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Article: Greeley, Colo., hopes new ice rink will boost hockey, local economy.
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- September 29, 2004
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By Sharon Dunn, Greeley Tribune, Colo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 29--All Ripley Casdorph can think about these days is lunch-time hockey.
As Weld County's Web administrator, he'd like nothing more than to take a quick jog across the street, put on his gear and slap sticks with the best of them during the noon hour. In about a year, that dream will come true as Greeley becomes the third city in northern Colorado to have an ice rink.
"I'm going to run over there and tell them to build it quickly," he said of Tuesday's official groundbreaking of the ice rink at 900 8th Ave., just a block away from his office. "I can't wait ...