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Construction worker Macario Lopez has lined up for four hours--along with his brothers, children and nephews--to swap his cowboy boots for a pair of ice skates. He could never afford to take his family to a commercial rink, which costs about $5 a head, he says. But the Christmas season has brought a colossal 34,400-sq.-ft. (about 3,200 sq m) open-air skating rink to the central square known as the Zócalo in the heart of Mexico City. It's the largest rink in the world, boosters claim. More important, it's free. Tens...
...rink, surrounded by towering models of candles and a vast canvas featuring a moonlit lake, is a surreal spectacle in the midst of Mexico City's grinding traffic, colonial churches and endless protest marches. To add to the illusion of escape, sweet ballads play through huge speakers as the skaters glide along. Skating is a novel experience for most of those venturing onto the ice, and teams of white-helmeted city workers are constantly rushing to help citizens who have fallen on their faces. "Don't form chains," a supervisor cautions over the public-address system. "Don't smoke...
...That’s definitely how I got interested in goaltending,” Mike says. “We have a street hockey rink in our basement and our two older brothers always had me throw the pads on and play in net. That’s how I started—from playing down there [in the basement]…I didn’t really have a choice...
...will likely swap rankings today, in Durham, N.H. on Friday night. “We’ll be facing a great team on a big sheet of ice—that really caters to our style of play,” Cahow said of the Whittemore Center rink. “We’re a very fast, hardworking team with a lot a skill and a lot of speed...We’re pretty excited.” —Staff writer Rebecca A. Compton can be reached at compton@fas.harvard.edu...
...Lopez Obrador's shadow even reaches as far as Ebrard's ice rink. "Support the legitimate President. Down with the usurper Calderon," militants handing out pamphlets at the rink shouted, recently, as skaters raced round the rink in the polluted Mexico City dusk...