Culver Ice Arena

A great place that is iconic and loved.
It is a part of Southern California history.
I hope they can save it.
George Vreeland Hill

the sign posted on the front ticket office, snapped 2014 – 0207, is transcribed below:
To The Culver Ice Arena Family
Last week, the lessor for the property that Culver Ice Arena sits on signed a lease with a company that will take over the land and the building on February 15^th. Needless to say, the staff and I are saddened to have to go out of business after all these years. In order to shut down the business, the last day we will be doing business is February 2^nd.
1. Skating school will continue through February 2^nd
2. Youth Hockey will have a mini season. We will start practice on January 9^th with the first game on the 10^th
3. Adult Hockey playoffs will be the weeks of January 20^th and 27^th
4. The last public skate session will be February 2^nd
5. Freestyle sessions will continue through February 2^nd
6. The Theater on Ice Show wull take place February 1^st at 2:10 pm
We shall continue to service you, our Culver Ice Arena Family, as best we can through these very emotional times.
Sincerely,
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very sad indeed.
sad and happy Unilocaling and here’s to tasting life! :)

The Culver Ice Arena is more than just an ice skating rink. It symbolizes my childhood, our community, and as far as I’m concerned, it should be considered a landmark.
I’ve been coming to the Culver Ice Arena for as long as I can remember. I’ve been to countless birthday parties here as a child and have even taken my daughter to a few here as well. I’ve enjoyed skating here for decades and am truly saddened that the land owner would let this place close down. I can tell you one thing, I’ll never set foot into the Planet Granite they’re planning to replace the ice rink with. No thanks.
I guess all I can do is hold on to the memories of long skates, the best hot chocolate in the world (in my opinion) and all around good times.

Today, I went to practice at Culver Ice RInk, and was saddened to see a notice of closing posted– Feb. 15, 2014.
Come on, skaters, we can save this Ice RInk.
Please sign the petition:

Somebody save this place.
It’s old, wonky, and in desperate need of renovation, but this place is a gem of history. To sign a lease with a new developer looking to put in a rock climbing gym and yoga studio, trying to make it snazzy and «hip», is a huge slap in the face of the original lessees who have fostered a genuine sense of community with this business.
This is one of the few last remaining ice rinks in the LA area. Why kill off something already endangered?

5 stars for still existing in Culver City after all these years.
While visiting LA for a winter break from Philly, my sis mentioned the possibility of this place going under and suggested we should go. Its been 15 years since I last skated there, but it was like nothing had changed when we went. Bleachers, lockers, game room and the same venerable ice were all there… like walking back into 1997 again. Price of public skating was also reasonable and it was fun being back on the ice again.
Sure the rental skates weren’t amazing, but that is part of the charm of going to this place. I hope that Culver City rallies to keep this place open as it definitely is a great place for the youth community to participate in.

I’m not sure why I never reviewed the Culver City ice rink before, but I have been going there since I was a little kid! I learned to ice skate at this rink and have had more than one birthday party here in the 90’s. I LOVE this icon of Culver City that has been open for generations. I even know of an old lady who used to go to this ice rink when she was a young girl.
Though it’s not the swankiest of places (what ice rink is?), it’s a big enough rink with good maintenance and very decent rates. It’s a charming place with a homey, family feel to it. It also has a nice little cafeteria area which offers hot food options as well as snacks. I used to always opt for the Knotts raspberry cookies… just thinking about it brings back some fond childhood memories.
I would highly recommend this place and really hope it stays open for more decades to come. It’s great for the whole family!

Culver City Ice Rink is a great fun place, for adults and kids. I’ve been going for the past three years for their 18+ Moonlight night skates, from 11pm til 1am on Saturdays with reduced ticket price. The rink is dimmed down with colored lights, very reminiscent of a high school dance. It’s very historic with regulars (figure & hockey) who give off a great sense of community and support. It’s great for lessons with an attached shop for sharpening your own skates. It’s not a cold and corporate place to come and shred the ice. If you’re looking for a sweet and nostalgic skate, this is the perfect place.

Two stars because it’s an ice rink which is better than no ice rink. But this place is an absolute dump with the hockey changing rooms upstairs. This means you must walk up and down the stairs before/​after you play … on your skates with your hockey bag.
The must puzzling aspect of the adult hockey league is that you can’t get on a team! I went to the «tryout» that I think the guy from Detroit went to. There was about 20 people looking for teams and they only picked the 3 best players. That means that this rink, this BUSINESS, let 17 would be paying players go home without paying several hundred dollars in league fees. They said they don’t have the ice available to add teams but that is mind-​boggling to me in a capital intensive like an ice rink.
Toyota Sports Center now has the $ 575 in their pockets that I intended to give to the CC rink.

I was originally going to rate Culver Ice Arena 4 stars, but who am I kidding? I come here way too much for it to be only 4 stars. My favorite days to go are Thursdays and Saturday nights… those are the cheapest with $ 10 rentals/​admission if you have a college ID. It’s a great alternative to going out and partying at bars.
There are old school arcade and vending machines that you can feel free to use too if you get bored of the ice skating. It’s a fun and great work out (unless you end up falling on your bum), and an awesome place to go on a date or with a bunch of friends.
Parking is almost always plentiful.

I’ve been here twice and it’s such a fun way to spend the evening. It’s big rink and they even have heaters in the bleachers. They have a snack area too and lockers to rent. They play good music and it’s crowded, but not too crowded. They have plenty of parking.

