There are now many outdoor ice rinks around Los Angeles, but Downtown on Ice is Southern California's original outdoor skating rink, which appears annually right in the middle of Downtown LA. The public ice rink fills a good part of Pershing Square across from the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Each 1 hour skate session is followed by 30 minutes of ice resurfacing.
When: Nov 15, 2012 - Jan 21, 2012
Hours: Mon-Thu noon - 10 pm, Fri-Sun 10 am - 10 pm, except Dec 17-Jan 6 daily 10 am - 10 pm. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day, MLK Day noon to 10 pm.
Special Events: check the website for dates for the Free Winter Holiday Festival (fee for skating) Menorah Lighting, Community Sing-Along, concerts, movies and more.
Where: Pershing Square, 532 South Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Cost: Rates are $6 per 1 hour skating session plus $2 skate rental.
Parking: Discounted underground parking may be available under the park with validation. Check bestparking.com for parking rates nearby.
Metro: Pershing Square stop on the Red Line.
Info: www.laparks.org/pershingsquare/, (213) 847-4970.
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My family and I have been going to this ice rink for a couple of years now and we love it. I have lived in LA all my life and when we go I feel like we are in a different State. If your kids have never been on an ice rink don’t think that they can’t do it, my kids took to the ice like if they had been skating 4ever.
my family and i go ice skating every year and it is awsome. the first time my daughter skatd she took to it like she was eating cake. it was so easy for her and se was so happy. now i take her every year.
I agree. This is a fantastic outing for kids and for the young at heart. A fun, affordable outing in LA!
I went iceskating there for my first time. It was at night and in the rain, it was one of the most magical experiances of my life. Everyone there is amazingly nice and helpful. There was always someone there to give you a hand when ever you fell. It will be a tradition now for me and my family to go every year. I will highly recommend anyone who has never iceskated to go there first. Because there is also food and dessert stands around when you ared done.
is it free for teenagers?
do we need our parents to go wit us
No Karen, it is not free for teenagers. It is the same rate for everyone.
There is nothing specifying that teenagers have to be accompanied by an adult. As long as you don’t come in too large a group and are respectful of other skaters, it’s probably fine.