Los Alamos County Outdoor Ice Arena | Outdoor NHL Arena
Date Completed: 2002
Project Cost: $1,000,000
The Los Alamos Outdoor Ice Rink is nestled among large pines and majestic mountains. The Los Alamos Arena has served families for many generations as an open-air facility, operating from October through late winter. The county wanted to extend the facility’s operation until mid-March. To achieve this, a concrete, multipurpose floor was added, along with a new refrigeration system and floor. The conversion from natural freezing to artificial systems had to be done within a very tight time frame. A “solar curtain” system was designed to passively assist the refrigeration system in extending the available ice.