Admission
Skating costs $10 with skate rental included, or $5 with your own skates.
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Lock 3 Ice Rinks
Two seasonal outdoor rinks in Akron's Lock 3 Park, open each winter from the day after Thanksgiving
Public skating at Lock 3 Ice Rinks: the next 7 days
Currently out of season Lock 3's ice rinks re-open for Winterblast on November 27, 2026 and run through February 15, 2027. Official schedule update
- Address
- 200 S Main St, Akron, OH 44308
- Phone
- (330) 375-2877
- Website
- akronohio.gov
Akron's downtown winter rinks at Lock 3
Lock 3 opened in 2003 beside the Akron Civic Theatre on Main Street, a downtown park that drops 17 feet from street level to the Ohio & Erie Canal. It has since drawn more than 2 million visitors, and more than $17 million has gone into renovating it, a redesign that grew out of the national Reimagining Civic Commons initiative.
Each winter the park sets up two seasonal outdoor ice-skating rinks for Winterblast. The season starts the day after Thanksgiving with the Welcome Santa Parade, the lighting of the City's tree and fireworks, and runs into mid-February. Alongside the skaters, eight ice bumper cars run at a time, and ice bikes, with a blade in front and a wheel behind, share the surface; hockey is not allowed.
Holiday Lane shows vintage holiday displays from O'Neil's and Polsky's, Akron's old department stores, and Archie, the 22-foot talking snowman, greets visitors each season.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Skates & rentals
Rental skates run from child 9 to adult 13; double-blade buckle skates that attach to a child's shoes (youth sizes 6-13) are $8.
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Booking & check-in
Every skater must sign a waiver to enter the rink, online (child or adult waiver) or at Skate Rental.
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Skating with children
Skate aids are free for 30 minutes for ages 8 and under, with a valid driver's license held as a deposit.
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Parking & arrival
The closest parking deck is the State Street Deck at 51 W. State St.
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Accessibility
Lock 3 is accessible from the State Street parking deck (elevator to B) and from the Cascade Parking Deck (exit the south doors to Lock 4 and continue to Lock 3).
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