Pensacola Bay Center

Pensacola, FL · Public skating times & prices

Escambia County's 1985 arena, home to Ice Flyers hockey and a rehearsal stop for touring bands.

Public skating at Pensacola Bay Center: the next 7 days

Currently out of season The Pensacola Bay Center says it hosts public ice skating sessions from October through April, usually on weekends and after Ice Flyers home games, but its public skate page lists only the March 2026 sessions so far. Official schedule update

Address
201 E. Gregory St., Pensacola, FL 32502
Phone
(850) 432-0800
Website
pensacolabaycenter.com
The curved white concrete exterior of the Pensacola Bay Center, shown here under its former Pensacola Civic Center name — Pensacola Bay Center
The curved white concrete exterior of the Pensacola Bay Center, shown here under its former Pensacola Civic Center name Photo: Ebyabe, via Wikimedia Commons · Source · CC BY-SA 3.0
An ice hockey game at the Pensacola Bay Center, players spread across the ice with the arena seating bowl and scoreboard behind — Pensacola Bay Center
An ice hockey game at the Pensacola Bay Center, players spread across the ice with the arena seating bowl and scoreboard behind Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

The Bay Center, Pensacola's arena since 1985

The Pensacola Bay Center opened in January 1985 as the Pensacola Civic Center, an indoor arena owned by Escambia County, and took its present name when the county commission voted to rename it on October 18, 2012. Its hockey capacity is 8,082.

Hockey has shaped the building. The Pensacola Ice Pilots used it as their home from the fall of 1996, and hockey returned in fall 2009 when the Pensacola Ice Flyers of the Southern Professional Hockey League began play. The public skating sessions typically occur on the weekends and after Ice Flyers home games, so skaters share the arena with the team that plays there.

Away from the ice, the arena became a rehearsal stop for touring acts. Michael Jackson used the venue to rehearse for his Bad World Tour in early 1988, and Rush opened their Counterparts Tour in Pensacola on January 22, 1994.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public skate tickets are US$15 for an adult or child who needs skates and US$12 for those with their own skates; groups of 15 or more pay US$12 each including skate rental.

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Booking & check-in

Capacity is limited for each session, so the Bay Center advises buying tickets early; groups and season passes go through the box office.

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