Bowling Green's covered downtown rink at the SOKY Center pavilion, a winter tradition since 2016.
Currently out of season The published winter skating season opens November 20, 2026 and runs through January 31, 2027. Official schedule update
SoKY Ice Rink is a temporary rink installed each winter under the covered pavilion at 6th and Center in downtown Bowling Green, the space formerly called the SoKY Marketplace. It began as a partnership: Wiesemann Orthodontics as lead sponsor, with Warren County Government, the SoKY Marketplace and volunteers from the Warren County Inline Hockey League, who together install the ice. Its first season drew sixteen thousand patrons from around the region, including Tennessee, and other communities later came asking how to set up rinks of their own.
The rink has had interruptions. It did not open in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2021 it reopened only to cancel the rest of the season after the December tornadoes. In 2025 the pavilion and adjacent building became the SOKY Center, a small-business hub run by the Warren County Public Library, and Judge-Executive Doug Gorman opened the rink's ninth season there.
The 6,000-square-foot sheet holds 175 skaters, framed by colored LED lights, Christmas trees and snowflake lighting projected onto the ice. "It's just such a positive place here," one visitor said on opening day in 2025.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Rates on the county page, which still describes the 2025-26 season: adults $12, children under 12 $10, children under 4 free. WKU students get $2 off on Thursdays with a valid ID, military and emergency responders get $2 off, and a season pass is $125.
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Skate rental is included in admission. Hockey and figure skates come in regular sizes 1-15, junior sizes 8-13 and junior double-blade sizes 10-12.
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Each ticket covers one skate session and includes skate rental. Cash, credit and debit are accepted, and gift tickets are sold during regular hours.
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All ages are welcome. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult and must wear a helmet.
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Free parking is available in the garage on College Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. On days when SKyPAC hosts an event, the pavilion parking lot is closed but the rink stays open.
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