White Bear Lake Sports Center

White Bear Lake, MN · Public skating times & prices

A relocated, reassembled tennis club turned hockey rink, rebuilt and reopened in September 2018

Public skating at White Bear Lake Sports Center: the next 7 days

Monday, October 12

  • · Public Skate · $8
  • · Public Skate · $8

Tuesday, October 13

  • · Public Skate · $8
  • · Public Skate · $8

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate · $8
  • · Public Skate · $8

Thursday, October 15

  • · Public Skate · $8
  • · Public Skate · $8

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate · $8
  • · Public Skate · $8
Address
1328 Highway 96 East, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Phone
651-429-8571
Website
whitebearlakemn.gov
The dark metal-clad outer wall with the Sports Center name in large letters and a polar bear sign, seen from the pavement. — White Bear Lake Sports Center
The dark metal-clad outer wall with the Sports Center name in large letters and a polar bear sign, seen from the pavement. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The ice from the stands, with a few skaters, orange and blue markings and the arched wooden roof trusses. — White Bear Lake Sports Center
The ice from the stands, with a few skaters, orange and blue markings and the arched wooden roof trusses. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

A tennis club building converted to ice

The White Bear Lake Sports Center is a 38,000-square-foot building that was relocated, reassembled and re-purposed before it became a rink; its ice area was converted from tennis courts. The White Bear Lake Area Hockey Association used the former tennis club turned rink, and its enrollment grew to 900 players.

By the 2018 reopening the floor had cracked and the refrigeration system had begun to leak. The city held a ribbon-cutting on Saturday, September 29, 2018, and Mayor Jo Emerson drove the Olympia through a red ribbon onto ice made by the new refrigeration system. The skate school and the hockey association's players were in the crowd.

The rebuilt building has new bleachers under translucent roof panels that let in daylight, and a refrigeration room with capacity for a second sheet of ice in the future. Besides hockey and skating, the building is used for racquetball and wallyball.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public skating costs $8.00 per session (9:00-10:00 a.m. and 10:00-11:00 a.m., Monday to Friday, September through April).

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental is $7.00 per pair.

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Booking & check-in

No reservations are needed for open hockey: drop in and play.

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Skating with children

Open hockey is for ages 16 and up (50 and up on Wednesdays), $8.00 per skater, goalies free, and helmets are required.

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