Photos: Tucson Holiday Ice
Tucson Holiday Ice, the annual outdoor ice skating rink, has returned for the holiday season outside the Tucson, Ariz. Convention Center. The rink, with a schedule of 90-minute sessions is open daily, except for Thanksgiving and Christmas, through January 7, 2024. More in formation and a complete schedule of ice times are at https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Parks-and-Recreation/Tucson-Holiday-Ice
Tucson Holiday Ice
Robyn Knight takes advantage of being the last one on the rink to get in some high speed spins at the closing of the early session of Tucson Holiday Ice, the outdoor skating surface set up at 260 S. Church Ave., outside the Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Ariz., November 21, 2023. The rink is open through January 7, 2024, closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas, with weekday sessions scheduled for 4, 6 and 8 p.m. and running 90 minutes. Weekends though December 8 are noon, 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. Cost is $22 for adults, $15 for children 12 and under. First sessions of the day are $12 and $8. For more information, a full schedule and to order tickets go to https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Parks-and-Recreation/Tucson-Holiday-Ice
Tucson Holiday Ice
The night lights shine over the rink as Ava Jo Schuldt skates on the outdoor rink set up at 260 S. Church Ave., outside the Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Ariz., November 21, 2023 for this year’s Tucson Holiday Ice. Schuldt was couple dozen skaters were taking advantage of the night’s mild temperatures for the mid-evening session on Tuesday.
Tucson Holiday Ice
Sophia Durnal reaches for the her mom, Justine, and the skate helper on the outdoor rink set up at for Tucson Holiday Ice, 260 S. Church Ave., outside the Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Ariz., November 21, 2023. It was Sophia’s first time on ice and she was alternating between the wall, the helper and the occasional foray without either.
Tucson Holiday Ice
A pair of skaters are among the first to take to the fresh surface at the start of the mid-evening session of Tucson Holiday Ice, the outdoor rink set up at 260 S. Church Ave., outside the Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Ariz., November 21, 2023.
Tucson Holiday Ice
Cameron Cool loses his footing but mom Erin has his back during the mid-evening session of Tucson Holiday Ice’s outside ice ring on Church Avenue in front of the Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Ariz., November 21, 2023.
Tucson Holiday Ice
The afternoon sun catches the buildings downtown as the early skaters take their laps on Tucson Holiday Ice’s outdoor rink set up at 260 S. Church Ave., at the Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Ariz., November 21, 2023.
Tucson Holiday Ice
Sun sets on the newly resurfaced ice and the outdoor rink set up at 260 S. Church Ave., outside the Tucson Convention Center, Tucson, Ariz., waiting for a new session of skaters, November 21, 2023.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
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