Category: Arena Equipment
For your blade: magnetic bolts
Make blade changes easier and safer with these magnetic bolts.
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65 Floods, 3 Days, 2 Rinks, 29 Teams. And the Ice Held Up 100%.
Here’s how they keep tournament ice nice in Slave Lake, AB.
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Recycling the Snow Shavings and Other Energy- and Resource- Efficient Solutions for Indoor Ice Rinks
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.
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Mid-Season Logo Additions and Replacements
Replacing or adding a logo to the ice mid-season takes time. I asked three different operators how they do theirs.
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Great Rink Design
What makes a great rink design for a community rink? Last week I visited the Victoria Road...
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The hunt for the glycol leak
With the glycol lines 4″ below, finding the glycol leak at this European Christmas market was like finding a needle in a haystack.
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Resurfacing Accounts for 17% of CO2 Emissions in Arenas – STUDY
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.
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ECHL’s 2020-21 Best Ice on Ice made with REALice Water Treatment Technology
The Rapid City Rush won the 2020-21 Best Ice Award — on ice made with the REALice floodwater treatment system.
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Before and After: LEDs
How much brighter will your indoor ice arena be if you replace your T5s with LEDs? The Mayfield Recreation Complex tracked their changes and the results are amazing.
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When Snow Melt Pits Stop Melting
Alex Audy at Complexe 2 Glaces Honco in St-Romuald, Quebec wasn’t happy with his snow melt pit: it wasn’t melting the snow, which meant the operators needed to use hot water to melt the snow by hand. Here’s what he did.
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Being Green Pays Off for Leduc Recreation Centre
Having a green facility can enhance its attraction for sporting events and tournament organizers. Here’s how the City of Leduc, Alberta, makes energy efficiency and recreation tourism work hand in hand.
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A School, an Arena and a Converted Zamboni with a Logging Truck Wrap
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.
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