The front of the ice center at dusk: a glass-walled two-storey entrance with wood-panel trim, "GLENVIEW COMMUNITY ICE CENTER" lettering along the façade, and a few people with hockey bags at the doors beside the drop-off lane.Photo: Glenview Park District · SourceThe full sheet and centre-ice logo from above the glassPhoto source: glenviewparks.orgA full NHL-sized sheet from ice level with faceoff circles and blue lines in view, a group of young players in a lesson by the far boards, orange cones on the ice, a scoreboard on the end wall and a band of daylight windows above the boards.Photo: Glenview Park District · Source
Rebuilt and reopened in September 2020
The Glenview Community Ice Center reopened in September 2020 after a $29.4 million renovation that Glenview Park District voters approved at a bond referendum in March 2018. The old ice center covered 49,840 square feet and had one NHL-sized rink and one half-size studio rink. Skaters first used the new ice on September 8, 2020, at a freestyle session that started at six in the morning.
The 85,552-square-foot building has two full NHL-sized rinks, one of them with heated stands, and a 90-by-60 studio rink; large panels along the side let natural light into the rink without heating the ice. The Glenview Jr. Stars and the Glenview Stars, both park district affiliates, skate primarily out of the building, and the Glenview Blades synchronized skating teams are based here.
Sylvain Turcotte has directed the hockey program since 1987 and was inducted into the Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame in January 2020. Figure skaters return twice a year for The Freeze, a Compete USA event in mid-February, and the Chicago Open, a non-qualifying event in late July.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Admission
Public Skate is included in the Annual Skate Pass or $8 admission. Tot Skate, for ages 5 and under with an adult, is $8 admission per pair, plus $4 for each additional child. Themed skates on the facility calendar are $10 admission per skater. The Annual Skate Pass is valid one year from purchase and covers Public, Cosmic, Tot and themed skates: Individual $106 resident or $132 nonresident; Senior $74 resident or $93 nonresident; family passes for 2 to 6+ members run $138 to $241 resident and $172 to $301 nonresident.
Tot Skate is for children ages 5 and younger with an adult. Admission is $8 per pair, plus $4 per additional child; rentals are $4. Toys and stick-and-puck activity are allowed during this session.
The ice center has its own lot at 1851 Landwehr Rd. During the school year the park district sells overflow parking permits letting Glenbrook South students park in that lot, with permit holders confined to designated parking areas.
