Morrisville's twin-sheet Wake Competition Center, the Carolina Hurricanes' practice home since 2020.
The Wake Competition Center was designed by Raleigh developer Jeff Ammons as a multi-sport complex and academy, and after years in the making it opened on August 7, 2020, as the Carolina Hurricanes' new practice facility. Because of COVID-19, the first skate looked a bit different.
The Hurricanes and the center announced their partnership in December 2019, after the team had practiced at Raleigh Center Ice, and the team occupies a 12,000-square-foot permanent area with its own locker rooms and equipment space. The hockey side is a 115,000-square-foot building with two NHL-size sheets of 200 by 85 feet, a school and a cafe, and the rink now carries the Invisalign Arena name.
It is home to the Jr. Canes USPHL and youth programs and to college club hockey, including NC State's club team, whose games have drawn 1,200 fans with the old PNC Arena organ playing.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Weekday admission (Monday-Thursday & Friday daytime): Public Admission $10.00, skate rental included if needed; age 5 & under $5, rental included. Weekend/Holiday admission (Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday, holidays and school holidays, December 19th-January 1): Public Admission $12.00, Public Admission + skate rental $16; age 5 & under $5, rental included.
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Skate rental is included, if needed, in the $10.00 weekday admission and in the $5 age 5 & under admission. On weekend/holiday sessions, Public Admission + skate rental is $16 (Public Admission alone is $12.00).
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Public skate tickets can be bought online through the facility's calendar or at the door. Customers 18 and over must create their own personal account rather than using a parent's.
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Carrying children on the ice is not allowed under any circumstances, and everyone on the ice must be wearing skates.
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