滚筒圆顶乐观业务的所有者将滑冰成功

在作为企业主的新职业赌博后，在斯普里菲尔德（Spryfield）的Upshaw滚筒圆顶的所有者兼运营商Shane Upshaw表示，他是乐观的哈利法克斯（Halifax）唯一的室内滑冰舞台，将很受欢迎。

四个孩子的父亲正为一家灌溉公司工作，当时他决定离开工作并开始自己的生意，该公司安装地下水喷水机。

“Honestly, if it doesn’t work I’m going be out a lot of money,” Upshaw said in an interview with the Examiner. “I’m putting my whole family in the community’s hands basically because if people don’t show up this won’t work.”

Upshaw说，他和女友正在寻找过去的时间时，他首先想到在Covid锁定期间打开溜冰场。

“I was tired of being in the house and she wanted to start roller skating again. I was like, ‘Well, I like roller skating but I’m not going on the sidewalks and I’m not going down the skatepark with all the little kids.’”

Upshaw said he went on YouTube and noticed other roller skating businesses operating in the US. That’s when he said he decided he’d open his own.

他说：“我只是去了。”

在滚筒圆顶开放之前，几个月开始传播消息。Upshaw主持了一次筹款活动，在社交媒体上说出了消息，他出现在全球新闻早晨。

当他订购的溜冰鞋没有按时到达时，Upshaw遇到了一些挫折。尽管如此，Upshaw的滚筒圆顶在加拿大日正式开业。

“我们每天都会吸引更多的人，” Upshaw说。“我们有一对来自瑞典的夫妇进来。昨天我们有一个来自蒙克顿的家庭。每天都在接。”

As a Black business owner, Upshaw said he’s “a little bit” surprised he hasn’t had more Black customers.

“There’s a [Black] family from the States that moved down here, and then there are four other brothers who have come here,” he said. “Other than that there hasn’t been any support from the Black community at all.”

“都是高加索人，很好。种族永远不会与我无关。欢迎大家。”

He said business has been steady with a lot of older people who used to roller skate getting back into it.

“我知道冬天会捡起,因为你可以的t roller skate anywhere in the winter because of the snow or it’s too cold,” he said. “It’s more of an evening thing, I think.”

“前几天我们在这里有几个聚会，孩子们如此欣喜若狂。太棒了。”

Upshaw said the roller dome is a family business.

“I have four kids. My oldest daughter works here and my son wants to work here,” Upshaw said. “My youngest, she just hangs out and helps all day. And my uncle is my manager.”

Upshaw说，他每天都在升级到该设施。他最近安装了地板灯，并且正在获得卖方出售食物的许可。

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