Chelmsford Forum

North Billerica, MA · Public skating times & prices

Built in 1964 as UMass Lowell's Tully Forum, now the town of Chelmsford's high school and youth hockey rink

Public skating at Chelmsford Forum: the next 7 days

Monday, October 12

  • · Public Skate · $6

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate · $6

Thursday, October 15

  • · Public Skate · $6

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate · $6
  • · Public Skate · $6

Sunday, October 18

  • · Public Skate · $6
Address
2 Brick Kiln Rd, North Billerica, MA 01862
Phone
(978) 362-1023
Website
rinks.vahockey.com
Side elevation of the tan metal-sided arena building with red entrance and exit awnings and a "Chelmsford Forum Ice Arena" sign on the wall, under a clear sky. — Chelmsford Forum
Side elevation of the tan metal-sided arena building with red entrance and exit awnings and a "Chelmsford Forum Ice Arena" sign on the wall, under a clear sky. Photo: Valley Rinks (Chelmsford Forum operator site) · Source
The sheet along the glass and wooden bleachers, empty ice under a long roof lined with lights and banners hung from the beams. — Chelmsford Forum
The sheet along the glass and wooden bleachers, empty ice under a long roof lined with lights and banners hung from the beams. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

UMass Lowell's former Tully Forum

Chelmsford Forum was built in 1964 and stands in Billerica, just across the Chelmsford town line. UMass Lowell bought the arena with money appropriated by the state legislature, and it carried the name Tully Forum after state senator B. Joseph Tully. Lowell hockey played 18 seasons in the building and won the NCAA Division II national championship in 1981 and 1982.

The ice measures 185 by 85 feet and the stands hold 3,200; for the title game against Babson, Lowell sold 4,250 tickets anyway. The town of Chelmsford now owns the building. Chelmsford High School hockey, the Chelmsford Hockey Association and Tech Hockey, a co-op of Nashoba Tech, Greater Lowell Tech and Greater Lawrence Tech, call it home. Chelmsford Hockey Association, a non-profit youth program with in-house hockey, a girls program and travel teams for ages 8 to 18, runs its Learn to Skate sessions and in-house practices on this ice.

By January 1998, at the end of UMass Lowell's run in the building, the choice was demolition or a lease to the town of Chelmsford for youth and schoolboy hockey. The lease won out: FMC Ice Sports managed the rink from 1997 to 2018, and in March 2018 Valley Rinks took over, a group that also runs the Haverhill, Lawrence and Malden Valley Forums.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

The latest admission the rink posts is $6 per skater, for its September 3, 2024 through April 11, 2025 public-skating season.

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Booking & check-in

Public skating is limited to 30 skaters and an online reservation is required.

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Parking & arrival

The rink has its own parking lot, which staff clear of snow and ice along with the walkways and exits.

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Rink rules

Stick and puck is open to players of all ages, and helmets are required.

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