Ron Gabaldon, left, and Brian Rawlins hose down the rink while Josh Roach watches and manages the water in Acacia Park on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. The three employees from Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation took turns on the rink hosing it down to build up the ice.

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Brian Rawlins, from Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation, laughs while preparing the ice rink in Acacia Park on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Rawlins and his co-workers spent late nights and early mornings at the rink hosing it down to build up the ice.

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Ron Gabaldon, left, hoses down the rink to build up layers of ice while Brian Rawlins keeps the hose clear in Acacia Park on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. The team from Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation waited for the water to freeze before repeating the process multiple times a night over the weekend leading up to the ice rink opening.

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A sliver of morning light spears through gates at the Acacia Park ice rink to light up the ice the day before opening, on Monday, November 13, 2017.

(The Gazette, Nadav Soroker)

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Ron Gabaldon, left, and Brian Rawlins hose down the rink while Josh Roach watches and manages the water in Acacia Park on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. The three employees from Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation took turns on the rink hosing it down to build up the ice.

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Derek Hanes, right, and Michael Reel, workers with Colorado Springs Parks and Recreation, attach a banner for the ice rink in Acacia Park on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. City workers have built the ice rink, which gets bigger every year, five years in a row.

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