The Viking Rentals Centre's long timber-and-metal building with a grey gabled roof and a red sign panel, seen across a car park under a blue sky.Photo: Google Maps listing · SourceThe leisure ice arena: a free-form ice pad with a red-edged border under a white truss roof, a few distant skaters and holiday decorations along the far wall.Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
Home arena of the Okotoks Oilers
The Viking Rentals Centre is the Town of Okotoks's year-round arena building, with two NHL-size ice arenas, the Infinity Paving Arena (formerly the Green Arena) and the Gold Arena, plus a leisure ice arena and multi-use rooms. The Infinity Paving Arena opened in 2006 and is home to the Okotoks Junior A Oilers of the British Columbia Hockey League, Okotoks Minor Hockey and the Bow Mark MAAA Oilers. Its bowl seats 1,500, with room for 500 more standing, and a two-lane walking track about 200 metres long runs around the second level.
The Gold Arena opened in January 2018 for the Okotoks Minor Hockey Association, with bleachers for 300 and 291 standing spaces. It was built for sledge hockey: the players' entrance is level with the ice and the benches lift out, and Alberta sledge hockey teams hold camps here through the year.
Beyond league hockey, the main arena hosts tournaments, the Foothills Composite High School graduation and the annual Remembrance Day Service. The leisure arena is laid out as an interactive wintry pond for family skating, and fans can buy a spot for a hockey stick on the arena's stick mural.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Admission
Drop-in arena activities are included in Town recreation admission. Daily rate: CA$9 adults (18-59), CA$7 youth, students and seniors (60+), CA$3.75 children (6-11), CA$2.50 preschoolers (3-5), CA$18 two-adult family. Public toonie skates are open to all ages for a toonie, and senior toonie skates (60+) cost the same.
Public skating, leisure skating and sticks, rings and pucks are drop-in only. Shinny can be booked online up to 7 days ahead, and pre-booking is highly encouraged.
The Gold Arena was built for sledge hockey: the players' entrance is level with the ice, the benches can be removed, and sledge hockey is part of the arena drop-in activities.
CSA-approved helmets are mandatory for anyone under 18, skaters and non-skaters, during all public arena ice activities; helmets are recommended but not required for adults.