Ernie Starr Arena

Calgary, AB · Public skating times & prices

One 185-by-85-foot sheet with 300 seats, named for Calgary alderman Ernest Starr

Public skating at Ernie Starr Arena: the next 7 days

Currently out of season The City lists the rink as open for its October to March prime season. Its page names free public skates on Thanksgiving Day, October 12, 2026, from 1 to 2:15 p.m. and from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.; regular public skating sessions are not listed yet. Official schedule update

Address
4808 14 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2A 0V1
Phone
311 / 403-268-2489
Website
calgary.ca
Ernie Starr Arena's glass-fronted entrance with a red fascia band and grey block walls, partly screened by tall spruce trees, with a sponsor sign at right. — Ernie Starr Arena
Ernie Starr Arena's glass-fronted entrance with a red fascia band and grey block walls, partly screened by tall spruce trees, with a sponsor sign at right. Photo: City of Calgary · Source
Empty ice at Ernie Starr Arena, City of Calgary Recreation lettered at centre beneath a steel-truss roof and blue columns — Ernie Starr Arena
Empty ice at Ernie Starr Arena, City of Calgary Recreation lettered at centre beneath a steel-truss roof and blue columns Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Named for alderman Ernest Starr

Ernie Starr Arena, in the community of Forest Lawn, is named in honour of Ernest Henry Starr, a Calgary alderman who died on November 10, 1981. Starr arrived in Calgary in 1920 and founded Starr's Ambulance Service, which he ran for many years. He was first elected to Calgary City Council in 1940 and served twenty-one years in total, spread across four separate periods between 1941 and 1966.

The arena itself is a single-sheet City of Calgary building: one 185-by-85-foot artificial ice surface, with spectator seating for 300 people around it. Minor and adult ice sport leagues are the regular users of the ice. Next door to the arena are Bob Bahan Aquatic & Fitness Centre and Forest Lawn Athletic Park.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

City of Calgary public skating & shinny hockey single visit: adult (18-64) CA$6.30; senior (65+) CA$4.50; youth (13-17) CA$3.20; child (6-12) CA$2.80; preschool (0-5) free; family CA$12.90; single-parent family CA$9.20. All fees include GST. 10x passes: CA$59.20 adult, CA$42.50 senior, CA$30.10 youth, CA$26.30 child, CA$121.20 family, CA$86.50 single-parent family.

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Booking & check-in

Public skating is drop-in. Single admissions and 10x passes can be bought at the arena front desk or online through the City's Live and Play site, but an online purchase does not guarantee entry when the facility is at capacity and you may have to wait.

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Skating with children

At City public skates, skaters 17 and under must wear a helmet (CSA-approved hockey helmet recommended) and it is recommended for adults. Children under eight must be accompanied on the ice by someone 14 or older. Skates or ice cleats are required, and skating aids, sledges and wheelchairs are permitted on public-skate ice.

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Accessibility

Ernie Starr Arena has three designated accessible parking spaces, a ground-level front entrance with automatic sliding doors, and a single floor. There is a flex change room with an accessible washroom and a spectator-side ramp for wheelchair seating; change-room and meeting-room doors are not power operated.

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Rink rules

For public skate, participants 17 years and under must wear a helmet; a CSA-approved hockey helmet is recommended.

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