Monday, February 15, 2010
ROSTRAVER, Pa. (AP) — The owner of the western Pennsylvania ice skating rink where a roof collapsed won’t reopen anytime soon, though a pub and banquet facilities could reopen soon.
Rostraver Ice Garden owner Jim Murphy says he believes excessive snow over the past 10 days appears to have caused a wooden truss to break on Sunday afternoon.
The rink was hosting a youth hockey tournament at the time, but no one was injured. About 100 people were inside at the time.
Murphy says a building inspector was expected today. He didn’t have a cost estimate of damages.
The rink is in the middle of facility, which was built in 1965, and is flanked by a banquet hall and a pub. Murphy says those sections weren’t damaged.