White arena with a steep gabled parapetPhoto source: lakewoodice.therinks.comA wide view of the sheet with skaters and players spread across the ice under a steel-trussed roof, a red-padded board in the left foreground.Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The Rinks' Lakewood home of the Bombers
Lakewood ICE is one of the facilities in The Rinks Development Program, which launched in 2009 and now runs eight hockey and skating rinks across Southern California, home to thousands of youth and adult players and recreational skaters.
For years it was home ice for the Long Beach Bombers, the last founding franchise of the Western States Hockey League still playing in it. The club had been branded the Bay City Bombers in 2006 before becoming the Long Beach Bombers in 2010. Long Beach native and former Anaheim Ducks player Emerson Etem later founded a new team set to begin play at the same Lakewood ICE location in 2021, and the growing Jr. Kings program plays some of its home games here too.
The rink hosts girls' hockey as well, including the Presidents' Day Cup Girls' Tournament in February 2027, and its youth Ice Dogs travel beyond Southern California to compete.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Admission
General admission is $18 for a 90-minute public session and $20 for a 120-minute session. One-time freestyle admission (effective January 1, 2026) is $17 for a 1-hour session or $8.50 for a 30-minute session.
Skate rental is $8 and is charged on top of admission. Skate aid rental is $18 and is not available for online reservation, first come first served only.
Walk-ins are welcome, but buying admission online needs a Rinks & Great Park Ice DaySmart account (you can create one during checkout) and online sales close one hour before each session starts. Everyone checks in at the front desk on arrival, showing the email receipt to collect an admission sticker and rental skates.
Skate aids for beginners rent for $18; they cannot be reserved online and are first come, first served. Children must always be accompanied by a responsible adult unless they are enrolled in and actively taking part in a program at the facility.
The Rinks' code of conduct asks guests who need accommodations or assistance to tell a staff member, and permits service animals as defined by the ADA (other animals are not allowed in the building).