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7 January — the Glaciarium opens in Chelsea, London, as the world's first artificial ice rink.

Fred Rust Ice Arena

The Facility houses two ice sheets the main ice arena, the Fred Rust Ice Arena, is a 2,500-seat regulation Olympic sized ice arena on the UD campus.

Johnny Carlyle

Carlyle learned to skate at his local ice rink in Falkirk, where he also learned to play ice hockey with the Falkirk Lions reserve team, the Falkirk Cubs.

Paradise Center

When it opens it is expected to have over 330 shops, an inside rollercoaster, a green roof, a 30-hall cinema complex with Cinema 4D, a covered ice rink, a huge fitness, several supermarkets and an underground parking with a carwash and a car service.Paradise Center is the first lifestyle center in Sofia, the most sizable project in Bulgaria and among the unique ones in Europe.

Richmond Flyers

The club ceased to exist from 1992 when their home ice rink, Richmond Ice Rink, was demolished to make way for flats overlooking the River Thames.

Weissensee, Austria

Since 1989 an Alternative Elfstedentocht is organized there by the SWS (Stichting Winter Sporten) on the natural ice rink in winter.

Winterval

The programme of events in 1997 included theatre and arts events; marking of Diwali; candlelit tours of Aston Hall; an outdoor ice rink; a German-style Christmas market; Christmas lights in the streets; and a New Year's Eve Party.


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Are You Ready for Love?

The film was shot entirely on location in London over 5 weeks and encompassed some of London’s most celebrated landmarks, and shooting location included the streets of Soho, Central Hall in Westminster, Hampstead Heath, Streatham ice rink and the South Bank.

Artesia, California

Artesia is the home of the East West Ice Palace, an ice rink which is co-owned by Michelle Kwan.

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink

The ice rink was first tested on 18 February 2010 by Tanja Szewczenko and Norman Jeschke and officially later that day with an ice hockey game between Corona Brașov and Steaua Rangers.

Centre Étienne Desmarteau

The first ice rink in the complex has 2,200 seats which took Caroline Ouellette's name.

Dick Donald

Donald senior expanded the family business by opening a chain of cinemas, and also owned His Majesty's Theatre and an ice rink in the city.

Du New Morning au Zénith

It was recorded between the 26 April 1994 and the 12 June 1994, first at the New Morning in Paris (the first 14 tracks of the first CD), then during the Rouge concert tour, at the Summum in Grenoble and at the ice rink of Malley in Lausanne.

Dunedin Stadium

Dunedin Ice Stadium, formerly Dunedin Stadium, an ice rink in St Kilda, New Zealand

Essex Park, New Jersey

In 2008, the township of Montclair was looking for ways to lower its budget and as part of a series of budget cuts and cancellations decided that the ice rink at Essex Park, the Clary Anderson Arena, should be privatized.

Gamgee

John Gamgee (1831–1894), English physician and inventor; developer of the Glaciarium (the first mechanically frozen ice rink) and the perpetual motion Zeromoter

Gerry Hart

On May 26, 2004, Hart sold the popular ice rink and day camp to Francis J. Palamara, a business consultant, who formerly served as Executive Vice President for Aramark.

Gillis Grafström

He trained on the Bornstedter See (Bornstedt Lake) when it was frozen or in Berlin on the artificial ice rink at the Volkspark Friedrichshain.

Ice hockey in Africa

In South Africa, the sport is governed by the South African Ice Hockey Association, which organized the first African Nations Cup at the ice rink in the Festival Shopping Centre in Kempton Park, which has been postponed indefinitely.

Kristins Hall

Plans for an ice rink in Lillehammer started in the 1980s with the Lillehammer bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Magda Julin

At the age of 90 Magda Julin could still be seen skating at the public open air ice rink in Kungsträdgården in central Stockholm.

Maurice Richard Arena

Formerly home to the Montreal Rocket, the ice rink is also used for training by speed and figure skaters.

Medeo

The last great championship event for a long time on this ice rink was held in 1988—the Men's World Speed Skating Championship—which was won by the American skater Eric Flaim.

North Ayr Wild

They play their games at Auchenharvie Ice Rink in Stevenston, North Ayrshire.

Pan American Arena

Pan American Arena was operated by the Indiana/World Skating Academy and has one standard 85-foot by 200-foot ice rink (NHL size) and one 100' by 200' ice rink (Olympic Games size).

Paradise Center

A multiplex with 14 halls of the international brand Cinema City International an ice rink and four restaurants with panoramic terraces together with a large fast food area will be there.

Pyongyang Ice Rink

The Pyongyang Ice Rink is an indoor ice hockey venue in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Queensway, London

London's biggest ice rink, the Queens Ice & Bowl in Queensway was recently renovated after investment and development by Robert Bourne (developer) and Bourne Capital.

Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Bilan was joined on stage by figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, who performed on a mobile ice rink placed on stage specifically for the Russian performance, and violinist Edvin Marton, who performed with a Stradivarius.

Six Weeks

Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead role of Marie in The Nutcracker with the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center, and sightsees most of the city.

Sport in Września

Ice rink is situated in the complex "Basen Miejski - Łazienki" and is owned by the municipality Września, and managed by the municipal administrative unit "Wrzesinski Osrodek Sportu i Rekreacji".

Venues of the 1984 Winter Olympics

At the Zetra Ice Rink during practice for the ice dance event the morning before the free dance final, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean of Great Britain arrived early to prepare.

Withrow Park

In February 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team held a practice in Withrow Park, to mark the recent refurbishment of the park's ice rink and related facilities.