Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Parks and Recreation Zoo On Ice
Posted by Mary Cashiola on Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:07 PM
It won't just be penguins skating around the Memphis Zoo this winter.
The Zoo announced today that it will build an outdoor ice-skating rink, to open in November.
The rink, which will be located near what's currently a picnic area between Teton Trek and Northwest Passage, will be a semi-permanent exhibit open from November through the end of January.
Zoo spokesperson Abbey Dane says the idea was inspired by the ice-skating rink in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park.
"It's a huge success there," she said, "especially during the holidays."
The skating fee will be $6 with skate rental and $5 without.
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This is great, I can't wait either. The zoo is such a high point in our city!
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Too bad cities are ranked on the quality of their zoo. We'd be a perennial top 3 contender.
I hope a bear gets out and eats someone. Zoos are animal jails w/popcorn and nuts.
I can't believe this crap. Aside from the cramped jails and unnatural conditions the animals have to live in, every year they have late night Halloween Zoo Boos and Rendezvous that hundreds of drunken people run around the park while the animals are trying to sleep. Now an ice rink. I hope the polar bears decide to hit the ice and eat someone.
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