With the opening if City Plaza in downtown Raleigh looming around the corner, all this talk about an ice skating rick going in gives me chills (in a good way). About one year ago the city began construction on the outdated block on Fayetteville Street. Now we have businesses signing leases to be a part of the new happening place.
October 24, 2009, City Plaza will officially open. It will host numerous events and permanent vendors. Some of the vendors all ready to move in include Jimmy John’s, Krispy Crème, and The Collector’s Gallery (NC crafts and jewelry). Some of the events that are being planned are craft fairs, a farmer’s market, book fairs, concerts and an ice skating rink.
With architectural design elements like an interactive water fountain and four sky high LED lights, this place will be the new happening spot for all types of people to meet, have dinner and have an artful experience downtown. Local residents will be able to walk downtown, pick up fresh produce, enjoy a freshly prepared dinner and watch a free concert.
This will all help give Fayetteville Street a name as “North Carolina’s Main Street” and further enhance Downtown Raleigh’s art scene.
How about this for a holiday “night on the town”; a candle light downtown tour, followed by some ice skating at City Plaza and a sleigh ride while snuggling up to your loved one. Yes, I said an ice skating rink!
“Oh yeah, real ice,” said Downtown Raleigh Alliance CEO David Diaz, “It’s going to be great.”