Parking is always at a premium in town. The parcel across from the library would be ideal for skating rink parking. The organizers should have been required to have adequate parking for this special event before they were given the go ahead to proceed. Maybe they should consider having it at the sports park next year.

You need to read the other threads about this rink. The merchants have held the town hostage on this one. They insisted on the rink being "downtown" no matter what inconvenience it caused to the people who use the library, etc. The city manager made it happen to appease the merchants. Tail wagging the dog, again.

Wow, didn't realize how small the rink was going to be until it was actually put up! The artist's rendering made it appear so much larger/spacious. But then again, considering the price of skating, there probably will not be too many skaters at any one time?

Yikes..........the rink is small! I'm wondering how on earth they are going to poice how many people are allowed on the rink at a time? The families and kids of P-town are looking so forward to this winter activity, but goodness....I'm wondering if we will be limited to a certain amount of time on the ice. It's about $15 p/person for admission and if we are limited to time, in order to accommodate everyone?

It's $14 adults, $12 childen, it includes skate rental and the session is for 2 hours, if you want to add another session on the same day I believe it's half price for the second session. If they treat it like any other public outdoor rink, when the rink reaches capacity they stop selling tickets and you wait for the next session. It is smaller then what I expected, but I'm used to Iceland in Dublin and that place is huge. This friday night they are having a Valley View elementary fundraiser and with a coupon available on the Valley View PFC webiste they are giving back $1 from each ticket sale to the school.

I have not followed this development except to note in my head that there will be a skating rink.

Can someone please tell me where does one park for the library now? With the rink taking up 1/2 the parking lot, where do the library goers park? It was bad enough when there was not rink. Now what!?!

I agree with another entry that they should have put this in the open space across the library. Park will be an issue! HELP!

Long Time resident, at this point the only thing that can be done is write the city and request a reconsideration for a different location next year.

I totally agree with you that library patrons were not considered at any point when the location decision was made.

WOW is the rink small. We are causing a major traffic issue with the library and for what?? How many people can possibly fit on that tiny rink at one time. I fear that all the time, energy and money is going to be a waste because as soon as the skating enthusiasts see the size of the rink....they'll go running. Especially when the price is $14.00. The city council is to blame for this one. It should have been somewhere else and it should have been bigger. This is a joke.

Went to the library the other day and spent about 15 minutes hunting for a parking space! I don't mind the walk from down the street, etc.,but there were NO SPACES there either! Guess our only choice left is the empty field across the street??? Hoping the Pleasanton Police will be understanding about my parking there, considering there are several RED curb areas near the library that could perhaps be temporarily open for parking while the ice rink is up and running??? What a mess...although temporary, very clear that the whole thing wasn't well planned.

From another post, I understand that the downtown merchants forced the skating rink to be downtown. If they wanted it downtown, why didn't they provide a solution that didn't require city property? If this isn't true, then why didn't anyone suggest putting the rink at the new Bernal Park. It has plenty of parking, a restroom, electrical connections, a playground, and plenty of space for a larger rink.

I love going to the library, and now I can't. As a Wisconsin transplant, I love ice skating, but I don't think the Pleasanton rink will be large enough to have fun. I guess we may have to go to Dublin for both the library and the ice skating.

Steve, don't let the Zamboni hit your butt on the way out of town.

I'm with you Steve. The city needs to place this rink somewhere else next year. As far as possible from the library.