Scottish Curling and community group Glasgow Ice Centre have tabled a joint bid to buy the rink.
The consortium plans to keep the current rink open at Limekiln Road for the next five years while a new facility is built.Scottish Curling's chief executive Vincent Bryson said: "We've had extensive conversations with a variety of agencies over the past weeks and months.
"We believe this collaboration with Glasgow Ice Centre is our best bid to keep Ayr Ice Rink open for the next few years and keep ice sports activities going."Vincent Bryson said Scottish Curling had been involved in talks for months to keep the rink open Glasgow Ice Centre was founded as a charity in 2020 to improve health and wellbeing through leisure activities and ice rink sports.
Alan Hannah, chairman of the Glasgow Ice Centre, said: "We are excited about the possibility of saving ice sports in Ayrshire, and allowing its large community of ice users to continue doing the activities that they love in their local area. "By making an offer for Ayr Ice Rink we are acting within the remit of our charitable aims, and I hope the offer is welcomed by the rink's shareholders."
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