Burlington, IA- Burlington Memorial Auditorium will soon host a new acrylic ice skating rink. Burlington Riverfront Entertainment president Dana Johnston told the Burlington City Council on Monday that their goal with the rink is to provide a safe, accessible, family-friendly attraction to the community. Johnston said that BRE is planning to have the rink installed and open by January 2023. "If we could get a tentative purchase date of November 22nd, it would be installed the first week of January, and then it would be open for the whole month of January," Johnston said. Johnston also said that the rink could return to the auditorium at other times throughout the year. The council agreed to cover the cost of purchasing the rink, along with equipment and insurance, totaling $132,500. BRE agreed to pay the city back annually over a 4 year period.
With lawsuits resolved, new owners of the downtown development told members of the Burlington City Council on Monday night that they were eager to begin building this fall.