Sports Complexes. Wollman Rink. Why? Gaining a YearIf the project is completed on time, officials said, the rink will be available to skaters this winter, a year ahead of the city's original timetable.The city has spent six years trying to rehabilitate the rink, but problems arose with the new technology it bought for making ice. The developer Donald J. Trump will rebuild the Wollman Memorial Skating Rink in Central Park at the city's expense under an agreement announced yesterday by Mayor Koch.The agreement calls for Mr. Trump to complete the work by Dec. 15 and to make no profit. By Michael Walsh Jul 06, 2015 7:12 AM ... and that it cannot offer contractors the …

Wollman Rink, New York City: Address, Phone Number, Wollman Rink Reviews: 4/5. United States ; New York (NY) New York City ; Things to do in New York City ; Wollman Rink; Search. With programs that cater to the entire family, Wollman Rink continues to be at the top of every visitors list while also becoming a home to New Yorkers and local skating enthusiasts. But he saw no reason why Mr. Trump, who in a barbed letter to the Mayor last week offered to take over construction and operation of the rink, could not have it ready a year earlier. They’ve worked for me and they want to continue working for me. It is named after the Wollman family who donated the funds for its original construction. The executive vice president of the Trump Organization, Anthony B. Gliedman, who ran the renovation project, said the profit was about $450,000 to $500,000.At that moment, Donald Trump was probably the most popular man in the five boroughs, because he had done something that everybody knew was possible except the city’s entrenched, corrupt Democratic Party establishment, for whom the millions of dollars wasted was not a bug but a feature of personal enrichment. With spectacular views of the New York City skyline, the Wollman Rink offers an experience unlike any other. June 6: Mayor Koch accepts Mr. Trump’s offer. It sounds like a very good deal, depending, of course, on which side you're standing on.''Mr. Long Island's Message Board. When Donald Trump rebuilt Central Park’s Wollman Rink in 1986, he dazzled New York City’s leaders with his quick and efficient work. Oct. 15: Tests of pipes conducted, sending brine solution through them. Shortly after Trump decided to slap his name on Wollman Rink, if you read the fine print. But even the Trump Organization, which controls a network of real estate developments and management corporations, did not expect to make a profit.Yesterday, on a wet spring morning that would have been three months from the scheduled completion date if the city had not relinquished the project in Central Park, Mr. Trump announced that he had made a profit. Trump said he intended to revert to a brine system. The renovations were suppose to take 2.5 years, but 6 years later the rink was still in disrepair. ''I don't want to be a wise guy and say I want to see my son skate there before he grows up,'' he said.The rink was closed six years ago for a $9.1 million rehabilitation that included landscaping and building a restaurant.

Enter the Donald. Repairs on the Wollman Rink in Central Park, built in 1955, were started in 1980 by a general contractor unconnected to Trump. 142 Reviews #230 of 1,279 things to do in New York City. July 4: Canadian manufacturer begins building two 35,000-pound refrigeration units. If the city does it, it will take 18 months. (Eventually, the voters did call the cops, in the form of Rudy Giuliani and Bill Bratton.) The premier message board site for Long Island's Suffolk and Nassau counties with a bent toward news, politics and fun. Trump, with Henry Stern, in 1986 at the Wollman RinkBefore Donald Trump became a celebrity, before he became The Donald, even before he was regularly pilloried in the pages of the old He did.
The agreement calls for … Mid-September: Refrigeration equipment installed.

June 17: Board of Estimate approves $3 million for Mr. Trump to rebuild rink, with developer to pay any additional costs.