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The rink is open for ice skating from late October to early April. From 2003 until 2019, Victorian Gardens, a seasonal amusement park for children, was operated on the site from late May to September. Wollman Rink opened in 1950, having been proposed four years earlier. The rink was closed for renovations in late 1980 and reopened in November 1986.
Its main event was the Silver Skates Derby, the men's senior final, which gave the entire gathering its name. The competition featured races for NY area skaters of both genders in a number of age classes and distances. The Silver Skate Derby, or Men's senior race, was 2-mile long in the inaugural event, [7] as in the final edition on record. [16]
Following the city's termination of all contracts with the Trump Organization in early 2021, CAI took over the operations of the nearby Central Park Carousel and plans were made to transform Wollman rink's warm season into other activities operated by other concessions. [5] Albert Zamperla died in November 2022. [6]
Central Park’s Wollman Rink opened for the winter season under new management on Sunday.
Donald Trump's firm is making a comeback bid to run the Wollman ice skating rink in Central Park again -- just a week after winning back the presidency, The Post has learned.
Richard Veron holds his speed skating skate next to his ice dancing skate while at the ice rink at the Harvey School in Katonah Dec. 1, 2023. Veron, who is 88 years old and from White Plains, is a ...
The Trump name was prominently displayed on the walls of the Wollman Rink and on the Zamboni maintaining the ice. In 2019, the Trump Organization replaced the name with Wollman Rink logos. [ 200 ] In his financial disclosure filed in May 2018, Trump reported nearly $35 million in income from the two rinks since 2015.
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