00:00When the hockey season ends, the ice rink isn't just left there.
00:03It doesn't stay until next winter.
00:05And it doesn't simply disappear.
00:06First, the cooling system under the concrete floor is turned off.
00:09As soon as the...
00:10The coolant stops flowing through thousands of pipes.
00:12The ice slowly begins to melt.
00:13To speed things up, workers...
00:15Drill holes in the ice so the melted water can drain away.
00:17Then special machines move across the arena, spraying...
00:20Warm water and scraping off layer after layer of ice.
00:23Along with the ice, all the lines...
00:25Logos and advertisements are removed.
00:26Once most of the ice is gone, the remaining water is pumped out.
00:30The ice is broken up and cleared away, depending on what the arena will be used for next.
00:33In the end, the boards and protectors...
00:35Glass are taken down, revealing the flat concrete floor underneath the rink once again.
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