New Ice Rink

Yes I'd forgotten about the WWR.

Do the Flow Rider and the ropes course they have/had over the Rafting course count?

When does the rink open and when do the Devils start playing there?

When does the rink open and when do the Devils start playing there?

There's been no announcement yet but its virtually complete. Late January / early February seems likely.

Since IAW have taken on the Planet Ice staff from the BBT I should imagine there'll be no overlap in operations and the Devils will move immeadiately the new rink is open.

Photo from the Devils message board.

A few new pics: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/w ... w-10790422

Looks like Feb will definitely see the first Devils game in the Arena.

That's looks exactly the same size as the old ice rink in town. Still if it's enough to meet their supporter needs you can't complain.

I would like to see a Cogan stop on the Penarth railway line. Something similar to Heath High/Low Level.

I had a look around today, the outside is not that high quality, the white patches at the bottom of the arena did look like glass in the original renders, and i think it needed this to lift the overall striped panels quality. The entrance felt a bit mean in space and sparse, with the credit card machines not working on opening day! I managed to accidentally get through a security door and see into both the ice rinks. Again the public rink felt meanly decorated, blank walls with the rink almost touching all 4 sides gave quite a claustrophobic and boring feel. The main arena was nice though, the seats broke up the blank walls and added some colour, and the felt better quality, i think this would have been a much nicer space to skate as it gave people somewhere to sit while taking a break from skating. The little cafe felt too small and cold and uninviting, the area for getting your skates was also very very small, with all interiors painted stark white giving a cold uninviting feel, that probably falls short of the intended ice and winter theme they intended. I think overall it is a good arena, much better than what i remember the city center on being, but not as huge step forward considering how many years its been since the initial conception of the city center ice rink. One nice thing about the arena though is the nice square between it and the pool, felt nice and gives an impression of what the area could look like in the future.

20160312_170110 by Stephen Anstiss, on Flickr

Big BOXING night at the new ice arena tomorrow night.

http://www.boxingmediauk.com/haskins-vs-morales-cardiff-ice-arena-wales-saturday-may-14th-2016/

Barry McGuigan rates the venue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/35937670

Great to see yet another venue in Cardiff for such events - hope it's a great success!