Columbus, Indiana's Harry Weese-designed rink, a 1958 outdoor rink enclosed in 1975 and restored in 2015.
Hamilton Center began as an outdoor rink designed by architect Harry Weese, a gift to the City of Columbus from The Hamilton Foundation in memory of B.F. Hamilton. Its community building was conceived as a Swiss chalet-style warming house with changing rooms, with rough-hewn granite boulder walls and large areas of glass outside and a triple-peaked wood-beamed roof and central granite fireplace inside.
In 1975 Koster and Associates enclosed the rink with matching materials, creating a regulation hockey rink, a practice rink and a year-round skating facility. A $2.8 million restoration completed in 2015, paid for with public funds and private donations, brought back some of the original components.
It is the home rink of the Columbus Icemen high school team and the Columbus Flames youth teams, and is used by the Lincoln Center Skate Club, Full Throttle Speedskating and the Columbus Broomball Association. In May 2025 the Indiana Sentinels of the Federal Prospects Hockey League were announced to begin play in 2025–26.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Public session admission is free for toddlers 4 and under, $6 for children 5-17 and $7 for adults 18 and over; a group of 20 or more pays $7 a head with skate rental included. Figure-skating drop-in (Freestyle) is $10 a single session. Adult drop-in hockey (Open Hockey) is $10 per player. Speed skating drop-in is $12 a single visit.
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Ice skate rental is $3 a pair and an ice scooter is $2; neither is included in individual public-session admission, though skate rental is included in the 20-plus group rate.
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The small studio rink can be booked separately: a private advance rental is $95 an hour, private drop-ins ($50 an hour for up to 8 skaters) open at 8:00 am on the Friday before, and any remaining slots become shared drop-ins ($10 per person per hour, up to 6 skaters) from 8:00 am Monday. All drop-ins are reserved by calling (812) 376-2686 or visiting the office in person.
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Ice scooters for beginners rent for $2. Toddlers 4 and under skate free. Preschool groups can borrow up to 12 scooters for the children to hold on to.
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