Park Ridge's Oakton Ice Arena, rebuilt as the Oakton Sports Complex and reopened in August 2025.
Oakton Ice Arena at 2800 W. Oakton had served Park Ridge skaters for 53 years by the time its mechanical systems, ice floor, dasher boards and building envelope had all outlived their useful life. After a five-year planning process from 2017 to 2022, slowed by the pandemic, the park district broke ground in March 2024 and opened the rebuilt Oakton Sports Complex in August 2025.
The complex pairs a completely renovated main rink with a new studio rink, an indoor turf field, a training room, a walking track, multipurpose rooms and concessions with an outdoor patio, and it was built to meet ADA and Illinois accessibility codes. A 638 kW solar array of 1,082 panels on the turf and studio rink roofs is now active.
Oakton is home to the Northern Express Hockey Association's travel teams, the Park Ridge Speed Skating Club, which has been skating for more than 40 years, and the park district's year-round skating school.
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Public Skate (all ages) daily admission is $7. 2026 skating passes (valid September 2, 2025 - December 31, 2026): residents $95 first family member, $60 each additional; non-residents $125 first family member, $90 each additional.
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Skate rental (all ages) is $4.
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Stick & Puck sessions on the Studio Rink are $12 and must be registered online or in person in advance through a Park District household account; coaches who want to skate must also register and pay. Public skate admission itself is paid on arrival with no reservation mentioned.
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At Stick & Puck, skaters under 18 must wear full hockey gear and adults must wear at least a helmet and gloves; pucks and nets are provided.
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The Park Ridge Park District's rebuild of Oakton Sports Complex included expanded parking.
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Park Ridge Park District will make reasonable accommodations for participants with disabilities in its programs and asks patrons to contact the ADA Supervisor at least 10 business days before a program to arrange accommodations; the Illinois Relay System (711) is available for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing. The rebuilt Oakton complex added an elevator for accessibility to the second-floor Olympic Room.
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