I first went to this rink 12 years ago, and it was known as the «ghetto» rink back then. I went there again today and was hoping things had changed over that time period. Unfortunately, they really haven’t.
I chose to go to this rink because they had stick time at noon for only $ 9.00! You can’t find cheaper stick time at any other rink in the Los Angeles area. However, that’s the only good thing about this particular ice rink.
My first and biggest problem is the locker room locations. They are in the back, and they are all upstairs! Imagine how it is climbing up the stairs carrying sticks and a big hockey bag. Better yet, imagine going down stairs while wearing skates and carrying sticks and a big bag! You don’t want to leave your bag in the locker room because the sign says not to, and obviously so that nothing gets stolen from it. I figure somebody must have fallen at least once here.
As for the ice itself, it really was not that great. There were rusted coils visible, and pucks take some weird bounces when they are just gliding flatly along the ice. The boards also give some strange bounces. I even passed a puck low off the boards, and it unexpectedly jumped and hit my friend in the face cage!
The benches for games are unusual as well, because they are just the front rows of bleachers. There is no glass separating them from the seats behind, or from the penalty box or other bench. In fact the penalty box isn’t even a box. It’s just another part of the front row with a small partition at the front of the bleachers! Makes you wonder if guys from opposing teams continue to fight off the ice considering how close both penalty «areas» are to each other. The dasher boards at the benches are wooden, which means that you need to watch out for splinters.
The sport shop is also just a hole in the wall. It’s not bad, but leaves more to be desired. Maybe it should be moved upstairs and trade places with the locker rooms.
I wanted to skate at this rink because of the cheap ice time. Unfortunately, I got what I paid for here.

My personal Jewel of Culver City!
I’ve been a patron of Culver City Ice Arena since 2002 (WOW…10 years already). My first visit was a Broom Ball night from school at the Art Institute. Soon, there were many more Broom ball nights while in college. I learned to play Hockey a few years earlier, though it was Roller Hockey and never played on Ice I decided to take the Hockey classes along with playing a few pick up games.
The staff here is great! The Pro Shop is awesome! Hans is a great guy, and it’s always a pleasure talking hockey with him… whether I’m going in to get my skates sharpened, purchasing new gear or just to shoot the breeze.

To quote my beloved Hanson Brothers. This place is «Old Time Hockey» We came on a Wednesday night and unfortunately we just missed the open time for public stating and arrived just when Figure skating time was going to start.
Being this is my only second time in an Ice Arena. I haven’t really seen anything different between one or the other. The one thing that I did like about this arena was the Hockey Store and Hanz… long time employee here and was really impressed by the different teams Jersey they had without players name and with. By the time my boyfriend taught me just about every piece of Hockey gear, right down to the jock they needed to wear I needed a break… so we headed over to the Snack Shop and as soon as I walked in I felt like I was at Winchell’s, besides it being warm in there, it smelt like donuts and the yellow and brown bench seating just added to it. We didn’t snack there but he wanted to give me the full tour since this is where he spent his youth playing hockey.
I still have yet to try ice skating but will eventually… I think this might be the place to pop my Ice Skating cherry and most likely my butt!

Very nice ice skating rink. The staff is very friendly and its very cheap to rent skates. The ice arena is huge and spacious. They have both figure skating and hockey skates to rent.
I suggest going on saturday nights after 11pm because its adults only and is far from crowded so there’s plenty of space to skate. They also have a small dining area for pizza. The bathrooms are gross and looks like a truck stop bathroom from a horror movie.
Free parking is available.

This is a nice ice rink. The people are friendly and they have a both hockey and figure skates available for rental.
They have party rooms upstairs if you have a group and want to get some pizza or something before going out for ice skating.
The bathrooms are gross and dirty.
Parking lot is nice and big.
Seating area is nice and comfy for an old place like this.
I was here for the public skating and it was a fun time.

Just place for every age the instructors even though there not giving you classes they pay attention to you && encourage you to get up && try again or to get off the wall && see how far you can go I love the environment && the games && the little
café they have inside friendly people

An oldie but a goodie! There’s 1 nice size rink, a no-​frills snack bar, a small pro-​shop run by an old angry German man (naturally), coin operated lockers, and they carry pretty good brands of hockey and figure skate rentals that are in decent shape.
Public skate hours are available every afternoon and Thursday thru Sunday nights (Adult admission is $ 10.50 + $ 3 rental). Weekends get cray, so I recommend getting here early. Or better yet, come during ADULTS ONLY Skating on Saturday nights (sorry, there’s no strippers) or COLLEGE NIGHT on Thursdays and Sundays (rentals are free w/​a student ID!). It’s a lot of fun when it’s not too crowded. Otherwise, good luck dodging wobbly ice skating virgins and tweens who form human chains…
They offer skating classes, private lessons, ice hockey and of course birthday parties and broomball nights. There’s plenty of free parking in their lot. And while it may be old and a little worn out, it’s still got plenty of good years left!

Small and mighty. Needs some touch ups, ok maybe they need to totally re-​do it! Tuesday nights are stick time, and it is generally kid friendly, though you need to pad up your kid because even though they tend to keep the kids at one end, the adults take slap shots around them.
Great, big parking lot. Heaters above the stadium seating. Kids and adults classes, both hockey and figure skating.

Culver City Ice Arena is not much more than a sheet of ice and somtimes barely that,
The place is old and everything about it is old with it. Old Skates, old snack bar, old coffee/​cocoa vending machines, old locker rooms and bathrooms. There is a Pro Shop run by, you guessed it an old guy. There is ample parking. They have pick up hockey daily for $ 15 buckes at noon. Leagues and skating classes are cheaper here that other newer rinks.