Compton Family Ice Arena

Notre Dame, IN · Public skating times & prices

Notre Dame's arena since 2011, with the 5,022-seat Lefty Smith Rink and an Olympic sheet open to the public.

Public skating at Compton Family Ice Arena: the next 7 days

Monday, October 12

  • · Public Skate · $4

Tuesday, October 13

  • · Public Skate · $4

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate · $4

Thursday, October 15

  • · Public Skate · $4

Admission and skate rental

Admission
$4–$8 · Official source
Skate rental
$4 · Official source
Address
100 Compton Family Ice Arena, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Website
fightingirish.com
Brick facade of Compton Family Ice Arena with the arena name above the entrance, seen from the campus lot — Compton Family Ice Arena
Brick facade of Compton Family Ice Arena with the arena name above the entrance, seen from the campus lot Photo: Eccekevin · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0
The arena bowl from the upper seats, a game in play on the sheet with dark blue seating ringing the ice and a steel-trussed roof overhead. — Compton Family Ice Arena
The arena bowl from the upper seats, a game in play on the sheet with dark blue seating ringing the ice and a steel-trussed roof overhead. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Notre Dame's two-sheet Compton Family Ice Arena

The Compton Family Ice Arena opened its doors to the public on October 18, 2011, and three nights later hosted its first Notre Dame hockey game, a 5-2 win over the Rensselaer Engineers.

It has two sheets. The 200-by-90-foot Charles "Lefty" Smith Rink is the home of the Notre Dame hockey program and holds 5,022 people, with 4,500 chair-backed seats and 522 standing-room spaces. Beside it, a 200-by-100-foot Olympic-size sheet serves everyone else who uses the building, with seating for about 350. The arena is also home to O'Brien's, a 250-seat club area with an Irish pub theme.

For visitors, the Olympic sheet is the one to look for: public skates and drop-in hockey run there, and online registration is required for both.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Drop-In Hockey is $8.00 for the public, and free for ND Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students with ID. Noon Public Skate (weekdays, excluding holidays) is $4.00 for the public with a $6.00 group rate, and free for ND Faculty and Staff and for ND, Saint Mary's or Holy Cross students with ID.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental is $4.00.

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Booking & check-in

Online registration is required for public skates and drop-in hockey.

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Accessibility

ADA access and seating: 1.5% of the arena's total seating capacity is enhanced easy-access seating.

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