Update / Follow-up on the news : ALISO VIEJO : Delays Postpone Opening of Ice Rink

Issue: Opening of south Orange County’s first ice-skating rink.

Background: Several local investors pleased thousands of South County residents when they announced plans to open the Ice Palace in a local light industrial park. The investors had hoped to open the rink Sept. 15. Hundreds of children swamped the site to sign up for hockey leagues and figure-skating lessons.

Development: Due to delays by the ice manufacturer, the rink did not open as scheduled. Co-owner John Rudenski said the company, based in Pittsburgh, had trouble getting started on time because it was busy building ice rinks elsewhere in the world. He said he now expects the rink to open sometime this winter.

--COMPILED BY ALAN EYERLY, LYNN FRANEY AND JON NALICK