Opened in October 2004 in the former Dunedin Stadium; billed as the world's most southern Olympic-sized rink
Dunedin Ice Stadium opened in October 2004 in St Kilda, in the former Dunedin Stadium whose basketball and netball tenants had left in the mid-1990s. Its Olympic-sized 60 m by 30 m sheet is named after ice sports pioneer Corinne Gilkison, and the arena is described as the most southern Olympic-sized ice rink in the world.
It replaced The Big Chill, the city's first indoor rink, which opened at Kaikorai Valley in 1984 and had closed by 2002. The curling club, the hockey association and the skating club formed Ice Sports Dunedin in December 2002 to build a new one. A four-lane curling rink followed in 2006, and the mezzanine Gamble Lounge was finished in 2009, the year the stadium hosted the IIHF World Championship Division III.
Today the stadium is the home venue of the Phoenix Thunder in the New Zealand Ice Hockey League and the Dunedin Thunder in the women's league.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Public skating is NZ$18 for an adult, NZ$16 for a student with ID, NZ$15 for a child (5-16) and NZ$10 for a preschooler, with NZ$12 for Gold Card and Community Services Card holders and NZ$60 for a family of four, according to the stadium's admission prices.
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Helmets, which are mandatory for all public skaters, are provided free in a range of sizes; hire skates cost nothing extra and polar bear skating aids are NZ$5 each.
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Door sales are available, and visits, memberships and concession cards can also be booked online.
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Preschoolers under 5 must be accompanied by an adult.
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There is free parking on site.
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