The second sheet inside Cable Dahmer Arena, opened 2009, home of Heartland FSC and the KC Outlaws.
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Independence Community Ice is the second sheet of ice inside Cable Dahmer Arena, the 5,800-seat home of the ECHL's Kansas City Mavericks. Ground was broken on September 17, 2008, and the $60 million building, designed by Sink Combs Dethlefs, opened in November 2009 as the Independence Events Center, later renamed Silverstein Eye Centers Arena and then Cable Dahmer Arena. From October through April the complex can run two sheets of ice; from May through September it runs one.
The community rink is home to the KC Outlaws youth hockey organization, a member of the Mid America Hockey Association with teams from age 3 to 18, and to the Kansas City Knights high school club of the Mid America High School Hockey League. The Kansas City Hockey Club's AA travel program fields Squirt 10U, Peewee 12U and Bantam 14U teams, and John Scott Dickson is hockey director for the MAHA organization in Independence. Adults play in the Independence Adult Hockey League, a USA Hockey-sanctioned league.
Heartland Figure Skating Club, a U.S. Figure Skating member club, is the home club, and the Independence Skating Academy teaches the Learn to Skate USA curriculum. Heartland's Theatre on Ice winter show, The Nutcracker, reached its 10th annual production, rehearsed from October to early December and staged in the arena on December 6.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Public skate is $9 general / $7 child (12 and under) / $7 senior (55+) for Independence residents, and $10 / $8 / $8 for non-residents. Groups of 20+ pay $8 (resident) or $9 (non-resident). A 10-session prepay pass is $80 resident / $85 non-resident.
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Skate rental is $5 (same for residents and non-residents) and skate sharpening is $9. Rental is free for groups of 50 or more with a reservation.
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Stick & puck is $16 (resident) / $18 (non-resident), with 10-session passes at $140/$160, and is capped at 30 skaters for safety; half-ice games/drills are not permitted except for College/Juniors sessions. Adult Open Hockey requires full gear and is 18+.
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Public skate has no listed minimum age and no published adult-supervision or helmet requirement; child pricing starts at 12 and under.
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Parking for ticketed Cable Dahmer Arena events is $15 prepaid (a Ticketmaster add-on) or $25 on the day; parking for Kansas City Mavericks and Comets games is free.
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Independence Community Ice has run a free, low-sensory Adaptive Skate series for people with special needs and their families, with dimmed lights and no loud music; sleds and walkers are provided by Variety, the Children's Charity of Kansas City. The last posted 2026 date was September 13, and no later dates are listed.
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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.
