Rink At The Brink

Graham on February 23rd, 2010

From the Niagara Falls Review:
With its own finances at the brink, the Winter Festival of Lights has turned to city hall to back up its bid to get a line of credit it needs to pay the bills on the new Rink at the Brink skating attraction.
Festival manager Dino Fazio said his organization needs a [...]

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Graham on December 16th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
After writing half a dozen news stories about the $750,000 rink, it was time to see firsthand if the new ice is all it’s cracked up to be. (Check out the video tour of the rink on The Review’s website). Having grown up near Ottawa’s famous Rideau Canal, the world’s longest [...]

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Graham on December 14th, 2009

From Niagara This Week:
The Stanley Cup is coming to Niagara Falls.
A slogan for the event being passed around the city is “two icons, one location.”
The Hockey Hall of Fame put together a package specifically for the 27th year of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights at the Rink on the Brink on Saturday, Dec. [...]

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Graham on December 8th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Rink at the Brink will offer a free skate event Tuesday in support of Niagara food banks.
Residents of Niagara can enjoy a complimentary skate rental and parking on Tuesday with proof of residency and a food or cash donation to Project SHARE, Community Care or the Hope Centre.

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Graham on December 2nd, 2009

On Saturday I walked down to the “Rink at the Brink” to take a few pictures. It was around 1 pm, and there were about 15 people skating. I had read the article in the Review about the fences, and they’re right! It is very difficult to actually get in.
This first picture shows the fences, [...]

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From the Niagara Falls Review:
If you’re checking out the new Rink at the Brink this weekend, you’ll have no trouble finding it. The Niagara Parks Commission’s new fence running the length of its Table Rock parking lot makes it impossible to miss it.
It turns visitors to the falls into cattle, herding them from the parking [...]

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Graham on November 30th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
It won’t take long for the city’s newest ice rink to heat up.
A three-month battle of the bands competition starts next Thursday at Rink at the Brink, the new outdoor facility that opened near Table Rock Wednesday.
Rock the Ice Nights will run every Thursday until a champion is crowned Feb. 25, [...]

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Graham on November 27th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
The unmistakable sound of winter in Canada -metal cutting into ice -will blend with the roar of Niagara Falls when the Rink at the Brink opens today.
After two weeks of getting it ready, the Winter Festival of Lights attraction will open on Niagara Parks Commission land, creating a new winter attraction [...]

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From a Canadian Press article found at Yahoo! Canada News:
A new public skating rink will open next month “a stone’s throw from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls,” say organizers of the Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights.
The outdoor Rink at the Brink, two-thirds the size of an NHL rink, will be located across from [...]

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Graham on October 16th, 2009

From a Marketwire press release:
On behalf of the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, Dean Allison, Member of Parliament for Niagara West-Glanbrook, today announced the Government of Canada’s investment of more than $170 000 to support the Winter Festival of Lights as part of the Marquee Tourism Events Program.
“This is exciting news for all involved [...]

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