Ice 11 metres below the 2008 Olympic swimming venue, open all year
Ice Cube Ice Sports Center lies 11 metres below the south plaza of the National Aquatics Center, the Water Cube of the 2008 Games, and is entered through the umbrella-shaped structure on the plaza. It opened for trial operation on 1 August 2022, after the building had served as the curling venue of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and its operator describes the Water Cube as the only double-Olympic venue able to offer both water and ice sports.
The centre has two surfaces: a 1,830 square metre standard sheet and a curling hall of four standard lanes, each 45 by 5 metres, in about 8,000 square metres of building. A 2022 Beijing Daily report said the president of the World Curling Federation called the hall one of the best places to play the sport.
Public skating is a two-hour session that includes skates, protective gear and a locker. Since 1 March 2026 the centre has kept one set of hours all year, 10:00 to 20:00, with the last entry at 18:30.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
A skating ticket costs CN¥90 a person and covers 120 minutes on the ice, timed at the gates, with skates, protective gear and a locker; it is valid on the day of purchase only. Overtime is CN¥15 for 5 to 30 minutes, CN¥35 for 30 to 60 minutes and CN¥70 beyond that.
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Skates, protective gear and a temporary locker come with the ticket; a skating aid costs CN¥50 an hour extra.
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A child under 14 can swap a skating ticket for one free accompanying ticket, and further accompanying tickets cost CN¥10 each; they cannot be bought alone and do not allow skating.
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