Built on the site of Elora's 1934 arena, opened eight months after the old rink burned down
No public skating is posted for the next 7 days. New sessions show here as soon as the rink posts them.
The Jefferson Elora Community Centre stands where Elora's 1934 arena was built. The village's earlier arena on Chalmers Street, owned by the Elora Recreation Co., was destroyed by fire on June 6, 1933. The village leased part of a park at the west end of the David Street bridge for a replacement, and the new building was planned and built in less than eight months. Its official opening on January 24, 1934, had Foster Hewitt representing the Ontario Hockey Association and a game between Elora and Georgetown.
The 1934 arena measured 206 by 90 feet, with seating for 1,000 and a steel-clad building on laminated wooden trusses. The Elora Curling Club had its own ice in a wing on the east side. The Elora Rocks, an intermediate B team of the late 1930s, often packed the building. Refrigeration came later, paid for by fundraising among the village's service clubs and societies during 1960 and 1961.
The arena was demolished in 1970 after failing to pass safety standards, and Elora joined Nichol and Pilkington townships to build a new one in the same place. That building was extensively renovated and renamed, with a new ice pad, boards, glass and refrigeration equipment and accessible dressing rooms and viewing areas. The official reopening was held on Jan. 5.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Drop-in ice programs CA$3.35 for 14 and under, CA$3.75 for ages 15-17 and seniors, CA$4.20 for adults or CA$13.50 for a family of 4 (CA$1.80 per extra member); shinny CA$13.15 prime time or CA$7.45 non-prime. Sponsored public skates are free.
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Stick & puck and shinny are pre-registered on PickupHub (shinny opens 7 days ahead for residents, 5 for non-residents, and is cancelled 90 minutes before if fewer than 12 sign up). Pay at the Front Desk for a wristband before going on the ice.
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CSA-approved helmets with cages are required for everyone at stick & puck, and skate aids are not allowed there; at family stick & puck every child must be supervised on the ice by a parent or guardian.
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All children must be supervised on the ice by a parent or guardian.
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