Any sites with this information?
2007-07-08 07:23:16 · 10 answers · asked by provihockey15 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Check these sites out....
This shows it being done (in fast forward obviously)
http://www.break.com/index/basketball_court_to_hockey_rink.html
Here is how it is done....
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~johns/hky_bb.html
Hope this explains everything you want to know.
2007-07-08 07:43:19 · answer #1 · answered by Chippewa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been down on these types of floors several times and I've seen how it is set up. The ground floor is generally concrete with some pipes and refrigeration units under it. At the start of a hockey season, they make the ice for the hockey rink with a few coats of water, with paint applied after one or two coats. The refrigeration units underneath it keep the ice frozen.
When they have to convert to basketball setup, they generally don't melt the ice since it is a few day process to get the ice ready. They might if a special event comes in, but generally once the ice is down, it's there until the end of the season. For basketball, they have insulation panels that they use to cover the ice on the floor. Then, they generally take down all of the panels around the arena that are used for protection for the crowd, put back in some seating sections that are removed for the hockey setup, and set up the court. The court is in pieces that are assembled over the insulation panels, and the baskets are rolled out.
That's about the shorthand for it.
2007-07-08 07:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by Jason P 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
United Center Ice Rink
2016-12-17 12:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On April 22, 2007 the home of the Dallas Mavericks, American Airlines Center set a record for a conversion of basketball court to hockey rink in one hour 28 minutes.
You can go to this page and then click the link in the middle to watch the conversion
http://www.americanairlinescenter.com/index.cfm/FuseAction/page/PageID/253
2007-07-08 08:58:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Modern Technology.
2007-07-12 04:22:24 · answer #5 · answered by Hi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The basketball floor is removed, and underneath is used for the ice rink.
2007-07-11 07:25:07 · answer #6 · answered by jim m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cover up the floor with black leather and the remove the basketball courts
2007-07-11 08:54:22 · answer #7 · answered by Nafi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is called a "floor" with some insulation thrown in... so that the baseketball players do not get "cold feet".... hahahaha. No actually, they can lay down a new surface on the ice quitte quickly.
2007-07-08 07:39:43 · answer #8 · answered by CathyinNH 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the ice is always there, the court is laid over it
2007-07-08 07:27:00 · answer #9 · answered by jjayflash9 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes the ice is always there....unless they have a rodeo..lol..that would be funny....hey that might be a idea rodeo on ice....humm
2007-07-08 07:33:36 · answer #10 · answered by jdog44442003 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