Category: Arena Equipment
Resurfacing Accounts for 17% of CO2 Emissions in A...
Posted by Colleen O'Shea | Nov 29, 2021 | Arena Equipment | 0 |
Magnet Therapy for the Boiler
by Colleen O'Shea | May 28, 2025 | Arena Equipment | 0 |
Got crappy water? Have you considered magnet therapy for your pipes? This former arena manager tried it and swears by it.
Read More7 Tips for Making Great Ice ALL SEASON Long
by Colleen O'Shea | Apr 25, 2025 | Arena Equipment, Management | 0 |
These 7 tips for great ice all season long will help you keep your colors from fading so much, and will mean much less on-ice maintenance than before.
Read MoreEASILY Convert Your Ice Resurfacing Machine to Electric
by Colleen O'Shea | Apr 4, 2025 | Arena Equipment, Energy Efficiency, Machines, Revenue Streams | 0 |
Scratch below the logging truck wrap and you’ll find a clever orchestra of innovations, grant applications, marketing concepts and community spirit that came together to save money, lower greenhouse gas emissions — and stop wasting waste heat at the arena in Port McNeill, BC.
Read MoreThe Legend of Slave Lake’s Ice
by Colleen O'Shea | Apr 2, 2025 | Arena Equipment, Revenue Streams | 0 |
This year’s Treaty 8 Cup had 39 teams needing 89 ice makes over 3.5 days. Lead Hand Wayne Bacon said the REALice ice held up – as he expected.
Read MoreFor your blade: magnetic bolts
by Colleen O'Shea | Nov 1, 2023 | Arena Equipment | 0 |
Make blade changes easier and safer with these magnetic bolts.
Read More65 Floods, 3 Days, 2 Rinks, 29 Teams. And the Ice Held Up 100%.
by Colleen O'Shea | Apr 5, 2023 | Arena Equipment | 0 |
Here’s how they keep tournament ice nice in Slave Lake, AB.
Read MoreRecycling the Snow Shavings and Other Energy- and Resource- Efficient Solutions for Indoor Ice Rinks
by Colleen O'Shea | Oct 17, 2022 | Arena Equipment | 0 |
With energy costs skyrocketing, curling clubs and indoor ice arenas are scrambling to find energy- and resource-efficient methods. Here are three that you should consider.
Read MoreMid-Season Logo Additions and Replacements
by Colleen O'Shea | Sep 27, 2022 | Arena Equipment | 0 |
Replacing or adding a logo to the ice mid-season takes time. I asked three different operators how they do theirs.
Read MoreGreat Rink Design
by Colleen O'Shea | Mar 12, 2022 | Arena Equipment | 0 |
What makes a great rink design for a community rink? Last week I visited the Victoria Road...
Read MoreThe hunt for the glycol leak
by Colleen O'Shea | Jan 13, 2022 | Arena Equipment | 0 |
With the glycol lines 4″ below, finding the glycol leak at this European Christmas market was like finding a needle in a haystack.
Read MoreResurfacing Accounts for 17% of CO2 Emissions in Arenas – STUDY
by Colleen O'Shea | Nov 29, 2021 | Arena Equipment | 0 |
A recent study shows resurfacing accounts for 17% of the total CO2 emissions in an ice arena. Here’s why hot water floods are on the way out.
Read MoreECHL’s 2020-21 Best Ice on Ice made with REALice Water Treatment Technology
by Colleen O'Shea | Jun 4, 2021 | Arena Equipment, Energy Efficiency | 0 |
The Rapid City Rush won the 2020-21 Best Ice Award — on ice made with the REALice floodwater treatment system.
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