.
The Pettit National Ice Center is an indoor ice skating facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, featuring two international-size ice rinks and a 400-meter speed skating oval. Located adjacent to Wisconsin State Fair Park , the center opened on January 1, 1993, and was named for Milwaukee philanthropists Jane and Lloyd Pettit .