basketball court into ice rink

[Darklord6664]

from something shitty, to something amazing

[Phoenixspin]

Oh my, this is magic.

[miller14hockeykid]

thats really awesome

[NYI914021]

how long does this take

[develydevil]

@NYI914021 did you see the first 2 sec of the vid?

[NYI914021]

@develydevil oh my bad. thats amazing.

[IceManNJD2]

north carolina state basketball to carolina hurricanes nhl

[OhSoPro4]

the zones look off hahahaahh

[crosbysakic8719]

hope it stays an ice hockey rink for ever cuz basketball is dumb

[ropinghenry95]

@crosbysakic8719 Joe Sakic sucks gooch

[crosbysakic8719]

@ropinghenry95 ok homo you obviously know nothing about hockey so go fuck around with your basketball loving friends

[guywith2names]

@crosbysakic8719 why do you have to be an ignorant little fuck? i dont care for hockey but im not a douchebag and commenting that i dont like hockey... think before you type

[crosbysakic8719]

@guywith2names u just did

[TheDallasDude]

Givargizov stole your video and reversed it.

[myassin2009]

Exactly how long did that take?

[yoshiboo5]

must suck for the Staples Centre, changing into Clippers home, Lakers home, and Kings home. lol

[guywith2names]

@yoshiboo5 is that how it is? i doubt it but im not sure

[Kb1hockeychick]

Ok, see some of these comments makes me laugh!!

[hanmerboys]

lol something completly ugly and pointless turned into something bueatyfull

hockey kicks basketballs ass

[guywith2names]

@hanmerboys your a fucking dumbass. WHy are you so ignorant?

[codalyokofan]

lol. i thought it would like flip xD

[guywith2names]

@codalyokofan that would be cool but very expensive

[MrHockeyBlood]

giant puzzle!!!



[SuperMaxLer]

Where is this

[smellmyfartish]

That's awesome

[MrJrod30]

@smellmyfartish RBC center in raliegh nc i go there alot!

[SpraxIAKS]

This has been on my mind for a long while with the Wachovia Center and now I know how.

[IceManNJD]

NC State to Carolina Hurricanes

[sudz919]

-pigkiller666, they dont put the ice on, that would take days for it to get ready for a hockey game. all they do is cover it with boards

[hockeyplaya131]

I still find it funny how some cities use the same arena for both hockey and basketball. In most markets, basketball is more popular, and should have it's own dedicated arena. But that's just my opinion. And yes I know it may not be economically feasible but again, it is an opinion.

[fktheworld1]

@hockeyplaya131 who said in most markets basketball is popular?? go check ur stats again hockey is more popular....and they build these areans for NHL no for basketball.....basketball just rents them for games.....u can tell this by the seating colour matching the home teams jerseys.....

so in this video red seats matches hurricanes red jereseys...

boston bruins yellow jerseys and yellow seats boston celtics green jeresys.. and many more

tell basketball to make there own arenas stop use ours

[tubedude1438]

yeah the ice stays frozen for months. but its only like a half inch of ice.

[ayashiiguy]

This is the RBC Center, home of 2006 Stanley Cup Champion Hurricanes

[Julian24151]

@ayashiiguy And home of the guys who made my favorite team look like nobodies

[crunchnut21]

I'm sorry 1 hour.... Try 8

[bncnblrbr]

If you ever watched that episode of Sports Jobs with Junior Seau, they showed how they did it in Boston between the Bruins to Celtics and back. Each time, it took about 70ish people to do it in two-and-a-half hours.

I remember about four years ago, the Flyers had a home game Saturday afternoon, the Sixers had a home game Saturday night, and the AFL's Soul (when that was still around) had a noon Sunday game. During the Soul game, NBC showed a quick montage of the previous day's conversion.

[manbir26]

is this what they do at the ACC ?

[pinkfloyd666]

@manbir26 yeah

[thevsiders]

lol no way thast took under 10-13 hours rofl

[JustinBieberlover324]

fuck you

[hockeyplaya131]

@JustinBieberlover324 your username says it all: FAG

[zbrinkerhoff]

haha there is like 50 people doing this conversion, i do this at the arena here in boise idaho and we do it with about 12 people and it takes up about 8 to 10 hours...the ice is covered with a fiberglass decking for insulation and there is piping through the concrete, during off season that ice will be melted and they will repaint the lines and face off circles an such as well as the new sponsers. very fun job couldnt imagine doing it in under 2 hours though

[melovetorun]

dam, not like cartoons where they flood and freezes.

[Lugiarulz233]

@scrfce454

They just put tiles and polish it.

[IRAMBOerdei23]

you said it took them one hour and 19 minutes, your wrong it was 49 seconds gosh man

[kcMacnCheese]

WOW didnt even see you put up the glass you were so fast

[blinkmefx]

hahaha NC State.....can't even get their own basketball court.

[Nashtak]

This, my friends, is what we call evolution.

