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Rendering courtesy of the Museum of Natural History.
Exciting news coming out of the Upper West Side: the Museum of Natural History will soon unveil an ice skating rink of its own, The NY Post reports. The 12,000-sq-ft rink has more to do with the future than history, as its made from "an artificial surface that doesn't melt or require refrigeration or maintenance," and it's been "scientifically engineered to allow skate blades to glide as smoothly as they do on real ice." Though the museum has been hush hush on the project, the paper noted that it will be located on the Arthur Ross Terrace, and only open during traditional skating season. Unsurprisingly, community board members are in full support of the newest addition to the area, and didn't foresee any problems "with sound or lights at night." Maybe they'll even include some ice sculptures of dinosaurs? Until then, here are some of the other rinks around town have already opened for the season.
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This looks nice. Any idea on how much it'll cost?
what is this alien technology!
Wouldn't hard stops scrape away the material leaving behind a bunch of teflon shavings?
I'm curious how this will feel as opposed to real ice.
Yeah this is scary.
The surface is almost certainly made of the panel and wax combination developed by Mitsubishi and already used in Japanese skating rinks.
They say the prices ($10 for adults, $9 for students and seniors, and $8 for children 3-12 years old) include skate rental, but what about those of us who have a pair of hockey skates?
I wonder if the synthetic surface can't take the sharp Canadian steel of proper skates.