Ice Chalet

Knoxville, TN · Public skating times & prices

Knoxville's rink since 1962, one of the South's first with public sessions and home of Nutcracker On Ice.

Public skating at Ice Chalet: the next 7 days

Sunday, October 11

  • · Public Skate · $9.50

Monday, October 12

  • · Public Skate · $9.50

Tuesday, October 13

  • · Public Skate · $9.50

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate · $9.50
  • · Public Skate · $9.50

Thursday, October 15

  • · Public Skate · $9.50

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate · $9.50
  • · Public Skate · $9.50
  • · Public Skate · $9.50

Saturday, October 17

  • · Public Skate · $9.50
  • · Public Skate · $9.50

Sunday, October 18

  • · Public Skate · $9.50

Admission and skate rental

Admission
$16 · Official source
Address
100 Lebanon St, Knoxville, TN 37919
Hours
Daily, varies by session — see schedule below
Phone
(865) 588-1858
Website
chaleticerinks.com
The Ice Chalet's Alpine-style front, a timbered gable with painted crests and a US flag over the stone entrance, under autumn trees. — Ice Chalet
The Ice Chalet's Alpine-style front, a timbered gable with painted crests and a US flag over the stone entrance, under autumn trees. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
A public skating session on a wide sheet, skaters spread among orange cones beneath a pitched steel roof strung with international flags. — Ice Chalet
A public skating session on a wide sheet, skaters spread among orange cones beneath a pitched steel roof strung with international flags. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Knoxville's Ice Chalet, skating since 1962

The Ice Chalet opened in 1962 through Chalet Ice Rinks, Inc., one of the first two skating rinks in the South with regularly scheduled public sessions. Its early years were financially difficult, but it grew after professional skater Robert Unger, who had moved to Knoxville in 1963 and founded the Robert Unger School of Ice Skating, became general manager in 1964.

The 75-by-175-foot rink kept its character as it adapted: new cooling pipes in 1992, viewing booths, the crow's nest lighting room and the Cafe Chalet. Its first resurfacer, from 1955, was restored by Zamboni for museum display.

Its traditions run deep. The rink hosted one of the first Ice Skating Institute competitions in 1969, parents formed RUMPS in 1985, which grew into the Ice Chalet Skating Club of Knoxville, and students have staged Nutcracker On Ice since 1987. Skaters trained here went on to Disney On Ice and Holiday On Ice, and the school was renamed for Unger and Larry LaBorde in 2016. The Great Smoky Mountains Curling Club plays here too, and Friday-night couple skates under the mirror ball became part of its identity.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

Freestyle Practice (skills classes, stroking classes and open practice ice for skaters of all ages and levels) is $16.00 per drop-in visit, or $140.00 for a 10-session Freestyle Practice & Stroking Pass.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental is $7.50 and is not included in regular admission. A Public Session Pass Plus bundles rental in at $72.50 for 5 sessions or $140.00 for 10, versus $37.50/$65.01 without rental.

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Booking & check-in

There is no separate waiver: buying admission is itself acceptance of the rink's assumption of risk and a release of the rink, owners, directors and staff from liability. Entering the rink also implies consent to promotional photography or filming, which you can decline by telling the photographer at the time.

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Skating with children

Ask a skate guard before using a skate aid; metal skate aids are for very young beginner skaters only (40-inch height limit) and must stay in the designated area. No one may carry another person, especially small children, on the ice, and no more than two people may skate together.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.