October 22, 2008
Skating rink planned for natural history museum - Post
The American Museum of Natural History next month hopes to open a 12,000-square-foot skating rink that’s so high-tech that it will feel like ice but will not need refrigeration, the Post reports this morning.
The rink would stay open late into the night, sources told the paper. But museum officials aren’t yet confirming the plans. A museum spokesman told the paper: “We will be announcing it eventually, but right now it’s a little premature.”
The rink would be located on the museum’s Arthur Ross Terrace, adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt Park.
Nearby, a new Upper West Side outpost of Shake Shack just opened behind the museum.
As for other skating rinks in New York City, the ones at Rockefeller Center and the Coney Island Boardwalk and the Staten Island War Memorial Ice Skating Rink in Clove Lakes Park have already opened for the season; Wollman at Central Park has changed its opening day a few times, but is now hoing for Thursday; Bryant Park opens Friday; Trump Lasker Rink on the north end of Central Park will open Saturday; Wollman Rink at Prospect Park will reopen November 19; and Riverbank State Park will open for skating in November. Year-round indoor ice skating is available at Chelsea Piers.
Related: The American Museum of Natural History has opened new dates for its sleepovers. The Halloween night event is sold out, but there are still openings in November 1 and 8 and December 13.
Picture credit: Rose Center at the AMNH by Amy Langfield/NewYorkology
October 22, 2008 8:47 AM in Cheap Stuff, Kids, Midtown, Museums, Out of Manhattan, Romance, Sightsology, Sports, Upper East Side, Upper West Side
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