Where can we rent an ice rink? I can drive the ice-resurfacer.
Zamboni is a brand. The machine is an ice-resurfacer. The one I drove for 3 years was an Olympia, made in Canada by the ResurfIce company. Calling them all Zambonis woukd be like calling any and all tractors John Deeres.
I've see maybe 3 in the 13+ years of driving my 4 kids to probably 75-100 ice rinks all over the Northeast.Could be. The school I worked at has since built two new rinks and replaced the Olympia with an electric Zamboni. The Mullins Center Rink at UMass-Amherst used to have two Olympia's, but now they're running Zamboni's. I knew of one other rink that had one, but of course can't recall where.You, me, and the ResurfIce company are probably the only ones who know what an Olympia are.
I always wondered; Is it difficult to get parts for those since they are relatively rare around here?
No, I went to a few Springfield games last winter, they've switched to Zambonis. I was told that all AHL/NHL rinks switched, as it had something to do sponsorship. Whether that's trueI don't know.
