With an average attendance of around 500 people per day, those in charge of the ice rink at Place des Épars, in Chartres, smiled broadly this Saturday, January 1, 2022. “We’re doing as well as two years ago” , summarizes Thomas Micelli, the manager.
“It had started badly,” recalls one of the employees. “The first few days, because of the rain and the wind, we experienced a real slump. The snow was melting and the skaters were wet, so there was little attendance. “
Fortunately, the dry and mild weather that followed allowed the organizers to have a good turnout. Like yesterday afternoon, when many Chartrains and tourists took advantage of the 600 m² of the structure.
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Like Mustapha Yakoubi, from Paris, who came to spend the weekend with friends from Chartres with his wife and their two children. “We come to skate to get the kids moving a bit. Then we will visit the cathedral before returning to Paris. It’s super nice to be able to access the rink so easily. In Paris, that would be inconceivable. “
“In Paris, it would be inconceivable”
Christophe Lacroix, a Chartrain, his wife and their son also took advantage of the mild climate to show their Lyon friends around the city, who had come to spend the weekend in Chartres. “We’re going to skate a bit and after, we’ll show them Chartres en lumière, just to show them that there aren’t only illuminations in Lyon. “
Two days of dismantling. The ice rink at Place des Epars will still be open this Sunday, January 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. But from 6 p.m., it will be heated so that the dismantling of the structure can start on Monday morning, and end on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.
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