We are pleased to announce the return of public skating programs! Public skating programs will be free of charge for the community and no registration is required.
Note: The City does not provide skates or assisting devices.
View Public Skating Sessions online here.
Public Skating Schedule – Winter 2025
Winter public skating sessions will begin Monday, January 6, 2025 and will run through until Friday, March 21, 2025.
Excluded Dates: January 17, January 19, February 17, and February 23
| Parent-Tot Skates Children 5 years or younger learning to skate | Mondays and Tuesdays 10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Clearwater Red Wednesdays and Thursdays 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Pat Stapleton |
| Adult Skates Adults 18+ | Mondays and Tuesdays 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Clearwater Red Wednesdays and Thursdays 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pat Stapleton |
| Family Skates Children of all ages and levels *Children must be accompanied by a parent/guardian 18+ | Mondays and Tuesdays 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Clearwater Red Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pat Stapleton Sundays 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Pat Stapleton |
| Open Skates All ages *Children under 14 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian 18+ | Fridays 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Clearwater Blue Sundays 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Pat Stapleton |
Public Skating Rules & Regulations
Children under 14 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
All participants must vacate the building within 15 minutes of the end of the skating session.
Activities and items that are not permitted on the ice during Public Skating sessions include:
- No food or drink
- No horseplay/games
- No skating backwards or speed skating
- No figure skating maneuvers
- No skating against the direction of flow of skaters
- No sticks, pucks, balls, pylons, or any other kind of hockey/sport equipment
- No headsets, cell phones, or hand-held electronic devices to be used while skating
- No shoes or any other footwear other than ice skates
- No strollers or other assisting devices that may interfere with skaters’ safety
- Ice-certified skating aids are allowed during Parent & Tot sessions only
- Wheelchairs and other accessibility devices are allowed, so long as they always remain in control of a skater
- No carrying of children is to be permitted
- No sitting on the boards
- No throwing of ice or snow or any other objects
Maximum 120 skaters on ice.
Any participants disobeying rules will be asked to leave the session and may be excluded from future skating sessions.