UTC Ice Sports Center

San Diego, CA · Public skating times & prices

San Diego's rink at the heart of Westfield UTC, skating since 1979 as the Ice Capades Chalet and Ice Town.

Public skating at UTC Ice Sports Center: the next 7 days

Sunday, October 11

  • · Public Skate · $30

Monday, October 12

  • · Public Skate · $30

Tuesday, October 13

  • · Public Skate · $30

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate

Thursday, October 15

  • · Public Skate

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate
  • · Public Skate

Saturday, October 17

  • · Public Skate
  • · Public Skate
Address
4545 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite E23, San Diego, CA 92122
Phone
(858) 452-9110
Website
utcice.com
The entrance to UTC Ice inside Westfield UTC, with the rink’s welcome sign. — UTC Ice Sports Center
The entrance to UTC Ice inside Westfield UTC, with the rink’s welcome sign. Photo: San Diego Women’s Hockey
UTC Ice’s rink beneath holiday decorations, with the mall windows along one side. — UTC Ice Sports Center
UTC Ice’s rink beneath holiday decorations, with the mall windows along one side. Photo: Utc Ice

The rink at the center of University Towne Center

UTC Ice Sports Center opened in 1979 inside the brand-new University Towne Center as the Ice Capades Chalet, one of San Diego's first rinks of its kind. Locals came to know it as the Ice Chalet through the 1980s and 1990s, and in 1981 it hosted the ISI World Recreational Team Championships, confirming it as a regional figure skating venue.

Skate clubs and hockey groups began forming regular programs in the 1990s. In 2000 new owners rebranded it La Jolla Ice Town, expanding skating and hockey with youth development, adult leagues and early travel teams.

Refreshed Learn to Skate programs and a figure skating academy followed between 2012 and 2015, and youth and adult hockey grew with the Piranhas teams, larger leagues and clinics. Future NHL players learned the game here as kids, among them Minnesota Wild defenseman Zeev Buium. For nearly five decades the rink has sat at the center of University City daily life.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public skating is $30 per person, including rental skates and a helmet. The annual public-skating pass is $349.

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Skates & rentals

A locker is $5 and a skate helper is $15 per hour, rented in person. General admission includes rental skates and a helmet.

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Booking & check-in

A waiver is required to skate. The public-skating page provides an online waiver to complete before arriving.

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Skating with children

A helmet comes with general admission, along with rental skates.

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Parking & arrival

Westfield parking is free for one hour; bring the parking ticket to the rink front desk for validation covering a total of four free hours. The published charge afterward is $2 per hour, up to $15 per day.

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