background. Similar setups Lasker Rink was the only convertible ice rink/pool facility in the United States for many years. McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, had a similar set up in 2013 and 2014. A similar indoor pool/rink, the Kobe Port Island Sport center, was built in Kobe, Japan, in 1981. The Osaka Pool in Osaka, Japan, also functions in this dual fashion. References External links Central Park Buildings and structures completed in the 1960s