Rodeo to Hockey

[blehhishable]

Refreeze the ice? That's just silly. and far too expensive and time consuming to take out/replace. monster trucks, motocross, rodeo...we cover it just fine.

[mrwoodsuploader]

At 1:59, it looks like they took a lunch break.

[1234DRLJAN]

what team is this?

[cleanandsober2009]

@1234DRLJAN It's gotta be either the Dallas Stars or Colorado Avalanche

[AmazingRace4ever]

Why don't they try to play sand hockey :D ?

[NEVAstopGAMER]

from a rodeo to a mudbugs game.

us rush fans up north also had a rodeo in our ice arena mid season. its cool seeing these conversions.

[es540kickflip]

haha rodeo, and i like how you see the exhaust from the 18 wheeler when it leaves

[steeley95]

haha you can see smoke piling out of it though if you pause it.

[ooxcfhxoo]

I mean i Know Theres a Slab of Concrete underneath it but the surface of the ice is only about an inch or two thick. it amazes me that all that heavy equipment doesn't mess with the surface

[Prim3StaR]

@ooxcfhxoo AN INCH OR TWO THICK!? Geez dude, you were WAY off. NHL Regulation ice is only a quarter of an inch thick.

And to answer your question, what you were seeing when they removed the dirt was not ice. It was some sort of protectant used to keep the cement floor clean. They didn't refreeze the ice until after they removed the temporary floor, put the boards up, and laid down the layer of ice markings. Then they just simply freeze the ice overtop of it.

[SiliconSam428]

@Prim3StaR How Do They Do It says the floor is 4cm thick overall. Which is 1.6 Inches.

[Prim3StaR]

@SiliconSam428 Moral of the story: Don't trust everything you see on TV. Besides, "How Do They Do It" is notorious for giving out false info.

[John19182004]

@Prim3StaR if they didn't have it frozen, wouldn't all the ice melt and the markings run??

[Prim3StaR]

@John19182004 Like I said, they have thin plastic slabs with the hockey markings on them that they lay down onto the cement floor and freeze the ice overtop of it. In most cases, it's too expensive to refreeze the ice. But for events that require heavy moving objects like this, there's no choice but to let the ice melt and redo it. For events that require dirt, they put tarps over the floor to keep the cement clean.

[ewetoobebuddah]

@Prim3StaR they do not melt the ice. They put boards over top of the ice and it is kept cold and frozen from the piping underneath.

[ooxcfhxoo]

That 18 Wheeler doesn't crack the ice?

[cooldan11]

fuck the rodeo

[fifthindependent]

I would of said fuck it and quit when it comes to removing/placing the dirt. I have some respect now after watching this for the people there who have the patience to do that.

[Littl3AsianKid]

that musta smelled like shit afterwards...

[papageorgio123123]

thats insane

[kidman130]

Thats A bitch, especially to clean up all that dirt and shit.

[TwinkieMonster003]

i bet its synthetic ice

[j0shnaw]

fagget

[vtsdmg]

oh wow. After watching this i'll never complain about bball to hockey changeovers again. That must have been such a bitch to clean. I applaud all of the workers.

[248492]

thats not bad.

[87Crosby08]

ICE DOESN'T COME IN LITTLE PICECS

[signalphil]

thats not ice its the graphics that are under the ice

[iplehguitar]

you must be out of your senses......

[kkkkkkrrlolmmggg]

nice

[coolmichael0000]

how long did that take them

[marcusvids]

sick

[482bateria]

SOMEONE TALK TO ME

lets chat cz

[thewhitekone]

yeah, they put polarized mats over it to keep down condensation and keep the ice fresh

[germxv]

goons

[MyHappySock]

That was amazing to watch. Thanks for posting it.

[555MARCUS666]

if u thik this is omething try doing this, then have wwe the next day. and since ebing on the west coaast, load in for that starts at 730. no joke.

[MyHappySock]

Wow, that would be intense.

[shanebevel]

the changeover took about 24 hours... Stay tuned for the rest. The hockey home opener is Thursday and it will be updated then.

[ilhaterceira]

so how does that work does the rodeo show provide dirt and workers or does the stadium set up the floor and rodeo comes in and sets the panels??

[DOKKYO]

Nice vid :D

How many days did it take ?

[PrimalSteak]

Amazing. I could watch this all day.