Category: COVID-19

In an article written by Frederick Melo, The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported that The City of St. Paul may close 8 of its 31 ice rinks under the proposed 2020-2021 budget. This is the result of the Mayor Melvin Carter’s administration asking St. Paul Parks and Recreation to find $1.3 million in budget cuts…

The San Mateo Daily Journal reported on September 12 that Nazareth Ice Oasis may close permanently. The article says Nazareth Enterprises, a real estate development company, is in talks to sell the underlying property. Nazareth Ice Oasis, located in Redwood City, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula, is said to require “updates to the roof, plumbing…

The Reading Eagle reported Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf vetoed a bill that would have explicitly allowed school districts to determine how many spectators to allow into stadiums and gyms for interscholastic sports events. The bill returns to the House and Senate who may vote to override the veto. The bill originally passed with more than…

The Traverse City Record-Eagle reported that a mid-August hockey tournament in Traverse City Michigan resulted in a 35-case COVID-19 outbreak. The tournament took place at Centre I.C.E. Arena from August 14-16. According to the article, contract tracing performed by the Grand Traverse County, Michigan Health Department indicated that it was not clear whether the cases…

The Daily Breeze reported Friday that Promenade Ice Chalet Skating Rink closed on September 16 by order of the Los Angeles County Health Department. The closure is permanent because the facility was already scheduled to close on September 27, according to the article. The Promenade Ice Chalet opened in 1981, but had been closed from…

The Santa Clarita Valley Signal reported on Friday that the Santa Clarita City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday to consider raising $15 million through lease revenue bonds to fund the acquisition of Ice Station Valencia. Ice Station Valencia is a three-sheet arena complex in the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County,…

In late August, The Anchorage Daily News reported one hockey arena within the City of Anchorage was being used as a homeless shelter and the city council was considering repurposing another, rather than installing ice for the hockey season. Sullivan Arena was opened as a mass shelter in late March to provide additional space for…

Global News reported Tuesday that the several hockey teams are moving into the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon to allow Merlis Belsher Place, a fairly new arena at the University of Saskatchewan, to be used as a field hospital in the event of a second wave of COVID-19. SaskTel Centre is a 15,000 seat arena that was…

Yesterday Paul Day, President of the Mid-American District Hockey, Inc., sent a memo to the local membership of the Mid-American District of USA Hockey, stating the following: … it is the {Mid-American Hockey District’s} position that ice hockey games in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may now occur with full participation of team rosters, officials and…

RinkAtlas learned that a 12-person outbreak of COVID-19 occurred at a Pro Ambitions Hockey Camp at Conway Arena in Nashua, New Hampshire. The announcement of the cases was made by New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Commissioner Lori Shibinette and Governor Chris Sununu at a press conference on September 1 as reported…