The 2003 rink that ended Kitsap County's 50-year wait for indoor ice after the Ice Bowl's collapse.
No public skating is posted for the next 7 days. New sessions show here as soon as the rink posts them.
Kitsap County's first ice rink, the Ice Bowl in Gorst, opened in October 1939. Its roof collapsed under an estimated 500 tons of snow in January 1943, and after years of problems the rink closed in 1952; more than 50 years passed before the county had another ice arena.
Greg Meakin, inspired partly by the wish to give his sons a place to play hockey, set out to build one, and the City of Bremerton offered a financial incentive to put it in East Bremerton, on land the federal government had deeded to the city for recreation in 1971. The city signed a concession agreement in August 2002, and the arena opened in May 2003. After seven years of legal wrangling over its $3.8 million construction loan, one of the lenders was granted sole ownership in August 2010, and the rink was renamed Bremerton Ice Center.
The roughly 40,000-square-foot building on 3.3 acres of city land holds one NHL-size 85-by-200-foot rink, a heated lobby with a view of the ice, a fireplace sitting area, heated party and conference rooms and an electronic center-ice scoreboard. The Penalty Box, where alcohol is served, opens only on adult league nights, and the West Sound Hockey Club skates here.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
General public session admission is $13.00 plus tax with skate rental $5.00 plus tax. Senior Skate sessions are $10.00 admission, and Cheap Skate sessions are $13.00 for admission and skate rental together. Children 3 and under are admitted free.
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Skate rental is $5.00 plus tax and is not included in general admission. Skates must be worn by anyone on the ice, including children 3 and under who get in free and anyone riding a skate aid.
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Sessions begin and end at the published times, so the rink asks skaters to confirm the schedule beforehand and arrive early enough to collect skates before the session starts.
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Skate aids rent for $5.00 plus tax and are limited, on a first come first served basis. Anyone on the ice must be wearing skates even if they are riding a skate aid. Children 3 and under are admitted free but still pay $5.00 for rental skates.
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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.