NHL ice rink removal - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

NHL ice rink removal.




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[desbromilow]

why? is it to change the markings for the next use of the rink? or some other reason?

[odd one]

why? is it to change the markings for the next use of the rink? or some other reason?

Probably a multi-use arena.

[hemmjo]

They must be doing some graphics changes. Takes too much time and too much energy to melt and refreeze the ice between each change of event.

The Ohio State University, Schottenstein Center is a multipurpose purpose arena. 2 1/2 hours is record time for ice rink to basketball conversion which typically takes 3 1/2 hours. The time for Ice rink to basketball is typically 4 1/2 . The ice is under the basketball floor. It stays there all hockey season.

Time lapse Basketball to Hockey then back to BB. They also have monster trucks in there, I do not see video of that conversion.

[thevillageinn]

That would be at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA and it is a multi use arena.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Center

[motorhead]

I worked at an ice arena back in high school. We were a multi-use facility with two rinks. We had an insulated floor that we'd lay down over the ice for non-skating events. I helped one weekend when we had to cut the ice down to nothing to repair leaks (we used red glycol so leaks were readily visible under the ice). It was a lot if work putting the ice back down. We sprayed a standard fire hose nozzle high into the air so the water would shed heat as it fell and thus, would freeze quicker once it hit the glycol coils that were bedded into sand under the ice. This process takes hours. Plus, after a certain point you start taking cuts with the Zamboni to ensure a proper, flat, smooth, finish. Plus, we had to repaint all of the lines after we repaired things. That was in 1978.