Besides offering a good time for residents, one of the rink's main goals is encourage people to spend more time this holiday season shopping and eating locally.
Outgoing Mayor Sam Liccardo says he hopes it'll provide a boost to small businesses - many of which are still struggling.
"Being able to bring people back out onto the sidewalks, into the public spaces again, helps revitalize our stores as well. And we want folks to be shopping local, not just sitting behind a screen," said Liccardo. In the past, this was the site of the city's ice skating rink. But this year, due to a variety of factors, people are hanging up their ice skates for roller skates.
"It's a little better to the earth. It also ended up being much more feasible for the downtown association to pull off. The ice skating rink was costing a lot of money. There were a lot of logistical challenges," said Liccardo."I'd say the roller blading better because I'm better at it a little more," said skater Max Hernandez.
So whether you're lacing up your old skates for a spin around the rink, or trying to check things off your holiday shopping list, city leaders say they hope you'll do it in San Jose."San Jose is such a unique place in the sense you have people who have been here generations upon generations. But one of things I've found out is so many people are coming in that are relatively new to San Jose, and they're like, wow this place is amazing.
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