Seasonal Outdoor Ice Rinks

[dooobedooo]

Wheeee!! Business is booming!! At least three more this season, around UK Greater London area .... I can smell that hot chocolate now ....

http://www.londonnet.co.uk/ln/guide/about/attractions_iceskating.html

[Mrs Redboots]

Who-hoo..... Thanks, Doobedoo; I'll send that one "on the rounds". And don't forget Broadgate, which usually opens in October (haven't heard when it opens this year).

[dooobedooo]

So in the South East we now have: Broadgate, Somerset House, Marble Arch, Tower of London, Natural History Museum, Kew Gardens, Hampton Court, Windsor ... (mostly running from end of November to mid January, except Broadgate which runs October to March).

And, hot off the press, a new addition up North - Manchester United Football Club are running a winter outdoor rink at Old Trafford !!!

8-)

[dbny]

I just learned that there is going to be one at Bryant Park, in NYC. Skating there will be free to those with their own skates! Too bad they will be renting skates, it would be pretty empty if not.

[dooobedooo]

:lol: :lol: :lol: This doesn't really count as seasonal, but I just heard about:

ICESPACE
A 5 STAR ARCTIC ATTRACTION
POTTERS FIELD, LONDON UK SE1 2JR

Looks like it's running throughout May and June 2006, and located near Tower Bridge.
Billed as a "leisure complex made out of ice" 8O with an optional ice rink! Sounds N-ice !

Web linK:
http://www.londonist.com/archives/2006/03/ice_space.php

More blurb from Ticketmaster ...

"IceSpace is the planet's first ever five-star Arctic attraction. A severely cool, world touring arrangement of ice sculpture, illumination, technology, music, cuisine, visual arts and performance. IceSpace is a collision of summer and winter, north and south, fantasy and reality. A new concept in cool, IceSpace is a sensational interactive ice experience; the embodiment of a winter wonderland.

Immerse yourself in a frozen fairy-tale world, enjoy a buffet for the senses, indulge yourself with exotic hot cocktails, fine dining, interactive performance art, cutting edge music from artists such as Thom York and Richard Ashcroft, a veritable orgy of mind-blowing visuals, and yes, a myriad of ice sculptures.

Amazingly, IceSpace is erected out of more than 2000 blocks of the purest ice on Earth. That is over 200 tons of uncut frozen water! It takes 25 of IceSpace's experienced ice sculptors and structure builders a total of three months to prepare and craft IceSpace. The raw materials? An incredible volume of ice shipped all the way from Canada.

IceSpace offers a once in a lifetime chance to leave your world thousands of miles behind, thousands of years back, yet still keep the here and now in sight the entire time. IceSpace brings new meaning to the phrase "getting away from it all". IceSpace creates a temperature-controlled environment, between -3 and -5 degrees Celsius, using postmodern cooling methods and futuristic equipment.

IceSpace has created a new dimension of entertainment that is open to people of all ages and walks of life. Its luxuries and wonders are amazingly affordable. We've created the dream, now all you have to do is believe."

[Mrs Redboots]

Sounds interesting.....