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Downtown Pop-up Holiday Ice Rink On Hold Until 2022

Jacksonville Daily Record

Downtown Vision Inc. will not bring a pop-up ice rink to Riverfront Plaza for this year’s holiday season.

At the Downtown Investment Authority board’s July 29 meeting, DVI CEO Jake Gordon said his staff did not have enough time to plan for or secure the sponsorships needed for the rink. Gordon said in June the activity would cost $750,000.

He said DVI will work to bring ice skating Downtown for the 2022 holiday season.

“I am devastated about the ice rink as well,” Gordon said. 

Read the rest of this story from WJCT News partner the Jax Daily Record.