Penticton Lakeside Resort Marketing Manager Brannigan Boyd in front of the area where Penticton Lakeside Resort will construct an ice surface in time for the 2015-16 winter season. Photographer: Steve Arstad

Penticton Lakeside to add skating to list of resort activities

PENTICTON – It looks like there will be an ice surface in the downtown area by next winter after all, according to an announcement by Penticton Lakeside Resort, Convention Centre and Casino earlier this week. 

The idea of an ice rink in Gyro Park was floated during city council budget discussions earlier this year.

The resort complex said they would be installing a 30 by 50 foot, fully lit ice rink on the resort’s private beach in time for the winter of 2015-16.

Regional Sales and Marketing Director Brannigan Boyd said the rink comes complete with chillers and can produce ice at temperatures as high as eight degrees Celsius. She said the ice surface would be open to guests at first and later to the public as demand permits.

Brannigan said the venue was ideal for winter sports in Penticton.

“Where else can you enjoy food and drinks while watching skaters, with Okanagan Lake serving as a backdrop right behind them?” Brannigan asked.

“You can tighten your laces, hit the beach and glide along a sheet of ice while embracing the beauty of Okanangan Lake,” she said.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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