THERE are renewed calls for an ice rink to be built on the site of a seafront leisure centre - and for the city's ice hockey team to be resurrected. Campaigners have been demanding a new attraction in the city since Brighton’s last permanent ice rink closed 18 years ago. Numerous plans for a permanent ice rink in the city have been proposed and scrapped over the years. Sussex Ice Quest. Photo Credit: Sussex Ice Rink But now Emma Andrews, a campaigner from the group Sussex Ice Rink, is urging the council to reconsider plans to build a rink on the wasteland next to The King Alfred Centre in Hove.