WORLD'S LARGEST ICE-RINK
BRIGHTON'S £200,000 SCHEME. Provided the consent of the corporation is obtained, Brighton will in the near future possess the finest pleasure palace in Europe. It is proposed to erect this summer and winter palace tin Brighton Front at a cost of £200,000. The plana of the structure have been lodged at the borough council offices, and they will come up for discussion at the council. "Some of the best-known 'business-and society men in England arc in favour of the proposal," said the promoter of the scheme. "Brighton was at one time the centre of the fashionable world, and we unean to try to revive the old condition of affairs." The new pleasure palace is to have a frontage of 600 ft. and is to be surrounded by'beautifully laid out, gardens. Under the centre dome will be a palm court and winter garden. A palatial ballroom will adjoin. There will also be a large concert hall and theatre, and a restaurant, built out over the sea, where diners can have their, evening meal with the sound of the waves always with them. But the greatest novelty will be an ice skating rink, the largest in the world. This will cover more than fin acre of ground, and in conjunction with it there will be a toboggan slide. It is intended to provide sleighs drawn by teams of Esquimaux dogs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)
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