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Coolest Place in Town By: Jai Gilliland, Pavilion Manager at Greenville County Parks, Recreation & Tourism In 2015, a catastrophic failure For 30 years, the Pavilion to the ice system occurred Recreation Complex has offered and resulted in the need of many different recreation renovations to the Pavilion. opportunities to the residents Phase I of the project was of Upstate South Carolina. completed as the ice rink was The Pavilion has gone through converted to a state of the art changes throughout the years system to present optimal ice and plays host to multiple for the many different user user groups. It had been an groups. With an exceptional integral avenue in reaching ice surface now, the next step the people in the community was to further each guests’ through the multitude of options recreational experience for recreation such as: ice by updating the facility’s skating, adult and youth ice Skating at the Pavilion in the 1990s amenities. This next step would hockey, figure skating, curling, be on hold until 2020. badminton, table tennis, volleyball, pickle ball, indoor soccer, lacrosse, etc. To help On March 1, 2020 the Pavilion closed its doors for 7 months progress the recreation experience for anyone who visited the to undergo the widely anticipated Phase II of its renovation Pavilion, a renovation plan was put into place. project. Phase II of this renovation would be led by the
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