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23 December 2005 AN HOUR ON THE ICE COSTS 1000 AMD
One of these days on the Swan’s Lake the opening ceremony of the open-air skating-rink took place. President R. Khocharian and the mayor of Yerevan Ervand Zakharian were also present at the ceremony. And we wanted to find out whether the skating rink was to work after the opening or not...
Today at about 11 o’clock in the morning we made sure that the skating rink works. And what is more, at the moment of our visit a number of schoolchildren were on the skating under the sounds of gentle music. We wondered how many people visited the rink since December 14.
As we have been informed by one of the workers more than 300 people nave visited the skating rink since the opening. And it turned out that skating on the skating rink is not free at all as it has been promised at the opening ceremony. It was announced that people had to pay only for the skates. But the whole matter is that an hour on the skating rink costs 1000 drams, for about $2,5. Whereas it seemed that the “ticket” was to have a symbolic cost at least in the first season.
And the 1000 drams is ...
Everyone wants to skate, especially the children. But can everybody afford it? Or couldn’t they announce at the opening ceremony: “Citizens and guests, this skating rink is open for those who can afford 1000 drams for an hour. And those who can not afford, they can only ... watch the skaters or, what is better, not to come up at all...”.
And what is noteworthy? The Yerevan Municipality spent 450 million drams from the city budget, that is to say from the taxes we pay, to build the skating rink. And now we have to pay 1000 drams ... to make use of the skating rink built on our money. Perhaps it would be worth spending some 50 million drams more and let the skates for 100 drams, for instance.
By the way, it should be mentioned that, according to the information we possess, the skate serves more than 100 visitors a day. By the way, as it had been mentioned at the ceremony, the skating rink can serve only 50 people at a time.
The skating rink is open from 11.00 to 23.00, the interruption hours are from 16.00 to 17.30. It should be noticed that there are medical and technical services, as well as cloak-rooms and a small cafe./Panorama.am/
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