[scrfce454]

Does the ice come in frozen tiles? or do they pour water in and wait for it to freeze? i can never figure that out

[steve89z]

the ice is always frozen it is covered for basketball court,they just remove cover and install boards etc.

[scrfce454]

ohh that makes sense then do they have some sort of cooling system under it so it doesnt melt?

[steve89z]

refrigeration system is installed in the concrete and panels are laid down on the ice surface then the bball court is laid,can be seen in the video

[MikeDegen8]

@scrfce454 they pour it and freeze it.. then cover it up.. your seeing them take off the matts they put on top of the ice lol.

[pike98765432]

are those black things rubber tiles or what are they?

[Bomb29]

It's amazing how the ice doesn't melt under there.

[prorobo]

Why would it melt? The ice is frozen and cooled via cooling tubes UNDERNEATH the concrete. It has nothing to do with the air temperature. Which is why it's always comfortable at NHL games.

[Evilmonkey692]

@Bomb29 UNDER THE ICE IS A REFRIGERATION UNIT TO PREVENT IT FROM MELTING BUT IN OLD ARENAS (MELLON ARENA) THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ICE

[John19182004]

@Bomb29 there's freezing lines running all through the surface, in the cement, that keeps the floor cold and the ice frozen. It's only about 3/4" thick (the ice)

[whatupkid12]

@Bomb29 There are miles of pipes underneath the concrete with fluids that keep the concrete below freezing.

[zsiragy180]

@Bomb29 XD



[terp4life59]

I used to live near NCSU

[austin26026]

my dads boss owns the blackhawks and the united center and they have the ice down all year they lay tiles then place the court for the bulls down over it

[malkin73]

u guys didnt know that!

STAPLES CENTER IS IN LA

KINGS,CLIPPERS,LAKERS PLAY THERE!

[SuperZizel]

it took 49 secs only?

[coolestnameavailable]

were they putting the ice down in tiles?

[heshinator1]

thats not ice, thats the logos and stuff on the floor, then the zamboni comes and lays down thin water which turns to ice

[brothaman007]

That is the stupidest thing i have ever read.

The ice was always there. They put tiles over it, and a floor for basketballl, then remove them

[heshinator1]

Sure they put tiles down, but thats for the logos as i said, the floor is concrete not ice. Ive seen it done before, why do you think zambonis come on during intermission, to make the ice a better surface. What arena would always have ice down?

[brothaman007]

at 36 seconds......

the ice is already there. The entire ice surface is covered.... that is why there is not a long 7-10 hour gap in the video, where they refreeze the ice.

There are some arena that have an afternoon basketball game, and an nhl game at night. There is no possible way for a game to end at 3 pm.... and have ice down for a 7 oclock game.

[IDF1987]

@brothaman007 It would take a lot longer than 7-10 hours as you'd have to remeasure and repaint the hockey lines in addition to center-ice. They put the ice down once at the beginning of each season, make a layer of ice with white paint mixed in, paint the lines and logos on top of the bottom few layers, and then put a bunch of layers on top of them.

[brothaman007]

@IDF1987

They do not have to repaint the lines and places like the ACC and Madison Sq... have to make ice more than a few times a year.

[evanrox1]

@brothaman007 Here In Dallas back in the 2007-08 season, Mavericks played a game at Noon, and the Stars had a game on the same day at 8pm, but mostly for Arena Doubleheaders, It's Stars Hockey at 1pm and then Mavericks Basketball at 8pm.

[brothaman007]

@evanrox1 and while i am agreeing with that....... the ice still never goes anywhere.

[brothaman007]

the zamboni doesnt come down and lay water down....

that is done by hand and hoses. THe zamboni only comes out, when there already is ice.

[davesicle]

Every Single Hockey arena makes their ice surface the same way. They paint the white paint first, then pour half the water out to freeze, then they paint the blue lines, red lines ad's and logos on top of the ice, and then pour the other half of water on top of it. The Ice is there for the entire ice hockey season.

[scottrocksACDC]

nope .. thats wat i thought .. but its actually 1) pour water .. 2) white paint .. 3) logos and shit .. 4) pour more water on top

[nananeneh]

No the basketball tiles are on top of the ice. The ice is already there. at 0:37 they are just removing the tiles that were on top of the ice. Zambonis are to make the ice smoother, not an ice maker

[8Eriquo8]

theyhave wooden blocks or something on top of the ice, and they take those off

[ronnyrizat]

that was very cool.

[Canesfan7012]

was this from a video camera or a webcam

[imsofakingweetoddid]

Hurricanes?

[eeelick]

correct

[555MARCUS666]

HEY DUDE! aye can u do one of these things for raw on july 20th?

it will be rele interesting to see.

[willepillee]

FAKE!!!!!!!!!

jk lol:)

[TeKn1qu3z]

hacks

[JSonneveld]

awesome

[glaked23]

Pretty amazing my gret uncle is a season ticket holder to the wolfpack basketball and football. Plus i've seen some Hurricane games, so i've been there alot. Pretty interesting to see how they get it done in just a few hours real time

[NYCzkidd1]

lol

[174HB]

cool video

[ryanisass]

what song is that playing during the video?

