BUFFALO, N.Y., USA -- The ice maze built for the
2010 Buffalo Powder Keg Winter Festival measured 12,855.68
square feet - setting the new world
record for the Largest Ice Maze.
The world's
Largest Ice Maze features over 2100 blocks of ice.
Each weighs 300 pounds. The center of the maze is shaped like
a buffalo, and it is decorated with blue and red lights. "We can't wait to bring people down
here and show them what a great festival this will be," festival
co-chair Jeff Empric said.
The previous Guinness world
record for Largest Ice Mazewas set in 2005
when the 8,280-square-foot Pontiac Ice Maze was constructed
in Toronto.
When organizers of the Buffalo festival
decided to go for the record, they found out the Toronto maze
cost more than $300,000.
But Buffalo was able to pull of the feat
thanks to donations and volunteers. Volunteers from Roaming
Buffaloes Adventure Club set up the whole festival
with cooperation from the city and county.
Artic
Glacierice company donated the 2,200, 300-pound blocks
of ice. Local businesses and foundations chipped in with $20,000
to have the ice trucked to HSBC plaza.
Founders of the festival say this
is a way to use Buffalo's snowy reputation for some positive
attention. "It's all for Buffalo and Western
New York, to try to give us a good name with our winter reputation
that we have," said Jeff Empric, founder of Roaming Buffaloes,
the social networking club behind the festival and the world's
Largest Ice Maze.
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