Blogs Dec 6, 2011 at 2:37 pm

Capitol Hill Skate Rink Opens Today!

Marley Zeno
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Oh those bike polo people are going to be so pissed that the basketball courts are occupied.

Yay ice skating! It will be like being home in Minnesota, but not at all.
ERIN! on December 6, 2011 at 2:42 PM Report this
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Awesome. If I weren't dying of strep throat or something I'd be super stoked.
MacCrocodile on December 6, 2011 at 2:47 PM Report this
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Glad to hear this became a reality.

@1 yeah, it's probably a bummer to make consistent good use of a public space and then one day find someone else there. Not sure that's something to get pissed about, but I'm sure the polo players appreciate your dick attitude towards life.
Westlake, son! on December 6, 2011 at 2:52 PM Report this
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the bike dorks use the tennis courts. more visibility there, where chumps can see them from the boutique ice cream line.

capitol hill!
on December 6, 2011 at 3:06 PM Report this
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Can't wait until the druggies and Occupy Seattle trash the place!!
on December 6, 2011 at 3:15 PM Report this
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How did the city get insurance. I don't mean to be a wet blanket but I used to live in California and everything was being shut down because of the cost of insurance. Oh well, have fun while you can!
Vince on December 6, 2011 at 3:20 PM Report this
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@6 Skating is a Right. Not a privilege.
Will in Seattle on December 6, 2011 at 3:39 PM Report this
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@2, feel better!
Cienna Madrid on December 6, 2011 at 3:39 PM Report this
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I'm so excited! I think ill go on sunday
tigntink on December 6, 2011 at 3:48 PM Report this
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@6, I believe the sponsors are covering it. They created a nonprofit umbrella just for this event. The main sponsor, Hunters Capital, led by the megamillionaire developer, Sorrento Hotel owner, Stranger Reading Night host and GOP donor Michael Malone, could swing it alone without noticing. But in this instance the nonprofit umbrella also contains many worthies of the ordinary Capitol Hill small business community, who I am sure are pitching in.
gloomy gus on December 6, 2011 at 3:50 PM Report this
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A block away from the Stranger office, and you couldn't take a picture?
Free Lunch on December 6, 2011 at 3:53 PM Report this
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@8 - I'll try, but this happened sometime around the first, when I met you in person, Typhoid Cienna!
MacCrocodile on December 6, 2011 at 4:11 PM Report this
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Is it real ice or is it that fake plastic snap-together crap?
tacomagirl on December 6, 2011 at 4:13 PM Report this
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@11 they're too drunk. Or stoned.

heck, they have problems moving their fingers to tweet about it.
Will in Seattle on December 6, 2011 at 4:48 PM Report this
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13, it's the fake shit...uh, i mean ice. you can find real shit in the shrub beds.
tainte on December 6, 2011 at 5:02 PM Report this
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Dante Rivera is one of the business owners trying to block the completion of the Burke Gilman Trail in Ballard. Skate, but don't eat his crap.
DOUG. on December 6, 2011 at 6:55 PM Report this
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@6, "Insurance" is a code word for "we don't want to run this anymore, or spend the money on it, and we don't want to take any blame for it." You'd be surprised at how little it can cost to insure something like this.
SPG on December 6, 2011 at 7:06 PM Report this
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Did you all know there's real ice down the hill at Seattle Center? For $7?
tacomagirl on December 6, 2011 at 7:27 PM Report this
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@ 13 & 15
The city didn't want the noise disturbance of the generators that would've been needed to make and maintain real ice, so they wouldn't allow the permits...I'm sure the neighbors appreciate that. It's just not cold enough here for your super-manly, real ice without artificial help...
I Love IPA on December 6, 2011 at 7:53 PM Report this
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@19: But I always read in Slog that this is a city and it's SUPPOSED to be noisy and fuck the NIMBY neighbors!

Or is that just for OTHER neighborhoods?

bigyaz on December 6, 2011 at 8:32 PM Report this
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I am super-stoked with our new ice skating rink!!!
Marie on December 6, 2011 at 8:45 PM Report this
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can someone confirm whether or not this is real ice or sport court? i'm not spending $12 unless it's the real deal. thanks!
ruby fume on December 7, 2011 at 10:10 AM Report this
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@22, it ain't real frozen ice.
SPG on December 7, 2011 at 11:16 AM Report this

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