Skaters will have to wait until after the New Year to lace up at Charles Clark Square.
Instead of laying down a layer of ice over the holidays - city workers will wait until it receives its synthetic ice surface.
It's expected to come on the week of Jan.13.
The facility manager says the downtown rink will be a pilot site for the city's efforts to prolong the length of the outdoor skating season.
Council agreed to spend $56,000 for the pad earlier this month.
