hapgood@dosadi.DEC (Bob Hapgood 229-6544) (04/04/84)
This appeared in the Sci-Tech section of the Globe on 2-APR-84 :
A new, synthetic "ice" made of plastic panels that
can easily be locked together will make skating a
cheap, year-round activity, its manufacturer claims.
Skate-USA Inc., of Miami, say that their high-density
polymer surface, Astro-Ice, is virtually identical to
ice in appearance and skating sensation.
The company says an Olympic-size rink of synthetic
ice would cost almost $300,000, in comparison with
$450,000 or $500,000 for a conventional rink of the
same size. But Skate-USA Inc. maintain that maint-
enance costs for their rinks would be roughly 1/10
those for ice rinks.
This sounds amazing! Is this really true? What, no more fog in
the Boston Garden?!?!
Bob decwrl!rhea!dosadi!Hapgood