Admission
Public Skating is $7. The Skate and Play Package, combined admission to public skate (with skate rental) and Sapora Playworld, is $14. Frosty Fridays is $10 and includes skate rental.
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Carlson Ice Arena
The Rockford Park District's Loves Park rink, its main sheet renamed for Icemen coach Tim Mattila in 2024
Public skating at Carlson Ice Arena: the next 7 days
Tuesday, October 20
- · Public Skate · $7
Wednesday, October 21
- · Public Skate · $7
Thursday, October 22
- · Public Skate · $7
Friday, October 23
- · Public Skate · $7
- · Public Skate · $10
Saturday, October 24
- · Public Skate · $7
Sunday, October 25
- · Public Skate · $7
Monday, October 26
- · Public Skate · $7
- Address
- 4150 N Perryville Rd, Loves Park, IL 61111
- Hours
- Daily, varies by session — see schedule below
- Phone
- 815-969-4069
- Website
- icerockford.com
Home of the Coach Mattila Ice Rink
Carlson Ice Arena is the Rockford Park District's rink in Loves Park. It shares the building with Sapora Playworld, a three-level indoor playground, and one of the district's customer service offices. In 2020, when the district planned to close downtown's Riverview Ice House, it intended to consolidate its ice programs here.
The main rink has been the Coach Mattila Ice Rink since November 2024, marked by a sign above the entrance and a plaque with his biography. Tim Mattila took over Rockford's combined high school hockey team in 1991, which became the Rockford Icemen in 1995, and coached the Icemen for all 17 years of their existence, winning 16 state championships, 15 of them in a row.
The district's learn-to-skate group sessions meet here year-round, and its Pre-Hockey lessons prepare players for the Junior IceHogs Fundamental Hockey League. Friday nights bring Frosty Fridays, with a DJ and concession specials. The Rockford IceHogs have used the ice too: in 2011 a preseason game against the Chicago Wolves was moved here, when the building was called Carlson Arctic Ice Arena.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Skates & rentals
Skate rental is $3.25; it is included in Frosty Fridays ($10) and the Skate and Play Package ($14).
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Booking & check-in
All players MUST sign in and pay before getting on the ice. Goalies are free, but MUST sign in at the office.
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Skating with children
Sapora Playworld is an exciting playground located inside Carlson Ice Arena, with three levels of fun. It is a perfect place to bring your children to play, explore, and exercise in a safe, secure, soft play structure designed for children ages 5-12.
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Accessibility
Accessibility: Click here to view Visual Systems images for Carlson Ice Arena. We welcome the opportunity to assist guests with disabilities so they can enjoy ALL our facilities, programs, and services.
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Rink rules
Adults are responsible for supervising children in their care during public skate, and skaters may not carry infants or children on the ice. Skaters must move counter-clockwise, and jumping is not allowed. For hockey sessions, helmets are required for everyone on the ice, and anyone under 18 must wear a helmet with a full face mask.
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