Weston-super-Mare's winter attraction, Icescape, will not be opening this year, North Somerset Council has announced. It says this is due to the rising costs of energy to power the attraction, with the predicted energy bill being five times what it was in 2019 when the ice rink was last in Weston.
While a location for the rink this year had been agreed, in the end the decision to cancel the event for 2022 came down to the factor of unsustainable costs simply being too great. Jamie Dann, Operations Director at Icescape, said: "It is a real shame we won’t be returning to Tropicana or Weston-super-Mare again this year.
"Another location was found but mains power was not available, and although this would have been provided by the council, this and the cost of energy made the event financially unviable. We would like to thank North Somerset Council for all their work in trying to find an alternative site and we hope to return in the future."
