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Outdoor Ice Skating - Mexico City?

 
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:16 am    Post subject: Outdoor Ice Skating - Mexico City? Reply with quote
I thought I'd seen it all this past summer when the DF city government opened beaches in this town, sitting at 2400 m elevation.

But now they've come up with something even more inane.

They are going to to turn the Zocalo into an ice skating rink. A giant ice skating rink.

I heard the story from someone here and thought they were just being silly. Went down today to the Zocalo and sure enough, all the fixings and equipment are out there as they construct the last thing I would ever expect to see here.

Here's the news story. I'll post photos in the next weeks on this as I strap on the blades.

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/americas/news/article_1375192.php/Giant_ice_rink_planned_in_Mexico_Citys_Zocalo_Square

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Mexico City - Residents of Mexico City will be able to skate for free for a month in an unprecedented giant open-air ice rink built on the central Zocalo Square, Mexican media reported Tuesday.

The ice rink, 3,000-square-metres large, will be open between December 7 and January 7 as part of the city government's plans to offer free entertainment options.


For the record...while it does go down to near freezing some nights over short spells in winter here, daytime highs still reach 25 C. How they will keep the ice from becoming a slushy mess is a mystery to me.
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dixie



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
How they will keep the ice from becoming a slushy mess is a mystery to me.

Me too. I know back home in the summer months the indoor rinks have trouble keeping quality ice because of the temperatures. How, with that many people on it and the day time temperatures, they plan on doing it will be a feat I can hardly wait to see!

My biggest question though is: Will there be a zamboini???
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kosherpickle



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
i believe they opened that famous ice rink in new york in close to 80 degree(f) weather this year, it was basically slush but people were still out and...slushing?

i imagine this is going to be hilarious to see and that i am going to try very, very hard to drag my boyfriend there.
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MO39



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I wonder how many Chilangos even know how to ice skate or own ice skates?
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Apparently, they'll be renting or loaning out skates and even providing lockers to keep shoes in.

There are two or three rinks in Mexico City where people can skate. There's even a hockey league in the country. I've been to the rink at San Jeronimo for public skates and while most chilangos there rented hideous looking uniplastic skates, there were a few figure skaters who had the right equipment and knew what they were doing.
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lozwich



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are you going to set up some ice hockey games Guy?
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would love to! But, I no longer have the road hockey gear I brought from Canada years back. The city probably wouldn't let us out there with sticks and masks anyway.

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lozwich



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good point.. I myself would like to see Lucha Libre on ice... Laughing
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notamiss



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
My offspring started with a roller hockey team in Villa Coapa and now also plays ice hockey at San Jer�nimo. If we had stayed in Canada, she probably never would have had the opportunity to stand out as a good player; here the whole sport is so small that pretty much every hockey player is a big fish in a very small pond.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:20 am    Post subject: Re: Outdoor Ice Skating - Mexico City? Reply with quote
Guy Courchesne wrote:


For the record...while it does go down to near freezing some nights over short spells in winter here, daytime highs still reach 25 C. How they will keep the ice from becoming a slushy mess is a mystery to me.