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East Aurora is home to former Ice Bowl rink

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published January 7, 2011 at 9:49 AM EST
original Ice Bowl rink
WBFO News file photos
original Ice Bowl rink

By Michael Mroziak

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wbfo/local-wbfo-944179.mp3

Buffalo, NY – Back on New Year's Day, the National Hockey League hosted its annual Winter Classic outdoor hockey game in Pittsburgh. Buffalo hosted the inaugural Winter Classic at Ralph Wilson Stadium in 2008.

Buffalo's so called "Ice Bowl" is history, but the rink used for that historic hockey game has since become an economic engine for a local community. WBFO's Michael Mroziak went to East Aurora to find out, whatever happened to the Ice Bowl?.