Nah- makes too much sense and doesn't cost enough.
well we don't need to have the quality of indoor arena's we just need a place to have fun, fall down and enjoy ourselves. Part of being outside in the winter and on the city is the unpredictability of it all. Like skating on ponds frozen over in Riverside Park. It is perfect but it sure was fun!
great work tucker - dont give in to any political bureaucracy/laws/unions - like they say at Nike, Just do it.
With outdoor curling on natural ice, it's very difficult to maintain fast, consistent ice. Still, consider that the first international curling bonspiel was on outdoor ice Buffalo, and that a rock hasn't slid along a sheet in the area for nearly 30 years. It's kind of sad that the last remnant of the Buffalo Curling Club is in Cleveland. (www.imagepup. com/up/EqTg_1206989390_Photo-0008.j pg)
If you lay down a lattice of refrigeration coils under the Lake and keep the compressors running all and night, you just might get the ice to the desired thickness for these events. Money well spent.
Good job Tucker, all one needs to do is look at ottawa and their winterlude festival to see what an opportunity balmy buffalo is missing (blamy in comparison to ottawa). In 2007, it set a new attendance record of an estimated 1.6 million visits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterlude
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