The arena's tan brick entrance with a red canopy reading "Joe Marmo / Wayne Lehto Ice Rink" over glass doors, white split-rail fencing and trees to the left.Photo: City of Idaho Falls Parks & Recreation · SourceFresh empty ice at the Joe Marmo / Wayne Lehto rink, a blue crease in front and red steel roof beams over the full sheetPhoto: Google Maps listing · Source
Named for Idaho Falls hockey figures Joe Marmo and Wayne Lehto
Skating in Tautphaus Park goes back to the park's lake, a popular place to skate from 1910 until it was drained in 1947 after a series of drownings. Funds for a new multipurpose building, an indoor ice rink in winter and an event center in summer, were not secured until about 1983.
The arena is named for local hockey legends Joe Marmo (1925–2016) and Dr. Wayne K. Lehto (1933–2008) and is run by the Idaho Falls Parks and Recreation Department. Its first floor holds an 85-by-190-foot ice surface, and a private room on the second floor overlooks the whole rink. It hosts hockey tournaments and figure skating competitions and shows every year, and during inclusive ice sessions adaptive skaters have half the rink while public skating uses the other half.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Admission
Idaho Falls Ice Arena, general rate / city rate: public skate adult $8 / $7, child or senior $6.50 / $5.75; with skate rental adult $11.75 / $10.75, child or senior $10.25 / $9.50. Stick and shoot adult $9.50 / $8.25, child or senior $7.75 / $6.75; pickup hockey (15+) $9.50 / $8.25, senior $7.75 / $6.75; freestyle adult $9.50 / $8.25, child or senior $7.50 / $6.50; home school skate $8 / $7; preschool skate $3.50 / $3.