Donald Trumps Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Be great if we could have a curling rink that could be used for ice hockey as well
Nosferatu Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Be great if we could have a curling rink that could be used for ice hockey as well I'll second that , an ice rink over here could be a real asset . Pretty sure I've said it before but I'll say it again anyway , asides from the obvious ice based stuff a nice little 2-3000 seater rink could be a pretty decent concert venue or indeed used for other one off events eg boxing or wrestling matches .
Donald Trumps Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Ice hockey is becoming quite big in the UK I believe
Bobbie Bobster Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Be great if we could have a curling rink that could be used for ice hockey as wellI'll second that , an ice rink over here could be a real asset . Pretty sure I've said it before but I'll say it again anyway , asides from the obvious ice based stuff a nice little 2-3000 seater rink could be a pretty decent concert venue or indeed used for other one off events eg boxing or wrestling matches. All of this has happened before...Search for "population to support ice rink" in Google and the 3rd result is this link which says "A rule of thumb guide for the population needed to support a full sized rink is 250,000 people living within 5 miles of the site". Scaling back from full size to something which is the minimum size for a rink will probably still give you a shortfall in customers of 3-5x.
Mr. Sausages Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Why is everyone on tv calling it "chess on ice"? It's clearly bowls on ice.
Bobbie Bobster Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 @sausages Because if there was a curling scandal, everyone on tv would call it "curlingate"
Cliff Hazard Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 I think it's got a touch of the Billiards about it too.
Nosferatu Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 All of this has happened before... Search for "population to support ice rink" in Google and the 3rd result is this link which says "A rule of thumb guide for the population needed to support a full sized rink is 250,000 people living within 5 miles of the site". Scaling back from full size to something which is the minimum size for a rink will probably still give you a shortfall in customers of 3-5x. Ok fair enough your link says that you need 250k population within 5 miles of the rink . These links would suggest otherwise http://www.sk8scotland.org.uk/links/rinks-in-scotland/ . Certainly the likes of the Elgin rink and Lockerbie rink being way off that number . Elgin in particular is a pretty reasonable comparison as the whole of the population of Moray county is approx 10k more than the island but spread over an area nearly 4 times larger and Elgin itself having a very similar population to Douglas .
Bobbie Bobster Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Not necessarily. An alternative interpretation is that the rinks are not fully commercial enterprises, for example the Elgin risk is supported by the Moray Council. So a rink with the IoM population catchment area is likely to require government support. But participation in ice sports doesn't even make it on to Sport England's youth participation survey (Top 5; Swimming, Athletics, Cycling, Football, Golf, Badminton) or adult participation (Top 3: Swimming, Gym, Cycling), nor the Scottish adult paticipation survey (Top 6: Walking, Swimming, Keep Fit, Gym, Running, Cycling). So if you were using an evidence-based policy approach to decide where you put your goverment financial support of sport, it's unlikely that you'd go for an ice rink in the IoM. OTOH, the world would be a very boring place if we all participated in only the same 6 or 7 sports....
manxman1980 Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 There are only a very small amount of dedicated curling rinks in the UK with the majority being in Scotland. The reason being that they require a very good ice surface that nearly no ice rinks are willing to provide. A curling team from Preston have to travel to Scotland to train and play matches. As for an ice rink on the Island I think it is a good idea but it would need to be multi-purpose. It would have to be massively subsidised though and would probably struggle to make a profit. Sporting wise we need to make more use of the outdoors and the facilities we all ready have. PS. I miss the rollerdrome!
TheDruid-3X3 Posted May 9, 2014 Author Posted May 9, 2014 So there are No Ice Rinks in IOM, eh? Too bad. You'd think there would be one so that people could go out to enjoy some Ice Skating or Curling. I guess the most predominate Sport is Football, Rugby as well as Motorcycle Racing. 3X3
TheDruid-3X3 Posted May 18, 2017 Author Posted May 18, 2017 Maybe Port Soderick could be Redeveloped as an Ice Rink for Skating, Curling or even Hockey. 3X3
woody2 Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 5 hours ago, TheDruid-3X3 said: Curling theres a tax for that.....
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