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Ice Castle project is a force of nature

By Dennis Hines
Nov 14, 2018
Nov 14, 2018

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Jorge Ramirez, Ice Castle employee, pounds in some stakes as he helps construct the ice castle structure on Riviera Beach

Jorge Ramirez, Ice Castle employee, pounds in some stakes as he helps construct the ice castle structure on Riviera Beach. (Photo by Dennis Hines/Regional News)

By Dennis Hines

Ice Castle employee Joe Weiler does some digging work on Riviera Beach to prepare for the 30,000-square-foot ice structure

Ice Castle employee Joe Weiler does some digging work on Riviera Beach to prepare for the 30,000-square-foot ice structure. (Photo by Dennis Hines/Regional News)

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Paul Malinka, Ice Castle employee, does some digging work on Riviera Beach

Paul Malinka, Ice Castle employee, does some digging work on Riviera Beach, as Ice Castle CEO Ryan Davis looks on. (Photo by Dennis Hines/Regional News)

By Dennis Hines

Ryan Davis, Ice Castle CEO, Joe Wieler, Ice Castle employee, and Jesse Stone, site manager, discuss upcoming work that needs to be done to the ice structure

Ryan Davis, CEO of Ice Castle; Joe Wieler, Ice Castle employee; and Jesse Stone, site manager, discuss upcoming work that needs to be done to the ice castle structure. (Photo by Dennis Hines/Regional News)

By Dennis Hines

Juan Moreno ice castle worker

Riviera Beach in Lake Geneva slowly is transformed from sand to ice, as employee Juan Moreno grooms an area soon to be covered by the ice castle attraction under construction. (Photo by Scott Williams/Regional News)

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Ice castle construction Lake Geneva

With an iconic Lake Geneva tour boat still in dock, crews work on creating ice for the new ice castle attraction on Riviera Beach in Lake Geneva. (Photo by Scott Williams/Regional News)

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Assembling and maintaining an ice castle structure is not an exact science, and Mother Nature usually does most of the work.

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