Ice, Ice Baby

For a while now I've been hearing rumors that despite the official word to the contrary the Rink on the River, Reno's downtown ice rink, would not be returning this year. Looking out the window of my office just now, it appears that these were nothing more than rumors because the ice rink equipment is being moved into the Virginia Street Plaza.

Speaking of the Plaza, I wasn't able to find out what, if anything, was decided at the city council meeting yesterday about the construction of a giant shade-canopy. The canopy was originally supposed to be part of the design of the Plaza but has apparently run into cost problems. If anyone knows how this was addressed yesterday, please let me know. It's going to pretty embarrassing if we have another sunny winter that constantly melts the outdoor rink.

UPDATE: Downtown Makeover reports that the issue was kicked down the curb to December.