WELCOME BACK. IF YOU’RE READY TO ROLL. SO AS OAKS PARK THE HISTORIC SKATING RINK IN SOUTHEAST PORTLAND BACK OPEN THE ROLAND RANK REOPENED YESTERDAY AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN FOR NEARLY A YEAR. KOHR HARLAN JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING TO SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN TAKE PART AND THE FUN AT
OAKS PARK ROLLER RANKIN CORPS. YOU’RE LOOKING PRETTY SMOOTH RIGHT THERE. SOME OF US SOMETIMES IT’S JUST TOUGH. JUST A MATTER OF THE MASSES, THE MASS MOVING ALONG THE SURFACE AND A GRACEFUL FASHION OR SO. I’M THIS IS EMILY MACKAY WITH OAKS PARK. GOOD MORNING. YES. WHAT OAKS PARK. HAS REOPENED A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG HAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OR LAST DAY OF OPERATIONS. IT WAS MARCH 13TH 2020. IT’S A VERY BRIEF WINDOW IN NOVEMBER. ONLY OPEN FOR 10 DAYS, ALL EXCITED THAT SHUT DOWN AGAIN WITH THINGS. SO EXACTLY AT OAK PARK FOR PEACE
BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST LOVED ICE OR ROLLER SKATING. AND AS A A BLAST. ABSOLUTELY SO ARE RESUMING OUR OPEN SKATE SESSIONS TO THE OF 50, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN MEN TO EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS ONLINE WILL BE OPEN 7
DAYS A WEEK WHICH WE’VE NEVER EACH STACY JUMP OUR WEBSITE. PICK THE SESSION. YOU WANT PURCHASE THAT TICKET INCLUDES CONVENTIONAL SKATE RENTAL. I KNOW YOU’RE READY TO GO THERE RIGHT. AND THEN WHEN YOU COME DOWN, IT’S GOING TO BE ALL THE NORMAL THINGS WE’RE LEARNING TO DO. NASA WEARING A MASK.
KEEPING YOUR DISTANCE CRACK FROM OTHER GROUPS. AND OF COURSE WE’LL BE DOING INCREASE SANITATION ALL THROUGHOUT. AND HOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE THIS BACK ON TRACK STILL A LITTLE BIT ALWAYS ALWAYS AWAY FROM FROM REALLY, JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO WE’RE WORKING ON CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR ONE SMALL NOMA COUNTY IS
DOWNGRADED TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF WHAT WOULD THE OPERATION POTENTIALLY BE LIKE AND WE’RE FEELING VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT BEFORE TOO MUCH LONGER WILL BE THE AMUSEMENT PARK. IT WILL AGAIN LOOK VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU’VE KNOWN BEFORE. TOMMY JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PEOPLE’S PEOPLE. LOT OF
PENT-UP DEMAND TO DO A LOT OF THINGS FROM GOING OUT TO TO TO MAYBE ROLLER SKATING AS WELL. A BIG WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE BACK. THERE HAS BEEN JUST A DAY OR 2. BUT WHAT WHAT ARE YOU YESTERDAY. AND YEAH, IT WAS LATER IN THE WEEK. IT SOLD
OUT. SO PEOPLE ARE JUST JUMPING RIGHT ON IT. FEELING SAFE AND COMFORTABLE TO GO OUT. THOSE NUMBERS ARE REALLY MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND PEOPLE ARE WE’RE DOING ARE EFFECTIVE. AND SO THEY’RE GETTING READY TO HEAD BACK OUT AND CERTAINLY COME IN HERE. AND THIS IS SUCH AN INSTITUTION IN PORTLAND
THIS IS THE OLDEST ABOUT AS OLDEST SKATE THIS ROLLER RINK IN YOU KNOW, 6, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, 6, ONE YEAR AFTER THE AMUSEMENT PARK OPENED. THERE ARE STILL WORKING ON AND THIS THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BECAUSE THEY GOT OF A BARREL SYSTEM THAT WHEN THE WATER GETS UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR HERE. THE
BARRELS ACTUALLY ELEVATE THE FLOODING OR SAVE THE FLOOR YEAR. WE ALWAYS WATCH WHETHER IT STANDS READY JUST IN I LOVE HOW YOU CAN SKATE BACKWARDS ON A PRETTY WELL HERE. IT’S THEM ON AND THEY CAN JUMP OUT HERE. IT’S GREAT EXERCISE WAY TO GET OUT WHILE YOU’RE STILL SAFE. IT’S FUN. YEAH. TALK
RENTALS ALL ON DRUG ARE JUST GO ONLINE AND CHECK IT OUT. GET INVOLVED. GOOD SIGN UP AND GET READY FOR YOU AGAIN HAVE TO PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE. AND LIKE I SAID, THEY’VE SOLD PRETTY QUICKLY STILL A FEW TIME SLOTS LEFT FOR THIS WEEK. BUT IF YOU WANT
TO COME SKATING, IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO JUMP ON GET THOSE TICKETS TO THE DAY YOU GOOD OFTEN YEAH, THERE IS. GOOD TO SEE SOME THINGS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL A LITTLE BIT. EVEN IF IT IS 50 PEOPLE AT A TIME HERE ON THE RANK AS A MEANS PLENTY OF SPACE OUT HERE.
20,000 SQUARE FEET IS NOT PEOPLE STANDING OUT HERE FROM OAK PARK THIS MORNING WHERE THE SKATING RINK. IS BACK OPEN FOR PEOPLE AT WEBSITE TO GET A RESERVATION. COME ON TO HER SKATE. IT’S A GOOD WAY TO WORK OFF A LITTLE ENERGY, GOOD WAY. SECOND, STOP IN FIRST FLOOR. I CROAK OF
THEM THAT GOING MISS A GREAT INSTITUTION HERE AND IT’S GOOD TO SEE THEM BACK IN BUSINESS A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU’RE NEAR I ASSUME THAT’S WHAT IT WAS OFF CAMERA. SO WE MISSED THAT. YEAH. SO AS FAR AS WHAT WE SAW CAMERA. YOU’RE SKATING. HAS IMPROVED SINCE THE LAST
TIME. YEAH, WE’RE A LITTLE WINDED. I JUST A LITTLE BIT MUST BE QUITE THE WORKOUT. YOU LOTS OF A WORKOUT. ONE OF THIS AT ALL. THERE WE GO. OK, THAT ON CAMERA. PART OF THE GOOD CAMERA WORK. THAT’S THE REAL WANT EATING AT THE SAME TIME. THAT’S DIFFICULT WE’RE IMPRESSED.
THANKS. HEY, WE’LL SEE HIM AGAIN DURING 6. SEE HOW HE’S NEW THIS MORNING. THERE’S A
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