Ponkapoag Ice Rink Roof Collapse

Otherwise canton would have had to borrow up to 5 million.

Ponkapoag ice rink roof collapse.

Police in canton said the rear portion of the roof at. Coaches and parents are credited with saving the lives of two dozen students after the roof of an ice skating rink collapsed in canton massachusetts. Nearly two years after the catastrophic roof collapse at canton s beloved metropolis skating rink the state design wheels are finally in motion with the goal of building a new regional ice rink. Nuggets coach chris sharkey says his only concern was making sure his players escaped the rink safely after the rear part of the roof caved in and collapsed onto the ice making a thunderous sound.

The vote will allow the board of selectmen to use all of the insurance money that was previously approved at town meeting to restore. The roof collapse in canton has caused at least one other local rink to close as a precautionary measure. A youth hockey team escaped injury during a major roof collapse at a massachusetts skating rink saturday reports cbs boston. Basically we knew something was wrong so they knew to get out of the building he said.

Three in canton and one in. It was like an explosion snap. The question now is where to locate the new rink and based on monday night s public hearing hosted by the state department of conservation and recreation there appears to be four possible options. The following is taken from the article by the new england cable news necn.

In canton near the ponkapoag golf course was the site of a dramatic roof collapse at the metropolis ice hockey ring. The roof of an ice rink in canton massachusetts collapsed under heavy snow. Residents officials push for canton rink option. At 7 a m the team had just started practicing inside when the coaches heard loud unusual noises coming from above.

It came crashing down with little notice.