Berkeley Iceland Faces Closure
Ancient Cooling System Leaking Ammonia

Berkeley city officials are threatening to close down Berkeley Iceland for what they perceive to be the potential of a dangerous leak of ammonia gas from the rink's cooling system. There have apparently been two small leaks in the area previously ('98 and '03), and city officials are worried about the surrounding communities if controls over the gas were to ever fail. The managers of the ice rink dispute the findings of the city officials, and they plan to hold their own inspections and tests to challenge the city.

Berkeley Iceland, which was constructed back in 1940, has been the host to many sporting events from UC Berkeley hockey games to national figure skating competitions to Greek broomball matches. Email This Post!