Seattle's $90 million three-rink Kraken training center, opened in 2021 and open to the public.
Kraken Community Iceplex broke ground on February 27, 2020, with speeches from Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and council member Debora Juarez, on a redeveloped site beside a light rail station. Privately funded by the NHL team for $90 million, the 172,000-square-foot building opened two weeks before the Kraken's first training camp in September 2021, with a grand opening celebration on September 9.
It was the first indoor facility in Seattle with three NHL-size rinks, and the first new venue with permanent public indoor access built in the city in more than four decades. The main rink seats 1,000 and two community rinks seat 400, with 15 locker rooms. Visitors are greeted by a cedar and steel sculpture by Native American master carver Andrea Wilbur-Sigo, and murals by Tacoma artist Paige Pettibon hang on both floors.
It is the Kraken's headquarters and practice facility, a training ground for the Seattle Torrent of women's professional hockey, and home to the Kraken Youth Hockey Association, the Seattle Jr. Kraken, the adult Kraken Hockey League and the Kraken Skating Academy. Staff call the daily schedule "a beast" and the atmosphere a family one.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Public skate admission is $16.29 plus tax, free for children 3 and under. A 10-visit punch pass is $146.62 plus tax, or $128.90 plus tax for the matinee version; passes are valid only for the purchaser and their immediate family. Sensory-friendly skates are $10.85 plus tax and Tot Play Hour is $14.95 plus tax per adult with children 6 and under free.
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Skate rental is $6.33 plus tax and is charged on top of admission; skate aids rent for $9.95 plus tax. Skate sharpening is also offered, at $13.12 plus tax for hockey skates and $14.93 plus tax for figure skates, with typical waits of 30-60 minutes.
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Everyone taking part in ice activities needs an active Dash (DaySmart) account and a signed waiver, with a parent or guardian signing for children. All sales are final, though some activities can be rescheduled up to 24 hours ahead. To buy admission for 10 or more people outside your own family account, email [email protected] at least 72 hours before the session.
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All ages and levels are welcome at public skate and helmets are highly recommended; skate aids rent for $9.95 plus tax. Tot Play Hour requires parent supervision and allows sneakers or boots instead of skates, with balls and snow piles set out and no pucks allowed. Sensory-friendly skates run with limited attendance, softened lighting and reduced noise, free sensory bags to borrow and a reserved quiet room.
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Parking is complimentary in Northgate Station lots 1, 2 and 3 and the top level of lot 9, plus the lot on the east side of the building. Scan the QR code posted in the lot to register your parking; if you will be more than three hours, enter the discount code the page lists in the parking app. The parallel spaces on 4th Ave along the east front of the building are a 30-minute drop-off zone.
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All 15 locker rooms are wheelchair accessible, the Starbucks rink has wheelchair viewing spots along the bleachers, and the Smartsheet rink has clear panels in the player benches so sled hockey players can see the ice from the bench. An elevator sits next to the Guest Services desk in the main lobby, and the closest accessible parking is on the top level of Lot 9 and in Lot 3.
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