Yost Ice Arena

Ann Arbor, MI · Public skating times & prices

Yost began as the largest indoor building on any US campus and has had ice since 1973

Public skating at Yost Ice Arena: the next 7 days

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate

Sunday, October 18

  • · Public Skate
Address
1116 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone
734-764-6400
Website
yost.umich.edu
The red-brick Yost building on South State Street in sunshine, with its rows of tall arched windows, a stone-capped brick gateway and the corner entrance. — Yost Ice Arena
The red-brick Yost building on South State Street in sunshine, with its rows of tall arched windows, a stone-capped brick gateway and the corner entrance. Photo: Michael Barera, Wikimedia Commons · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0
The ice from the upper seating during a Michigan hockey game, with the steel roof trusses, NCAA championship banners, the scoreboard and a crowd in the stands. — Yost Ice Arena
The ice from the upper seating during a Michigan hockey game, with the steel roof trusses, NCAA championship banners, the scoreboard and a crowd in the stands. Photo: Kyvuh, Wikimedia Commons · Source · CC0

A 1923 field house turned hockey arena in 1973

Yost was built in 1923 as the Yost Field House, the largest indoor building of its kind on any campus in the United States, and was dedicated on November 10, 1923. It was named in honor of Fielding Harris Yost, legendary coach of Michigan's football teams, and it was home to Michigan's great track teams of the 1950s and the Cazzie Russell-led basketball teams of the mid-1960s.

A renovation converted it to an ice arena in 1973, and the first ice hockey game was played on November 2, 1973. It has since been home to Michigan hockey, the men's and women's club teams, the synchronized skating club team, area high school teams, recreational leagues, the intramural hockey and broomball leagues and a variety of other community and university ice programs.

A major renovation came in the summer of 1996, and a 294-seat club level balcony and lounge was added perched above the east side stands. The 2012 renovation essentially gutted the facility while restoring the windows throughout. In 2017 the regents approved naming the ice rink the Red Berenson Rink at Yost Ice Arena.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public skate pricing is $10 for adults and $5 for students, kids, faculty and staff.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental is $5 and skate sharpening is $10.

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Booking & check-in

Arrive early for public skate, because your size of rental skate could be rented out.

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Accessibility

The 2012 renovation added ADA accessible seating.

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