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The Ohio State University Ice Rink is a 1,415-seat hockey rink located at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The rink was built in 1961 and houses the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey team. The men's hockey team occupied the facility from 1963 until 1998, when the Value City Arena was completed. [2]
During the series of unsuccessful ice hockey teams, the rink found new life as the center for New York figure skating & amateur speed skating. [5] Several skaters who later earned notoriety on the world & national stage began their careers at the ice palace such as Dick Button, Carol Heiss-Jenkins and Sonya Klopfer. [1]
The Aviator Complex contains ice skating rinks within two of the hangars. The other two hangars contain a field house, a gymnastics and dance complex, and a fitness center totaling more than 48,000 square feet (4,500 m 2), as well as a 6,000-seat football field outside. Aviator's Sports Facilities include:
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In 2013, NJ.com described the rink as "a symbol of revitalization for Newark" and "a literal savior of urban skating". It praised its relationship to the community, including events like roller derby, style skating, gospel skaters, and DJ nightlife. [2] [3] The rink has been called a "hidden gem" and a "staple of the [Newark] community". [4]
The Capitoline Grounds, also known as Capitoline Skating Lake and Base Ball Ground, [2] was a baseball park located in Brooklyn, New York, from 1864 to 1880. It was built to rival nearby Union Grounds, also in Brooklyn. The park hosted local amateur teams in its early history, but later hosted professional and semi-professional games.
It had been built in 1922 at a cost of $800,000 by the Iceland ice-skating franchise. A thousand skaters showed up on opening night at the 80-by-200-foot rink on November 29, 1922. Iceland went bankrupt in 1932 and the rink opened as the Gay Blades Ice Rink. Brecker took it over in the 1950s and converted it to roller skating.
A downtown Detroit tradition is returning for yet another year. Starting Saturday, Nov. 18, The Rink at Campus Martius will be open for visitors to lace up their skates and hop on the ice once again.