JFK Memorial Coliseum

Manchester, NH · Public skating times & prices

Completed in 1963 and known locally as The J, home ice for Manchester's high school hockey teams.

Public skating at JFK Memorial Coliseum: the next 7 days

Sunday, October 11

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Monday, October 12

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Tuesday, October 13

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Thursday, October 15

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Saturday, October 17

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Sunday, October 18

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Address
303 Beech St, Manchester, NH 03103
Phone
603-624-6444
Website
manchesternh.gov
Front of the arched-roof brick building with "JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY MEMORIAL COLISEUM" lettering above the entrance and a parking lot in front. — JFK Memorial Coliseum
Front of the arched-roof brick building with "JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY MEMORIAL COLISEUM" lettering above the entrance and a parking lot in front. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
A public session seen over the blue-edged boards, skaters spread across the ice beneath a curved timber roof hung with pennants. — JFK Memorial Coliseum
A public session seen over the blue-edged boards, skaters spread across the ice beneath a curved timber roof hung with pennants. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Manchester's city arena, completed in 1963

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum was built under Mayors Josaphat T. Benoit and John C. Mongan and completed in 1963. It was home to the Manchester Blackhawks and NHL player Hubie McDonough, hosted the Northeastern Hockey League's Cape Cod Freedoms in 1979, and was the city's main entertainment venue until the SNHU Arena opened on Elm Street.

The city completed the largest renovation in the coliseum's history in 2007 and expanded the locker rooms in 2016, renaming one for George "Butch" Joseph. Its bleachers seat 1,600 with the ice in and 3,000 without.

Known locally as The J, it is home ice for Manchester's unified boys and girls high school teams, the Trinity High School Pioneers and the Southern New Hampshire Skating Club, and each spring it hosts the NHIAA boys' high school semifinals. New Hampshire Roller Derby practises and plays its home games there too.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

$5 public-skate admission.

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Skates & rentals

$5 skate rental; $5 skate assist; $10 skate sharpening.

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Booking & check-in

Public skating admission at the Coliseum is paid in cash only.

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Accessibility

Manchester identifies JFK Memorial Coliseum as accessible.

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