The Winter Park At Civic Center, An All-new Ice Experience, To Debut In The Heart Of San Francisco

 
SAN FRANCISCO - Sept. 25, 2018 - PRLog -- Following the recent announcement of the return of The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square presented by Alaska Airlines, Willy Bietak Productions announced today that The Winter Park at Civic Center, an all-new ice experience steps away from San Francisco's City Hall, will make its debut on Friday, November 30, 2018 through Sunday, January 6, 2019. Similar to The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink, the Winter Park will showcase a number of events on the ice, including themed dance and skate parties, a First Responders celebration, donation drives, a family-friendly drag queen event and more.

The Winter Park will be open daily from 12 to 10 p.m. Ticket prices for regular admission are $20 and $15 for children eight years old and under, with figure skate or hockey skate rental included in the cost of admission. Tickets can be purchased online in advance at winterparkicerinksf.com starting October 15, 2018. Tickets will also be available at the ice rink ticket window (355 McAllister St. in San Francisco). Group rates and private parties are also available on the Winter Park at Civic Center website.

"For more than a decade, the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square has been an integral part of celebrating the holidays in San Francisco," says Willy Bietak,President of Willy Bietak Productions. "We're thrilled to expand the City's seasonal offerings with the new Winter Park at Civic Center, creating a central gathering place for Bay Area families to enjoy unique holiday experiences, with the incomparable backdrop of San Francisco's City Hall."

Modeled after the internationally-famed Wiener Eistraum—an ice-skating rink located in the City Hall Square of Vienna, Austria—the Winter Park will be the first attraction of its kind, not just in the Bay Area but throughout the United States. Nestled among other cultural institutions like the Asian Art Museum, American Conservatory Theater's Strand Theater, San Francisco Public Library, SHN's Orpheum Theater, Davies Symphony Hall and City Hall, the 100'x60' ice rink and 400 sq. ft. track will weave through a lighted tree forest. The Winter Park will continue to expand, evolving into an adventure park on ice over with new interactive elements for the whole family added each year.

Civic Center is undergoing expansive changes that will breathe new life into the City's central civic spaces. The Winter Park will join a host of new attractions and amenities, including the Helen Diller Civic Center Playground, the Civic Center Street Café operated by Bi-Rite, Heart of the City Farmers' Market and Off the Grid food truck market, and more. Willy Bietak Productions is working closely with San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department to make Civic Center a family-friendly holiday destination.

"The Winter Park at Civic Center is one of the many ways the City is striving to make Civic Center a destination for both locals and visitors,"says Phil Ginsburg, General Manager of the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department. "In partnership with Willie Bietak Productions, which has an impressive history of creating iconic holiday experiences, we are excited to welcome this festive new attraction to provide an inclusive, accessible addition to the cultural landscape at Civic Center."

Additionally, there are several initiatives to make this festive winter wonderland accessible to the entire Bay Area community. These include the Tenderloin Community Benefit Program, which will invite each child attending public school (grades K–12) in the Tenderloin district to experience the Winter Park free of charge, as well as several programs benefiting homeless and low-income neighbors.

Sponsors of The Winter Park

Xfinity, Eventbrite, Cova Hotel, NBC Bay Area, BART, SFMTA, STAR 101.3, 98.1 The Breeze, 106.1 KMEL, iHeart80s @ 103.7, WiLD 94.9, Real Talk 910 and Telemundo 48.

About the Winter Park at Civic Center

With its debut planned for November 30, 2018, The Winter Park at Civic Center enters its inaugural year. In partnership with the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, Willy Bietak Productions is working to revitalize Civic Center and make it a family-friendly holiday destination for locals and visitors alike. This festive, winter wonderland includes a 100'x60' ice rink and track which will weave through a Christmas tree forest, food and beverage stalls, and local holiday arts and crafts. It will continue to expand, evolving into an adventure park on ice over with new interactive elements for the whole family added each year. Ticket prices for regular admission are $20 and $15 for children eight years old and under. Ice rink hours are from 12–10 p.m. daily. For tickets or more information, please visit WinterParkIceRinkSF.com.

About Willy Bietak Productions

Santa Monica-based Willy Bietak Productions is a full-service production company specializing in the development and production of high quality family entertainment. With a staff of award-winning designers, directors, choreographers and musical arrangers – backed by a talented production and management team – Willy Bietak Productions conceives, packages and tours international entertainment spectaculars as well as special events. For more information, please visit bietakproductions.com.

About the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department currently manages more than 220 parks, playgrounds and open spaces throughout San Francisco, including two outside city limits—Sharp Park in Pacifica and Camp Mather in the High Sierras. The system includes full-complex recreation centers, swimming pools, golf courses, sports fields and numerous small-to-medium-sized clubhouses that offer a variety of sports- and arts-related recreation programs for people of all ages.  Included in the Department's responsibilities are Golden Gate Park, Coit Tower, the Marina Yacht Harbor, the San Francisco Zoo and Lake Merced. In 2017, San Francisco became the first and only city in the nation where all residents have access to a park within a 10-minute walk, a direct result of the Department's commitment to increasing and improving parkland in the city.

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