An empty ice sheet with a row of flags hanging from the white steel roof trusses and viewing windows along the far side.Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
Downriver's four-arena Sportsplex
The Taylor Sportsplex is a city-run complex of four arenas arranged around a large atrium, with large multi-purpose and viewing rooms on the second floor. Two of the arenas are North American-size ice rinks, and the two flanking them are used mostly for indoor soccer, roller hockey and volleyball.
One of the rinks is Belle Tire Arena, home of one of the country's leading youth travel hockey programs, and the Sportsplex is also home to Dearborn Divine Child High School hockey. Its ice surfaces are well enough regarded that the Detroit Red Wings and other NHL teams have used the complex as a practice base away from home.
All four arenas are used for other sports too, from lacrosse and inline hockey to mixed martial arts and taekwondo, and for events such as graduation ceremonies and comic book shows.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Amenities
The Sportsplex is made up of four arenas surrounding a huge, fan-friendly atrium, concessions, pro shop facilities and meeting rooms of varying sizes, including large multi-purpose and viewing rooms on the second-floor.