[popbottles333]

sweet that my this video better when i seen the hurricanes logo

[Coasterrider210]

thats aweome

[jaywbe]

it's easier to take it off than to put it on

[opperkerty3]

wow!! It takes lots of skills to play a video backwards

[bearc74]

that was pretty gay

[prorobo]

you're pretty gay.

[Nitroman08]

wow some ELO goes great with this video

[Mrmackey475]

So those are blocks of ice?

[td13hr13]

they're not blocks of ice, that's just the flooring underneath. the ice is then frozen over top of it. see the zamboni's go on, and then the ground gets glossy?

[davesicle]

no, the ice stays frozen for the entire NHL season. FOr other events they just put boards over top. I've been to older arenas, where the boards are all warped and you can pick the board up and see the ice underneathe. But it takes to0 long to make new ice to keep on melting it everytime for a new event.

[prorobo]

correct!

[prorobo]

wrong.

[tomgetoutoftheboat]

i thought they had a thing go over the ice and just put the flooring down but who knew haha

[2010vancouver2010]

yea, thats how they have it in someplaces like toronto but its different everywere

[tomgetoutoftheboat]

so its like synthetic ice?

[skittlepj123]

theres a top over it you can see them taking it off

[GSDZGMF]

is this real?

[Cameronx]

The Air Canada Centre in Toronto used to have a webcam that you could rotate and zoom with online 24/7. It was great that at any given moment you could see the ice being resurfaced, the set up for concerts, and all the other transformations. They took it down years ago most likely over server costs and privacy. Was cool while it lasted.

[kalikoura]

That would be sweet to watch leaf and raptors games on

[12345alec1]

sweet

[Dcarnys]

go state

[keatonburns]

"changing of taking the basketball court off and putting the ice on"

is what it says on the info

but actually its them taking the basketball court up

[nikebauerxv]

go canes

[germxv]

always wondered how that was done.

[XxCiNCYSK8eRxX]

i would like to do that for a living

[azstong]

That was reaily cool. I would love to do that for a job aswell. I am an ice hockey fan, and i remember being @ the m.e.n arena in manchester once for an afternoon hockey game, and straight after the game finished, they got it ready for a basketball game and i stayed behind for a bit and watched them do the change over,until the arena staff kicked me out.

[XxCiNCYSK8eRxX]

awesome!

[koolwip213]

that was kool

[Cykids]

this was friggen sweet

[liltug2]

ahh the hurricanes suck

go habs go

[s0ccerStar14]

yo.. that shit is crazyyyy!!!

[ElectPedro08]

Pah I'm not a Canes fan, but that was pretty cool, RBC center is like 30 mins from me.

[bobbyhendersonsk8]

i hate the hurricanes

[JohnAnsonCena]

yay me too

[ebflip26]

so they don't take out the vertical boards surrounding the rink? they just put seats over them? i never knew that. pretty cool

[BlackJays]

many arenas, including toronto's air canada centre, take down the boards during the conversion from ice rink to ball court.

[aviator147]

they put white boards on top of the black stuff and then freeze it over??

[NinyRider]

pigkiller has it right

[bulldawgs50]

I looked at the webcam at the RBC website after the HORRIBLE Canadiens game, and I was amazed at how fast the ice was taken off. It was about an hour and thirty minutes

[Jacobsaunders1993]

Usually after a basketball game, the ice is pretty slushy( unless they really go over it with the zamboni). Remeber the Vancouver Canucks/ Dallas Stars series.The Aerican Airlines Arena's ice was pretty slushy after a basketball game.

[flapjackrabbit]

What's the name of the song in this and who recorded the song? It's pretty catchy.

[RexButtafuoco]

Sweet Talkin Woman, by Electric Light Orchestra.

:D

[pigKiller666]

yep thats probably what it is because that shit is just like puzzled pieced together love it to because it keeps my skates sharp

[tonythetiger573]

all the way fro 0:25 to 0:35 they show the black stuff and it being peeled. I think its this foamy/rubbery kind of stuff, my local ice rink uses it to walk on right before you enter the rink

[BustedBal]

the flooring is a thermal floor that helps keep the ice from melting when they raise the building temp for the basketball game

[challi9]

how do they get ice on the rink ? they only show the zamboni driving around, but nice video, i always wondered.

[tonythetiger573]

The ice is always there, there is first a floor above the ice, then the wood from a basketball court.

[challi9]

well they start piling up the floor from the basketball court, than there's nothing there, then they pile the tiles for the hockey rink, and the zamboni just drives around, and it magically appears.

[pigKiller666]

u have to watch close but after they take the court off and put the boards up the is like a black tile that is over the ice and they take that off and then zam the ice.

[watadoo]

The zamboni is laying a thin sheet of water down which is instantly frozen. No magic, though it sure looks like it at the speed of the video clip.

[starsfan12345]

they use millions of gallons of water and freeze it