Erin's 1978 arena, built to replace the 1931 fall-fair-hall rink known as the Ice Palace
Erin's arena history starts in 1931, when local hockey fans converted the Erin Agricultural Society's fall fair building into a rink. The Shamrocks played their first game there on January 8, 1932. The building was known as the Ice Palace in hockey season, and the Lions Club spearheaded the 1967 centennial project that gave it an artificial ice plant.
In 1976 the province told the agricultural society the old building failed the National Building Code, and a donation-funded replacement followed. It had a 175-by-75-foot ice surface, seating for 750 and four dressing rooms, and it opened on the weekend of February 25-26, 1978, with two hockey games including a bantam playoff win over Caledon. The old Erin Coliseum burned down in 1994.
Today's rink is part of the Centre 2000 complex. It reopened to user groups on October 15, 2024, after renovations that included an overhaul of the HVAC system, updates to the front lobby and a complete renovation of the Shamrock Room upstairs.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Drop-in public skate, adult skate and parent and tot skate cost CA$3.00 per person or CA$5.00 per family, stick and puck, shinny and figure skating ice CA$5.00 per person, and a 10-visit pass is CA$25 (CA$40 for stick and puck, shinny and figure ice).
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Pre-registration is available online through the Town's recreation portal to secure a spot in advance.
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Parents or guardians must stay on or near the ice and supervise all children under 10, and the Parent & Tot Skate is a quiet session for families with young children.
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Wheelchairs, wheelchair skates and sledges are permitted at recreational skating if a responsible person 16 or older wearing skates accompanies the participant.
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