Front page story - The ice expands at the i wireless Center

[Drunk Skunk]

Saturday's front page story from the Times. (http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2007/09/08/news/local/doc46e22ffadd73e962544101.txt)

Just to show you non-QC people how excited the area is getting, a story on the ice being put in is on the front page of the Saturday paper.

Some highlights -

Most importantly, 133,280 feet of refrigeration tubing now will run north to south across the 85-foot-width of the rink. That is opposed to the former system, which ran 175 feet, east to west, allowing for 12 degrees difference in temperature and creating soft, mushy ice in numerous spots.
RINK BY THE NUMBERS

197: Length of the new ice surface in feet, up 12 feet from the former surface

85: New width, up a foot-and-a-half

109: Tons of sand beneath ice, up 34 tons

160: Degrees of hot water a specially installed system will pipe into the Zambonis to resurface the ice between periods, up approximately 30 degrees

2,500: Gallons of antifreeze required to regulate the new surface, up 500 gallons

26,000: Estimated gallons of water required to create the new ice surface, up 4,000 from the past

133,280: Feet of refrigeration piping, up 10,000 from the former system

[SebC]

Seems to be very different to when the Omaha Knights were founded where it was like, "well, there's already two teams that play here but we're better than them, so people who are fans of those teams should become fans of ours as well, and oh yeah, they also love football". Sounds like the QC Flames will be the biggest sports franchise QC has ever had... might just be a hit! (Although this subjection of the forum doesn't seem to be...)

[NSFL]

The numbers break down is pretty cool to see.