This post is sponsored by Rochester MN Parks & Recreation
PLEASE NOTE: Rochester MN Parks and Recreation maintains outdoor hockey and public ice skating rinks and warming sheds throughout the City. Â All Rochester MN Outdoor Rinks are now open for the 2024-2025 season!
Rochester MN Guide to Ice Skating
ROCHESTER MN PARKS & RECREATION
The Parks & Recreation Department maintains outdoor hockey and public skating rinks and warming sheds throughout the City. Outdoor hockey and public skating rinks open in mid-December every year, weather permitting. Conditions of the outdoor rinks will fluctuate depending on the weather. Maintenance of the outdoor rinks will conclude in late February/early March 2025, depending on the weather.
Skating at the Oval
Location: Soldiers Field Park
TIme:Â Saturdays and Sundays, 12 – 4 PM
Parks and Recreation will offer skate rentals on Saturdays & Sundays from 12-4 PM at the Soldiers Field Rink East Warming House starting on Jan. 4, 2025 and each following weekend until the end of February (weather permitting).
Outdoor Rinks
Please note that ice conditions can change due to fluctuating temperatures. The warming house at Soldiers Field is open on Saturdays and Sundays when ice skates are being offered. The ice rinks themselves are generally maintained through late February or early March, depending on the weather.
Current rink information can be found on the City of Rochester’s Outdoor Rinks Page. The outdoor rink season typically concludes in late February/early March
**There is one studio rink location, where hockey is NOT allowed.**
Cook Park: 722 7th Street NW (NO Lights)
NO HOCKEY ALLOWED
**Hockey is allowed at the following outdoor rinks.**
Allendale Park: 1895 Allendale Park Lane NW (Lights)
Rink Size: 80’x160′
Manor Park:Â 4238 Manor Park Drive NW (Lights)
Rink Size: 70’x160′
Lincolnshire Park:Â 5276 Members Parkway NW (Lights)
Rink Size:Â 70’x160′
Viking Park: 2550 2nd Avenue NW (Lights)
Rink Size:Â 70’x160′
Northern Heights Park:Â 900 22nd Street NE (Lights)
Rink Size:Â 70’x160′
Withers Sports Complex (2 rinks):Â 2021 Mayowood Road SW (Lights)
Rink Sizes: 80’x200′ & 60’x150′
Soldiers Field Park (2 rinks): 450 Soldiers Field Drive SW (Lights, Skate Rental from 12 PM – 4 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, Warming House on the East Side of the park only during skate rental)
Rink Size: 80’x200′
The above ice skating rinks are great for broomball too!
Ice Skating and Skate Rental at the Oval
Opening January 4th, 2025
Continuing on the success of the last few years…you can now skate around the running track at Soldiers Field Park. Ice skates will also be available to rent from 12 PM – 4 PM on Saturdays and Sundays at the Soldiers Field Rink East Warming House starting on January 4th and each following weekend until the end of February (weather permitting).
Indoor Rinks + Ice Skating Schedule
Fair weather fan?  Want to enjoy outdoor sports from the comfort of indoors?  Rochester’s indoor ice arenas are the perfect place to lace up and avoid the windy outdoor temps!  The Rochester Rec Center has two rinks that offer open skating times.
Rec Center Admission: $6/person
Skate Rental: $3
For information about when public open skate is available, please click here for the schedule.
Equipment
Are you looking for equipment? Â Maybe you’re not suited up for ice skating yet? Ama la Vita (formerly Blades to Ballet) SCHEELS, and Sports Headquarters are three great places to find skates locally (and skate sharpening too)! We also suggest checking the Facebook Marketplace for used skates.
Lessons
Rochester Figure Skating Club offers Learn2Skate and Learn2Skate for Hockey classes, geared toward sharing the fun and fundamentals of skating. Classes are available for all ages (preschoolers through adults) and skill levels (beginners through advanced). Lessons take place year-round inside the Recreation Center.
Olmsted Medical Center’s Sports Medicine and Athletic Performance Program offers Hockey Skills Training and Hockey Ultimate Training (HUT). The focus is on proper hockey techniques to be more efficient, creating less stress on the body, and lowering the risk of injury, while improving the fundamentals of hockey. They also offer a learn-to-skate program.
