Admission
Public skating at Bill Bolton Arena is free every week during the fall and winter.
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Bill Bolton Arena
Built in 1971 and named for police inspector William (Bill) H. Bolton, who founded St. Alban's Boys Club
Public skating at Bill Bolton Arena: the next 7 days
Tuesday, October 20
- · Parent & Tots Skate (4 and under) · free
Friday, October 23
- · Public Skate · free
Saturday, October 24
- · Public Skate · free
Monday, October 26
- · Adult Skate (18+) · free
Skate sharpening & shops in Toronto
- Address
- 40 Rossmore Road, Toronto, ON M6G 2M7
- Phone
- (416) 392-0088
- Website
- billboltonarena.ca
Seaton Village's 1971 arena named for a police inspector
Bill Bolton Arena was built in 1971 as an indoor arena in the Seaton Village community. It is named for William (Bill) H. Bolton, a local police inspector who founded St. Alban's Boys Club in 1947, and the arena was unveiled under his name on March 8, 1972.
Through the seventies and eighties the arena hosted community groups, and Jim Oreto, its manager for most of that history, ran free community skates and welcomed local school teams. In the summers it held ball hockey leagues, concerts and even a play. The house league began in 1988 with 30 children learning to play on Saturday mornings; by the early nineties it had more than 200 players and the rink had added adult leagues.
Today the arena runs more than 20 programs with over 2,000 participants a year. It is the only arena in the city that operates all of its own programming in-house, including its snack bar and pro shop, and it is an undersized building set in a park.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Skates & rentals
The arena does not rent skates or helmets, because of limited storage space.
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Skating with children
A free Parent & Tots skate for children 4 and under runs Tuesday mornings.
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Parking & arrival
The arena sits in a park and has no parking lot of its own.
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Amenities
The arena operates its own Snack Bar and Pro Shop.
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Rink rules
Public skating is a leisure skate for casual recreational skating only; figure skating maneuvers, freestyle skating, jumps, spins and private lessons are not permitted during the session.
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