Oakland's city-owned two-rink center, opened March 1996, Sharks-run since 2007 and Alysa Liu's home rink.
In April 1995 Oakland's Redevelopment Agency signed a ground lease with a private developer team to build and operate the Oakland Ice Center, financing it with $11 million in tax-exempt bonds, and the rink opened in March 1996 in the city's Uptown district. The developers went under three months later, so the agency took ownership to keep the rink open while it searched for a new operator. The parent company of the San Jose Sharks took over in October 2007 and still manages the building.
The city-owned facility holds two sheets: an NHL-size rink of 200 by 85 feet and an Olympic-size rink of 200 by 100 feet. The Oakland Bears Hockey Club, a competitive travel organization and one of the oldest operating clubs in California, practices and plays here and fields teams at every available age group in the Northern California Youth Hockey Association. The figure-skating program covers lessons, ice dancing and synchronized skating. The San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club curled here until 2018.
It is the home practice rink of East Bay-raised figure skater Alysa Liu, who in 2019, at 13, became the youngest U.S. figure skating champion in history and retired at 16 after placing sixth at the 2022 Winter Olympics. As of March 2026 she still trains here as a newly crowned Olympic gold medalist.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
General admission $18.00 plus $9.00 skate rental ($27.00 total); seniors 55+ pay $13.00 admission, purchasable in house only. Oakland residents with ID and active or retired military with ID get 10% off general admission.
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Skate rental is $9.00 on top of the $18.00 general admission and is not included in it. Groups of 10 or more paying in one transaction pay $24.00 per person including rental.
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Skating aids for young children rent for $7.00 per half hour; they cannot be reserved in advance and must be bought at the front desk with a general admission pass, first come first served. Bucket sessions are no longer offered.
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Parking around the facility is limited and public transit is recommended, with the 19th Street BART station less than a block away. The Dalziel Garage on 16th Street is free with a front-desk promo code entered in ParkMobile, Monday to Friday 4:00 PM-1:00 AM and Saturday 8:00 AM-1:00 AM; the garage is closed Sundays, when street parking and the 18th Street Uptown Lot are free.
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