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The Portland Winter Ice Rink is an ice rink, temporarily installed during winter months in Portland, Oregon, United States. Prosper Portland launched the project for the 2023–2024 season, and popular demand prompted the economic development organization to organize the rink again for the 2024–2025 season.
The present roller rink was "designed" circa 1992. [5] [clarification needed] It became the Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center in 1996, which may have been the year it was purchased by United Skates of America, Inc., who are credited with revitalizing the property.
The rink is open for ice skating from late October to early April. From 2003 until 2019, Victorian Gardens, a seasonal amusement park for children, was operated on the site from late May to September. Wollman Rink opened in 1950, having been proposed four years earlier. The rink was closed for renovations in late 1980 and reopened in November 1986.
Weather permitting the rink is open Monday through Friday and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., with a free skating session taking place from 8 to 10 a.m.
Samuel Noble Wible, owner of the Wible Ice and Cold Storage company, was granted a permit to build an ice hockey rink on his industrial park in January 1932. By year's end, the region's first artificial ice hockey rink opened. The Wible rink was smaller than a standard rink of the day, with most surfaces being 200' by 90' or thereabouts.
In the 1990s, under new ownership, the rink was renamed the Ice House Skating Rink. The rebranding marked a new era for the facility, with updated programming and a renewed focus on community engagement. The rink continued to serve as the home for local hockey leagues, figure skating lessons, and public skating events.
The facility also includes a practice rink, offices, locker rooms and player areas. The facility was entirely privately funded as part of the $88 million gift, the largest in the university's history, to advance the men's and women's ice hockey programs to the NCAA Division I level and provide a suitable facility for that move.
The Pettit National Ice Center is an indoor ice skating facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, featuring two international-size ice rinks and a 400-meter speed skating oval. Located adjacent to Wisconsin State Fair Park , the center opened on January 1, 1993, and was named for Milwaukee philanthropists Jane and Lloyd Pettit .