Playland Ice Casino

Case Study
Playland Ice Casino, Rye, New York
Horizon Polycarbonate System
HISTORY:
Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987, the Playland “Ice Casino”, was built in 1929, originally
containing a main ice rink as well as a full dance floor on the second level that functioned as a dance
hall through the 1940s and '50s. It also had a full-service fine-dining restaurant and an outdoor café.
Until 2002, the New York Rangers
hockey team practiced at the
Playland Ice Casino. Playland
appears in scenes from many
major motion pictures such as The
Muppets Take Manhattan, Fatal
Attraction, and most notably it
was the amusement park featured
at the end of the 1988 movie Big
starring Tom Hanks. The scenes where the Zoltar the Magnificent
fortune teller machine returns the adult Tom Hanks to his original childhood
age was filmed on Playland’s boardwalk. Zoltar the Magnificent is still in
operation today!
CHALLENGE:
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the shores of New York and
New Jersey, claiming parts of Rye Playland’s boardwalk, causing flooding and
substantial damage to the Ice Casino. As part of the reconstruction efforts,
the Casino’s old wooden shingle roof was to be replaced with a new standing
seam metal roof along with finding a better solution for the rubberized fabric
perimeter which was not energy efficient and provided very little natural
daylight. Because of the limited restoration budget, replacement costs and
installation time were crucial. Wasco’s sales representative, Fontana Metal
Sales Corp. presented the general contractor, MILCON Const. Corp, with
an alternative option than originally specified utilizing Wasco’s Horizon
Polycarbonate System.
SOLUTION:
The Playland Ice Casino’s new metal roof with
Wasco’s Horizon Polycarbonate system, with light
being transmitted through diamond windows
along the outside perimeter.
MILCON chose Wasco’s 20mm Lean-To Horizon Polycarbonate, a dry glazed,
standing seam system with proven energy saving solar and thermal properties.
The translucent Horizon System is constructed of lightweight, impact
resistant, UV protected polycarbonate panels. Wasco’s Horizon was chosen
over the system originally specified for three very important reasons:
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Case Study
1) 30 to 40% savings in labor costs. Wasco’s Horizon Polycarbonate System provided a much quicker,
simpler, installation due to the fact that they were able to use the existing structure and supports to
simply “skin” the structure, where as the competitor would have had to build a whole framing system
requiring purlin tubes for support. Wasco’s Horizon standing seam construction also required no
outside fasteners which eliminated leaking and saved time and labor.
2) 10% savings in material costs. Using the existing structure and support system provided a 10%
reduction in material costs.
3) Greater daylight. Wasco’s Horizon Polycarbonate System was shown to provide greater natural
daylight than the originally specified competitor, which was critical since all the available daylight from
the roof had to be transmitted through the diamond shaped window system on the interior which
runs along the casino perimeter.
The old rubberized fabric perimeter was not energy efficient and provided very little natural daylight vs. the new Horizon Polycarbonate System by Wasco.
Fontana Metal Sales
Corporation
Fontana Metal Sales Corp. was founded in 1960 as a manufacturers’ representative for construction products in the New York
City and New Jersey metropolitan area. We are proud to represent the leading manufacturers in their respective product lines. The
manufacturers that we represent provide the highest quality products and excellent service at competitive prices. Along with our
support services such as design assistance, takeoffs, coordination, problem solving and others, we believe Fontana Metal Sales Corp. and
its products are your best value.
Fontana Metal Sales Corp. • 3120 Expressway Drive S • Islandia, N.Y. 11749 • Telephone: (631) 231-7030 • Fax: (631) 231-7160
[email protected] • www.fontanametalsales.com
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Wasco Products, Inc. 85 Spencer Drive, Unit A PO Box 559 Wells, ME 04090