{"id":375715,"date":"2026-07-16T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375715\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:34:09","slug":"memorial-city-mall-ice-rink-to-stay-open-until-december-after-decision-to-close-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375715\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial City Mall ice rink to stay open until December after decision to close for good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KTRK logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-ktrk.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, July 16, 2026 4:55PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC13 Houston 24\/7 Live Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; The Memorial City Mall ice rink will be open through the fall after it was originally announced the facility would close for good on July 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This week MetroNational announced the rink will be open until Dec. 14 in response to community interest and feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ORIGINAL REPORT: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/memorial-city-mall-ice-rink-closing-july-no-plans-reopen\/18879810\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Memorial City Mall ice rink closing in July with no plans to reopen<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The mall originally announced in April that the rink would close due to upcoming construction that would make it impossible to maintain the conditions for the ice. Officials said any usable equipment would be donated to other ice rinks and community organizations to help support skating programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Since the announcement in April, community groups launched a petition to keep the ice rink open, and spoke at Houston City Council to request the city to reconsider closing or to build a new facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This week MetroNational president Scooter Hicks said in a statement, &#8220;The response from our community made it clear how much this rink means to Houston families. We&#8217;re pleased to give families the opportunity to enjoy the rink for the fall season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, July 16, 2026 4:55PM HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; The Memorial City Mall ice rink will be open&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[132846,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-375715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-132846","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}