Folsom Ice Skating Rink Reopens After Weeks Of Delays

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FOLSOM (CBS13) — Three weeks down schedule, but the Folsom Ice Rink opened Wednesday with each the excitement expected.

The brushed sounds of Christmas euphony and the twinkle of vacation lights were often interrupted by the sounds of beginners connected ice.

“I similar it. I announcement the lights and I truly similar those,” said 9-year-old Paisley Zachariah.

Positive thoughts are what they request astatine the Folsom Ice Rink, wherever getting up and moving hasn’t been easy. They’ve had astir a twelve incidents involving astir 20 radical jumping the obstruction and ruining the equipment — which pushed backmost opening time astir 3 weeks.

“It’s conscionable sickening. They’re astir apt coming from the bars,” said Brian Jackson, the rink COO and designer. “They’re retired determination pretending similar they’re skating retired determination and they person nary thought however fragile the level is.”

All eyes person been connected the rink waiting for repairs to wrapper up. Bayside Church had to support canceling its younker trip.

“We conscionable had to support moving the date, ‘Oh, we deliberation the crystal is going to beryllium done connected this date,’ and past we’d archer everybody and they’re similar ‘awww’ and past present we are,” said Brian Hopkins, pastor astatine Bayside Church Folsom.

But the hold was good worthy it.

“It’s a immense load lifted disconnected of america due to the fact that getting unfastened is our full extremity — to spot the smiling faces,” Jackson said. “I mean, this is really a labour of love.”

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The owners of the rink privation the vandals caught, and they are besides hoping for donations truthful they tin get the rink backmost up and moving again adjacent year.