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The Rink was completed in 1939 and was immediately requisitioned by the Army during and after the
2nd World War. The Rink only opened for business in 1952 and was bought by the current owners in 1957.
Murrayfield Facts
- Only Ice Rink in Edinburgh.
- Over 17 public sessions per week.
- Public Skating attract over 200,000 per year.
- 85% of all skaters are between 7-21.
- The actual age range of skaters is between 3 and 80.
- Most popular session is Learn To Skate.
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Over the years, the Rink has hosted major boxing, wrestling, ice speedway, ice shows, concerts, basketball
and dance events. The Rink hosted the closing ceremony for the 1970 Commonwealth Games after being chosen as the venue for
the Boxing Tournament at which Tom Imrie won his Gold medal for the host country!
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The Harlem Globetrotters played an exhibition basketball match here in front of a full house in 1993
and in August 1994 the Edinburgh International Festival used the Rink as the venue for one of its most important festival
Productions.
The Rink has also been chosen in the past to host some more unusual events. In season 1994-1995 live
football was shown on big screens to cater for Hibs fans unable to obtain tickets for the Scottish Cup semi final match against
Stenhousemuir. Later that year, the Rink was used as set for a major scene fromthe award winning Scottish film "Small Faces".
Incidentally, many of the extras in the scene were regular Murrayfield skaters! In 1998, Torvill and Dean headlined the cast
in a spectacular Ice Show.
In 2003, Tony Hand MBE, the first British player ever draft by the NHL in North America and a product
of the murrayfield Junior Development programme, chose Murrayfield to hold his testimonial match. Tony returned to the Edinburgh
Capitals as player/coach for the 2005 - 2006 season.
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