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Author Topic: Bowie Ice Arena conrete floor is uneven.  (Read 57 times)

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Offline Query

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Bowie Ice Arena conrete floor is uneven.
« on: June 01, 2024, 05:58:41 PM »
I normally only visit this rink (Bowie, MD, USA) - my favorite rink, that I moved to be near - while they are open. They are closed for the season now, but a non-skating event occurred there today.

The concrete floor has bumps and depressions - presumably a symptom of Frost Heaves and erosion. The manager says it is one of the reasons they know that the rink - originally built in 1971 - might not last much longer.  :sweat

Which means that if Bowie city council doesn't fund the replacement rink, Bowie may, in a few years time, have no ice rink. Which would be roughly equivalent to the end of the world. :)


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Re: Bowie Ice Arena conrete floor is uneven.
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2024, 11:47:53 PM »
Shoot, I typed up a long thing, and the internet ate it.  (I have atrocious signal where I am.)

For now I’ll say that sucks, but hopefully they’ll invest in keeping it going.  (I had a bunch to say about it coming from what I know as a rink employee and as a skater, but I better go to sleep soon.)

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Re: Bowie Ice Arena conrete floor is uneven.
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2024, 11:36:44 AM »
 :D