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First Arena in Elmira, NY is “Alive, but at a cost”
On the RinkAtlas Facebook Page, we have recently talked about arenas which are in danger of ceasing operations or that have unexpectedly shut down. We do this because we believe it’s important for the hockey community to hear news of this nature as soon as possible. In the course of reading about the Reading Royals…
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Relaunching the RinkAtlas Blog
Today I’m relaunching the RinkAtlas blog on our new website. This blog actually launched July 24, 2006, but has been on hiatus since I relaunched the main RinkAtlas website. Adding a blog to RinkAtlas gives us the opportunity to write articles about arenas that deserve more attention, and current events that are important to the hockey community.…
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Cleared Up a Problem Generating Directions Using Google Maps
Thanks to the RinkAtlas users around North America who pointed out that Google Maps was generating incorrect directions when a request was made through RinkAtlas. The problem has been corrected.
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Cleared Up a Number of Errors in RinkAtlas Ajax Search Word Completion and Mobile
We had a number of nagging errors in the RinkAtlas Web UI and iOS UI resulting from PHP warnings that weren’t handled correctly. All of those errors have been fixed. If you see any errors that result in page display problems, please comment and let us know.
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Partial Service Interruption on August 28, 2013
Map and directions display on RinkAtlas.com was interrupted from about 10:00pm Eastern Time on August 28, 2013 through to the morning of August 29. The problem was that we attempted to adopt a portion of our web framework that calls version 3 of the Google Maps API, and the functionality was not an exact match…
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Getting Directions to Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex
Please note that searches for Bill Gray’s Regional Iceplex in Rochester, NY are not working correctly through the search box at the top of the RinkAtlas home page. We are aware of the problem. You can find this arena by visiting the following URL: http://www.rinkatlas.com/?guid=149&source=linkto We’re sorry for the error and we will work to…
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Cleland Ice Rink Remaining Open Year-Round After Public Outcry Results in New Financial Plan
Congratulations to the US Army Directorate of Family Morale, Welfare and Recreation at Fort Bragg, NC. The Cleland Ice Rink, which was scheduled for closure on May 24, will remain open through the summer as a result of a new financial plan that allows the facility to operate without a budgetary subsidy. Cleland Ice Rink…
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RinkAtlas Database Corrections for FMC-Managed Rinks Throughout Massachusetts
We updated the RinkAtlas database this morning to reflect changes to the home pages for 22 rinks in Massachusetts that are managed by FMC Ice Sports. If you are a RinkAtlas user in Massachusetts, then this may help you to get more information about the rinks that FMC manages for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation…
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RinkAtlas Is Now Part of After6 Services
It’s my pleasure to note that RinkAtlas is now officially part of After6 Services, a new company that I started in January. We just pushed a few minor changes to the RinkAtlas website that can be seen by our customers, one of which is the inclusion of “After6 Services LLC” in the Copyright notices. We…
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RinkAtlas Adds Three Community Rinks in Philadelphia to Our Database
Once in a while, RinkAtlas discovers new rinks that never made it into our database of U.S. ice facilities. Today we discovered three rinks nearby in Philadelphia that don’t appear in most rink directories: Scanlon Ice Rink Laura Sims Skate House Tarken Ice Rink We found these rinks because of an announcement by The Philadelphia…