Reno is a winter sports town without an ice arena, for now

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A computer generated rendering of the exterior of the Reno Ice facility planned for south Reno - image - Greater Reno Community Ice Skating Association

There is a severe skating ice shortage in northern Nevada. The only full-sized rink in the region where hockey and competitive figure skating can occur is in South Lake Tahoe, but a nonprofit organization has formed intent to build and manage an indoor, year-around ice sports facility in south Reno. To date, the group has raised roughly 65 percent of the $9.5 million needed to build and launch the Reno Ice facility. A pair of rinks are planned in 2 phases. On this edition of the Wild Hare podcast, we literally go skating and then visit Joel Grace, president of the Greater Reno Community Ice Skating Association to ask about the future of ice sports in Reno …

See music credits below the images.

This is the rink located near the Circus Circus in downtown Reno. This and another sheet of ice at the Grand Sierra Resort represent the only skateable ice in the Reno/Sparks/Carson City region – image – Brian Bahouth
A computer generated rendering of the ice rink inside the Reno Ice facility planned for south Reno – image – Greater Reno Community Ice Skating Association
A computer generated rendering of the interior of the Reno Ice facility planned for south Reno – image – Greater Reno Community Ice Skating Association

Music credits as reported through the Public Radio Exchange:

Song: Aquarius
Artist: Boards of Canada
Album: Music Has the Right to Children
Label: Warp Records
Year: 2013
Duration: 1:47

Song: State Troopers (Part 1) (Album Version)
Artist: Cornershop
Album: When I was Born for the 7th Time
Label: Warner Music
Year: 2010
Duration: 1:50

 

Song: The Underground
Artist: DJ Ezi
Album: Friends for Dinner
Label: Jon Kennedy Federation
Year: 2013
Duration: 1:02

Song: Montys Cello
Artist: DJ Ezi
Album: Friends for Dinner
Label: Jon Kennedy Federation
Year: 2013
Duration: 1:26

Song: We Be Gettin Down
Artist: DJ Ezi
Album: Friends for Dinner
Label: Jon Kennedy Federation
Year: 2013
Duration: 2:22

Song: Gutenmorgenduft
Artist: Dzihan&Kamien
Album: Gran Riserva
Label: Gran Depot / Couch Records
Year: 2012
Duration: 1:27

Song: Afro Spanish
Artist: DJ Ezi
Album: Friends for Dinner
Label: Jon Kennedy Federation
Year: 2013
Duration: 1:53

Song: Zeelim
Artist: Kutiman
Album: 6AM
Label: Siyal
Year: 2017
Duration: 1:59

Author

Brian has been a public media producer for the better part of 25 years. He has been news director at three public radio stations, KRZA serving Alamosa, Colorado and Taos, New Mexico, KUNR in Reno, KVMR in Nevada City, California, and Brian was a co-founder of KNVC community radio in Carson City, 95.1 FM. He has reported for Capital Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, and has filed numerous reports for the Pacifica Network News and National Public Radio. He holds a BA in English from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York, and an MA in English from the University of Nevada Reno. Brian is a veteran of the sea-going US Navy, ‘79-’85. He and his wife have lived in Reno since 1999.

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