LA Kings Iceland

Paramount, CA · Public skating times & prices

Paramount's 1940 Zamboni family rink, where Frank Zamboni built the first ice resurfacer.

Public skating at LA Kings Iceland: the next 7 days

Sunday, October 11

  • · Public Skate · $18.50

Monday, October 12

  • · Public Skate · $18.50

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate · $18.50

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate · $18.50

Saturday, October 17

  • · Public Skate · $18.50
  • · Public Skate · $18.50

Sunday, October 18

  • · Public Skate · $18.50

Admission and skate rental

Admission
$16.50–$18.50 · Official source
Skate rental
free · Official source
Address
8041 Jackson Street, Paramount, CA 90723
Phone
(562) 633-1171
Website
lakingsiceland.com
Red-brick entrance under a tall dark steel sign frame carrying the LA Kings shield and LA Kings Iceland at Paramount lettering — LA Kings Iceland
Red-brick entrance under a tall dark steel sign frame carrying the LA Kings shield and LA Kings Iceland at Paramount lettering Photo source: asecenters.com
Same entrance rotunda before the LA Kings rebrand — LA Kings Iceland
Same entrance rotunda before the LA Kings rebrand Photo source: asecenters.com
Fresh ice at LA Kings Iceland after resurfacing, under the arched roof hung with retired-number banners and flags — LA Kings Iceland
Fresh ice at LA Kings Iceland after resurfacing, under the arched roof hung with retired-number banners and flags Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

The rink where the Zamboni was invented

LA Kings Iceland was founded by the Zamboni family in Paramount. In 1939, seeing little future in the ice block business, the Zamboni brothers and their cousin Pete Zamboni turned their refrigeration business toward a skating rink, and Iceland Skating Rink opened in January 1940 as one of the largest in the country, with 20,000 square feet of ice.

It began as an open-air rink, but the Southern California sun and dry desert winds hurt the ice, and a dome was added a few months later. Resurfacing then meant pulling a scraper behind a tractor, a 90-minute job for five workers. In March 1942 Frank Zamboni bought a tractor and started experimenting at the back of the rink, and by the summer of 1949 his Model A Zamboni Ice Resurfacer was producing a good sheet consistently.

The rink stayed in the family until it was sold to the LA Kings, AEG and American Sports Entertainment Company, which remodeled it as LA Kings Iceland. Its single sheet measures 200 by 100 feet, and in 2025 the Kings and ASEC partnered with Loyola Marymount University to bring LMU hockey here.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public skate admission: adults (7+) $18.50, children (6 and under) $16.60, senior/military/college $16.50. Skate rental is free.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental is free with public skate admission.

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Booking & check-in

No reservation is needed for public skate sessions.

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Rink rules

At LA Kings Iceland public skating sessions, skaters are not allowed to carry children or items such as cameras or handbags while skating.

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