Mount Vernon Rec Center Ice Arena

Alexandria, VA · Public skating times & prices

Fairfax County's 1974 rec center ice arena, rebuilt and reopened in 2025 with a second NHL-size rink.

Public skating at Mount Vernon Rec Center Ice Arena: the next 7 days

Monday, October 12

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  • · Adult Public Skate (14+)

Tuesday, October 13

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Wednesday, October 14

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Thursday, October 15

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Friday, October 16

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Saturday, October 17

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Sunday, October 18

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Address
2017 Belle View Blvd, Alexandria, VA 22307
Phone
(703) 768-3224
Website
fairfaxcounty.gov
An empty NHL-size sheet in the rebuilt arena, seen from center ice, with glass boards, a scoreboard and a high steel-truss ceiling. — Mount Vernon Rec Center Ice Arena
An empty NHL-size sheet in the rebuilt arena, seen from center ice, with glass boards, a scoreboard and a high steel-truss ceiling. Photo: Fairfax County Park Authority · Source

Two NHL sheets since the 2025 rebuild

Mount Vernon Rec Center opened in 1974. After years of flooded locker rooms in the rain and a failed ice rink chiller, the Fairfax County Park Authority closed it at the end of 2022 for a renovation whose cost rose from $40.7 million to $74 million.

The ice rinks reopened on June 9, 2025, with the building expanded by about 75,000 square feet. The arena now has two NHL-size rinks, the Blue Rink and the Red Rink, each 200 by 85 feet.

Hockey runs deep here. Potomac Senior Hockey, for men and women over 40, calls itself the oldest senior hockey organization continually operating in the mid-Atlantic and has played at Mount Vernon for 50 years, and the NOVA Ice Dogs youth club counts it as home rink. Capital Theatre On Ice of the Washington Figure Skating Club, an inclusive adult recreational league and a short-track speedskating club also skate here.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Daily public sessions include skate rental: $14 adults (19+), $10 youth and students 5-18, $10 seniors 65+, $4 children 4 and under with a paying adult or senior, $40 for a family of up to five. Rec Center members skate free. Pickup hockey and stick and puck are $17; freestyle is $9 per 30-minute session.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental is $4 (tax included); sharpening is $12 with 48-hour service or $15 immediate.

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Booking & check-in

Rec Center members need no ticket; non-members buy single tickets online or a discounted pack of entries at the front desk.

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Accessibility

For inclusion and ADA support, call 703-324-8563 (TTY: Virginia Relay 711).

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Rink rules

At stick and puck, children under 10 must be watched at all times by an adult 16 or older.

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