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Making Ice at Verizon Center
(Photos by Caps Outsider)
A crew at Verizon Center started putting down the ice this week in preparation for the NHL season. We caught some of the first steps, but it’s a multi-day process and set to be finished on Friday. Here, they put down the lines, painted them, and put down the ads and logos.
Here is the view from the press box later on:
Press box view of #Caps ice building @verizoncenterpr pic.twitter.com/eulJ6owYSg
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) September 11, 2014
For those of you who are interested, concrete bases aren’t the only bases used in ice rinks. There are also sand-based rinks. Here’s what they look like under the ice: