Amateur hockey players may have noticed that the season
for outdoor rinks is shrinking.
Not exact matches
But in recent years, it has become the winter swing set
for the Chicago suburbs, offering children much - needed
outdoor play time and their fathers bragging rights over whose is
rink is biggest, smoothest and most fun.
In Illinois, 376 public
outdoor rinks are in operation, but some park districts in recent years banned skating on their ponds because the winters haven't been cold enough to freeze a layer thick enough
for safe skating.
«This is one of the craziest years that we've had,» said Larry Bower, director of the parks and planning at the Wheaton Park District who's been with them
for 29 years and says providing
outdoor skating
rinks is one of the district's «biggest challenges.»
The village opened two new
outdoor rinks in Centennial Park last month, one
for pickup hockey games, the other
for general skating.
«The village's Winter Follies events at our ice
rink offer some nice
outdoor activities
for the whole family,» Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin said.
It is uncertain at this time if the
outdoor ice
rink will be available this winter, however, swimmers will be pleased to know that Camelot's swimming pool will be open
for use during the summer of 2014.
Check your local indoor ice
rink for free skate days, or check out a local
outdoor rink!
The 75 - acre Busch Grove Community Park, which runs along Illinois Highway 83, is equipped with a bike path, golf center, safety town, basketball and sand volleyball courts, a fast - pitch wall, a soccer field, a picnic shelter and an
outdoor skating
rink for hockey games.
The 9 - acre park, to be completed in November, will feature a playground, a sled hill, an
outdoor ice skating
rink, a wood chip mountain bike path, an asphalt jogging and bike path, a sand volleyball court and an open field
for neighborhood children to play on.
Naperville's Park District also has five natural
outdoor skating
rinks — three
for free - skating and two
for hockey.
Aside from using the local data
for ice maintenance, OGS has been in contact with
outdoor rinks in every other corner of the state — from Rockefeller Center to Buffalo — to develop best practices
for achieving and maintaining a pristine
rink.
The city was expected to sign off on the contract last week
for NY Carousel to take over and renovate the
outdoor go - kart park at 215 Schmidts Lane, but it was pulled from consideration at the request of Borough President James Oddo to make sure the roller hockey
rink there isn't demolished.
Get
outdoors or head to a local ice
rink to get active
for the day.
Wait
for the winter months, and enjoy the
outdoor skating
rink here with your date.
In spring and summer head to Westminster Ponds to see deer and maybe even coyote while,
for a winter date idea, try a bit of skating at Victoria Park's
outdoor rink.
Visitors in February can also head to an
outdoor skating
rink in the center of the city, before walking across the street
for a hot cocktail at Copper Common (try the rum - infused Tiki Toddy).
Guests enjoy The Vilar Center
for the Performing Arts, the year - round
outdoor ice skating
rink, plus boutiques, galleries and restaurants right outside their door.
Beaver Creek is well known
for its family activities, children's ski school,
outdoor ice skating
rink, tubing hill and Thursday night fireworks display.
• 3
outdoor swimming pools • Indoor swimming pool • 2 padding pools • 18
rink full - size green bowls court (with a charge) • Boccia, shuffle - board, mini-golf • 6
rink indoor green bowls, 8
rink indoor short mat bowls on request • 2
outdoor and 1 indoor Jacuzzi in the pool • Fully equipped fitness room • 2 saunas and 2 Roman steam baths (chargeable
for standard rooms) • Games room • Elixir Spa (treatments with charge) • Hydro - massage
for thalassotherapy treatments • Massage treatments • Tennis court • Table tennis • Children's waterside & playground
It's also a good idea
for your kids to take their first strides on the ice at public indoor or
outdoor rinks.
The grand 18th - century courtyard makes
for a beautiful location
for this 900 square meter
outdoor rink.