Albany County Hockey Facility

Public skating at Albany County Hockey Facility: the next 7 days

Currently out of season The County's RecDesk page for Public Skate says the public skate hours are on its calendar. On October 10, 2026 that calendar showed no public skate sessions from October 2026 to April 2027 (only Learn to Skate classes), so none are listed here yet. The facility page says the rink is open 10 months of the year. Official schedule update

Built in 1990 as a USA Hockey training center

The Albany County Hockey Facility was built in 1990 as a training center for the USA Hockey program. The 40,000-square-foot building has 500 permanent bleacher seats with room for another 250 portable ones, six locker rooms, a press room, a medical and training room and the Center Ice Café for concessions.

In the summer of 2015 the rink finished the first phase of a five-month renovation. It replaced the refrigeration system, cooling tower, under-floor heating and boards, swapped the old scoreboards for LED ones, added safety netting around the glass and, the biggest change of all, reduced the rink size from Olympic to NHL size. A constant ice temperature of 20 degrees is kept by ten miles of freon pipe laid beneath the ice.

The county runs a programme of recreational and competitive activities for all segments of the population. The facility is open year round and averages over 150 hours of activity per week.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.