Central Park Plaza Ice Rink — Valparaiso 2026–27 Season

Admission and rentals are sold only on the day of use at the counter in the Indiana Beverage Activity Center; no advance sales.

Get alerts for this listingAn email if the date, time or place changes, it’s cancelled or sells out, or registration opens. Plus a reminder the day before.

Notify me

Or get a push on your phoneSave this listing in the free app. It’ll notify you about time or place changes, cancellations, sell-outs, when registration opens, and the day before.

About this adventure

Valparaiso Parks turns the open-air William E. Urschel Pavilion at Central Park Plaza downtown into an 80-by-120-foot outdoor ice rink each winter, covered by the pavilion's tall arched roof and set up with music and color-changing lights for skaters of all ages and abilities. The 2026–27 season runs from November 20 to February 28. Admission and skate rentals are sold only at the counter inside the Indiana Beverage Activity Center on the day you skate, where skaters can also warm up, buy hot chocolate and snacks, and rent a locker; helmets are free to borrow, and skate aids and an ADA skate sled can be rented. Open-skate hours change from week to week, so check the rink's calendar before going. On holidays the rink posts special hours: closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. on Black Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. on Christmas Eve, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. on New Year's Eve, noon–10 p.m. on New Year's Day and MLK Day, with Christmas-break hours from December 17 to January 3.