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Where To Find LA's Pop-Up Ice Skating Rinks This Winter
The Ice at Santa Monica skating rink opens this week after a two year hiatus.
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Skating around in a winter wonderland while it's 80 degrees outside is a very L.A. way to enjoy the holiday season.
You may wonder where you do exactly that between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. And while you’re on the ice in a T-shirt and sunglasses with Christmas music playing overhead, you may also wonder how all of this wonderfulness is possible.
We got answers to both.
How outdoor ice rinks are maintained
Willy Bietak Productions runs the rinks at both Pershing Square and Santa Monica.
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“We use a one inch aluminum panel and then we take our refrigerant which is nothing more than glycol, run that through that floor and once we get down to about 28 degrees Fahrenheit, we start misting the plates, and build our ice up,” said the company's operations manager, Robert Keith.
The surface temperature of the ice can be adjusted for figure skaters or hockey players.
“With this technology, you can virtually make ice anywhere in the world you want to go," Keith said.
Where to find pop-up outdoor skating rinks
Ice at Santa Monica
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- Pershing Square Holiday Ice Rink
- Ice at Santa Monica
- LA Kings Holiday Ice
- Ice Fantasy Skating Rink
- Skating in the Park
- Irvine Spectrum Center Ice Rink
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