Cornerstone CFCU Arena

Lockport, NY · Public skating times & prices

Two NHL sheets opened in 2014 on a long-vacant downtown Lockport site, ending a 17-year gap without hockey

Public skating at Cornerstone CFCU Arena: the next 7 days

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate

Sunday, October 18

  • · Public Skate
Address
1 Grigg Lewis Way, Lockport, NY 14094
Phone
(716) 438-7698
Website
cornerstoneicearena.com
Arena's twin-gabled entrance pavilion in brick and stone — Cornerstone CFCU Arena
Arena's twin-gabled entrance pavilion in brick and stone Photo source: lockportny.gov
Entrance gable at dusk, uplit under a steep blue-trimmed roof — Cornerstone CFCU Arena
Entrance gable at dusk, uplit under a steep blue-trimmed roof Photo source: lockportny.gov
An empty sheet seen from the corner of the boards, white ice with a centre circle and yellow-edged boards under a high steel-trussed roof. — Cornerstone CFCU Arena
An empty sheet seen from the corner of the boards, white ice with a centre circle and yellow-edged boards under a high steel-trussed roof. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Downtown Lockport's twin-rink arena, opened 2014

Cornerstone CFCU Arena brought hockey back to Lockport for the first time since the Kenan Arena closed 17 years earlier. Ground was broken on October 29, 2013 on a downtown site that had once held a Sears, a Twin Fair and a supermarket and had sat vacant for more than ten years; the doors opened about a year later. The arena was the dream of William "Ben" May, a Lockport attorney and founding director of the Grigg-Lewis Foundation, which put $4 million into the $14 million project. It is not a city building: the not-for-profit Lockport Ice Arena & Sports Center, Inc. owns it.

The building is 93,500 square feet with two NHL-sized rinks, both sled-hockey accessible, and seating for 630 spectators. The Lockport Lock Monsters youth hockey organization is based here, Lockport High School's hockey team practices and plays here, and local figure skating clubs share the ice year round. The first game in the building was played by the Lockport Express Junior A team, which has since folded.

The building also hosts community traditions such as the First Night New Year's Eve celebration, and its tenth anniversary in 2024 came with an estimate of more than 150,000 players, parents and spectators passing through each year.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public Skate general admission at Cornerstone CFCU Arena is $8 per skater, with children 4 and under free with adult admission.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rentals for Public Skate at Cornerstone CFCU Arena are available for $5.

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Booking & check-in

Advanced online registration is required for Public Skate at Cornerstone CFCU Arena.

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Skating with children

Helmets are recommended for beginner skaters at Cornerstone CFCU Arena's Public Skate.

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Accessibility

Cornerstone CFCU Arena is one of approximately 25 facilities across the country that is fully sled accessible.

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Rink rules

Helmets are recommended for beginner skaters.

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