Opened in 1993 and named for William D. Mullins, with a permanent rink for recreational skating
The Mullins Center began in 1985, when state representative William D. Mullins of Ludlow suggested that the University needed a multi-purpose arena and convocation center. Its doors opened in January 1993, replacing the 1930s Curry Hicks Cage as the home of Minutemen basketball and lifting the hockey team, which had been a club since the late 1970s, to Division I.
The William D. Mullins Memorial Center is a 10,500-seat facility on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, with a basketball court over an Olympic-sized hockey rink. The attached building has a permanent ice rink for recreational skating and for use as a practice facility for intercollegiate hockey and an intramural program, and the complex is described as completely ADA accessible.
The Community Ice Rink has recently installed a brand-new commercial skate sharpener courtesy of Sparx Hockey, and the arena looks out over playing fields toward the Hadley Hills and the Holyoke Range.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Public skating at the Mullins Center Community Ice Rink costs $10 for adults and $8 for children 12 and under, UMass undergraduates skate free with a valid ID, and students of Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Amherst colleges pay $8 with ID, according to the rink.
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Skate rentals are $8 in US child 9 through adult 13 sizes, and sharpening is $10 for standard hockey skates and $12 for custom hockey, goalie and figure skates, according to the Mullins Center.
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Puck Time hockey sessions take no pre-registration: they are first come, first served and walk-in only, paid by cash or card at the reception desk, according to the Mullins Center.
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Skaters aged 6 and under must be supervised at all times by a parent or guardian, and skaters may not carry children on the ice, according to the Mullins Center.
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The arena complex is described as completely ADA accessible, and accessible parking is at the front of Lot 25, directly north of the arena, according to the Mullins Center.
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No stick or puck play allowed on ice.
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