Is an All-Season Ice Rink in the Cards for Palos Heights?
Would you use an ice-skating rink?
A few Palos Heights aldermen are pondering a synthetic ice rink for Community Park. Relatively low cost and maintenance requirements and portability make bringing an all-season rink to Palos Heights an appealing prospect to some alderman, The Regional reports. Alderman Mike McGrogan recently touted the possibility: “It’s pretty amazing,” McGrogan said. “Alderman Clifford and I and some others have said for a long time ‘wouldn’t it be nice to have some kind of rink for the kids.’ It’s hard to believe but it’s like 4-by-8 sheets that are like plywood and glossed. You can use regular skates on them and it looks just like a rink that is maintained with water and pipes … like if you went to the United Center. Others all-season rinks in the …
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1:23 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
I should have said Southwest Ice Rink in Crestwood. I mean come on really and there is a rink in Orland Park too. They all have public skate times. It's not that hard to get to these places either. more ›