#Newsflash | Waterless, Eco-Friendly Skating Rink Opens in Queens
BY QEDC It's In Queens
The borough has a new place where residents can go round and round while having an “ice” day.
The New York Hall of Science will operate SciSkate, an indoor, climate-controlled rink, from Saturday, Dec. 10, until Sunday, March 5, 2023.
SciSkate’s surface actually consists of a non-ice, eco-friendly polymer-based “Glice” by a company with the same name.
The Hall of Science provides skates — in fact, visitors can’t bring their own — that are included in the $10 activity fee. Add the museum admission price, which is $16 for adults and $13 for children. (Members get a 20 percent discount.)
Tickets went on sale on Dec. 7 at noon.
Founded in 2012, Glice builds and maintains more than 100 skating rinks in more than 80 countries. The Swiss company uses a zero-water process called “sintering,” which crushes polyethene plastic pellets under high pressure and controlled heat. Glice rinks are designed to allow blades to lightly scratch open the surface, releasing lubrication emollients.
SciSkate will operate during regular museum hours, which are Wednesday to Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm. There will be special times when schools are on break, including Dec. 26-31, Jan. 16 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), and Feb. 20-24.
Other new exhibits at the Hall of Science, whose entrance is 47-01 111th St. in Corona, include Powering the City, Small Discoveries, and art by sculptural painter Kyung Youl Yoon.
Images: Glice