Ice Skating in Raleigh | 365 Things to Do in Raleigh
Where can I go Ice Skating in Raleigh?
Have you always wanted to try Figure Skating? Does your son or daughter want to join a youth hockey leauge? The Raleigh area has several ice skating rinks that offer:
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Public skating sessions
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Private figure skating lessons
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Hockey leagues (for both youth and adult) that can practice on NHL regulation ice rinks
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Broomball
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Track-out camps
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Birthday party programs
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And much more!
Polar Ice House
There are six Polar Ice House locations in North Carolina, in Cary, Green
sboro, Wake Forest, Garner, Pineville, and Wilmington.
The activities offered, lesson packages available, skate times, and pricing varies at each Polar Ice House skating rink. The cost of a public skate session, including a skate rental, is usually around $10.00.
All Ice House locations have additional holiday hours throughout the month of December, and into January. Fridays and Saturdays usually have night-time free-skate hours throughout the year.
"Learn-to-Skate" and "Learn-to-Play" programs are designed for kids as young as three.
Triangle Area Locations:
Cary Ice House: 1410 Buck Jones Road Raleigh, NC 27606
Greensboro Ice House: 6119 Landmark Center Blvd Greensboro, NC 27407
Garner Ice House: 103 New Rand Road Garner, NC 27529
Wake Forest Ice House and MVP Sports Factory: 1839-200 S. Main Street Wake Forest, NC 27587
The Raleigh IcePlex
2601 Raleigh Blvd. Raleigh , NC 27604
The Raleigh IcePlex is home to North Carolina's only Olympic sized ice rink.

The Raleigh IcePlex offers additional holiday skate times from December 20th through January 2nd.
Cool Ventures is a holiday camp from December 20 - 23 and 27 - 30. The camp features hockey, ice skating, dance, arts and crafts, video games, board games, rock climbing, and more.
RecZone Raleigh
912 Hodges Street Raleigh, NC
The RecZone is an official practice rink for the Carolina Hurricanes, and it is the home rink of the North Carolina State University hockey team. The NC State hockey season lasts from September 2010 through February 2011.

Additional skate hours and programs are available during the holiday season. The RecZone offers a daily Holiday Skateing School on December 27, 28, 29, 20, and 31 from 10:00am-12:00pm. The cost is $16 per day or $65 for the week.
Triangle SportsPlex
101 Meadowlands Drive Hillsborough, NC 27278
The Triangle SportsPlex is the home rink of the University of North Carolina and Duke University hockey teams.
In addition to figure skating, hockey leagues, broomball sessions, skate lessons, and camps, the Triangle SportsPlex offers three indoor swimming pools, a fitness facility, sports shop (for swimming, skating, hockey, and general fitness products), as well as a snack counter.
You may also be interested in Raleigh Professional Hockey teams.
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I love your 365 Things to do in Raleigh series Penny. Keep 'em coming!
Penny, you are doing an awesome job with your 365 Things to do in Raleigh, no ice skating for me though.
Wonderful series Penny...If ice skating is your thing, or you are a first timer, you've covered all the bases in this post. Lots of local appeal!
This is a fun post, Penny. Fantastic series, too. Should bring you some traffic and SEO.
Craig and David - thanks! David, just ask your kids for help holding you up!
Anita - ice skating is tons of fun....and even better if you have strong ankles!
Kathryn - glad you like it. These kinds of topics are really enjoyable to write about. SO much to do here in Raleigh!