Bell Centennial Arena

Ottawa, ON · Public skating times & prices

Opened October 9, 1965 as one of Canada's first two Centennial projects, behind Bell High School

Public skating at Bell Centennial Arena: the next 7 days

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public skating · CA$5.85

Saturday, October 17

  • · Public skating · CA$5.85

Admission and skate rental

Admission
CA$3.50–CA$10.35 · Official source
Address
50 Cassidy Rd, Ottawa, ON K2H 6N4
Website
ottawa.ca
The Bell Centennial Arena on Cassidy Road in Ottawa, with its lettered name above the columned entrance and pines behind — Bell Centennial Arena
The Bell Centennial Arena on Cassidy Road in Ottawa, with its lettered name above the columned entrance and pines behind Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The empty Bell Centennial Arena ice seen from the blue bleachers, with flags and banners hanging at the far end. — Bell Centennial Arena
The empty Bell Centennial Arena ice seen from the blue bleachers, with flags and banners hanging at the far end. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

One of Canada's first two Centennial projects

Bell Centennial Arena opened on October 9, 1965. That Thanksgiving weekend, Nepean township officials opened the first two centennial projects in Canada: this arena and Merivale Centennial Arena. A report dated October 12, 1965 ran under the headline 'Canada's First Centennial Projects – Open Nepean Arenas'. The building is a multi-purpose arena in Bells Corners, behind Bell High School, and is also known as Bell Arena for short.

In 1968 the Ottawa M and W Rangers, an expansion franchise of the Central Junior A Hockey League, held training camp here for their inaugural season. The arena also hosted the first international tournament in high school hockey, with eight teams taking part: four from Ottawa, one from North Bay and three from the United States. Its street was Cedarview Road until the Veterans Memorial Highway, Ontario Highway 416, was built; it is Cassidy Drive now.

The building was renovated in 2010. Along with skating and ice hockey, the arena is used for lacrosse in the summer.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Basic skating, including HST: adult CA$5.85; child, youth or student CA$3.50; senior CA$4.40; family CA$3.50 per person. Specialized skating and hockey use a separate, higher Plus rate. Specialized skating and hockey (Plus rate, including HST): child, youth or student CA$6.20; adult CA$10.35; senior CA$7.75.

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Booking & check-in

Bring exact change or a valid membership. At this stand-alone arena, the attendant cannot make change or accept credit or debit cards.

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Skating with children

At public and family skates, children 10 and under must be actively supervised by a parent or guardian aged 14 or older. Children 10 and under must wear a CSA-certified hockey helmet to be allowed on the ice at City indoor arenas (bicycle, ski and snow-sport helmets are not allowed), and children may not be carried on the ice.

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Parking & arrival

On-site parking is available.

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Accessibility

E-Z gliders are permitted as a skating aid during family and public skating. Wheelchairs and strollers stay along the boards, with sand and salt cleaned off the wheels, and wheelchair and stroller occupants over 12 months need a CSA-approved helmet.

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