Due to Covid-19 concerns, the University of Nebraska Medical Center ice rink will not be put in this season.
"As a former amateur hockey player, I very much understand the lure of the ice," said Ted Cieslak, M.D., Executive Director for Health Security at UNMC.
"It distresses me and adds to the many disappointments we've suffered at the hands of COVID-19, to recommend against opening our beautiful ice rink to skating and curling."
As COVID-19 numbers continue to rise, Cieslak said the participation of large numbers of skaters, many of them young children, in an activity associated with significant exertion, risks the health of the medical center's students, staff and families, as well as the public.
The "Nebraska Medicine" ice skating season would typically run from late November until early February on the Midtown campus.
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