How would one become a hockey rink owner?

OHSCrifle wrote: There is a rink in North Charleston, SC in a building that used to be a Lowe's (I think - some sort of big box retail). They modified the footings and roof structure and removed a row of columns and fit the rink in between (added some new trusses and strengthened the columns carrying them). Not cheap, but cheaper than building new I guess. Pretty crafty way to re-use an old unused retail building.

I recently sold and installed three sliding automatic doors for them. They have two rinks. One for the local hockey crowd and practice rink for the Charleston Stingrays. One for the recreational skating crowd. The three days I spent there, they were packed from about 9am on.

http://www.carolinaicepalace.com/

Edit: Here is one of the doors I put in. (From their FB page.)

In reply to Toyman01: Cool. I lived in Summerville from 1997-2002, my first son was born there. I visited Ice Palace with the owners of Frankie's Fun Park to see the laser tag arena.. and I remember being far more fascinated with the roof modifications to squeeze the rinks inside. I also remember as steady stream of foot traffic, all day, every day.