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THINK ‘RINK’
WE’RE SKATING ON THICK ICE AGAIN! |
(11/18/08) - The City of Akron’s Lock 3
Ice Skating Rink opens this weekend, one week earlier than usual. For
the fifth year, Akron will operate the largest seasonal ice rink in Ohio at Lock 3, which
hosts concerts during the summer and sponsors the largest and most authentic German
Christmas Market in the United States each winter.
The rink opens Friday, November 21 at 11:00am. Rink hours will be extended this season
to 10:00pm on weekends.
"In recent years, we have found that closing at 9pm on Friday and Saturday was
just too early," says Akron’s Deputy Mayor Dave Lieberth. "We want families
to be able to have more time to enjoy the ice this year."
Hours for the Ice Rink this weekend:
- Friday, November 21, 11am - 10pm
- Saturday, November 22, 11am - 10pm
- Sunday, November 23, 11am - 6pm
Akron’s Chriskindl Market officially opens Friday, November 28 at 7pm with a
spectacular downtown lighting show on Main Street with a fireball-throwing  Santa Claus. The event will be
broadcast live on WKYC, and will feature Channel 3 personalities Mark Nolan and Abby Ham.
The show is free and open to the public.
The rink will re-open Friday November 28 at 11:00am for a special Chriskindl Market
preview, close at 5pm for the lighting show and then re-open following the program, 8 -
10pm.
Hours through the season are as follows:
- November 29 - Dec 21
- Tuesday-Thursday, 11am - 9pm
- Fridays and Saturdays, 11am - 10pm
- Sundays, 11am - 6pm
- December 22 - December 30
- Open every day, 11am - 10pm
- Dec. 24, 11am - 6pm
- Dec. 25, closed
- December 31 - 11am - 11pm
Admission to the Ice Rink is free. Skate rental is available for $2.
The presenting sponsor of the Akron Chriskindl Market is FirstMerit Foundation. For
more information on all of the winter events at Lock 3, go to www.lock3live.com
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