- No shoes or boots allowed on ice except unless approved by staff or during curling times.
- No food, drinks and gum allowed on the ice surface.
- Skaters are not allowed to carry children or secondary items on the ice (cameras, handbags, strollers, etc.).
- Skating in a manner that endangers or interferes with other skater’s safety or pleasure is not allowed.
- Skaters shall be alert to other skaters at all times and yield to slower skaters.
- Skaters must keep moving. No sitting, lying or resting on ice.
- Roughness, excessive speeding, skating against the flow or weaving through other skaters is not allowed.
- No horseplay while on the ice. This includes tag, chain skating, throwing snowballs, racing and intentionally sliding.
- Hockey sticks and pucks are not allowed except during designated hockey times.
- Jumps and spins allowed only at center rink inside blue circle unless crowd size poses a safety issue. Figure skaters using the center of the rink should be aware of beginners and exercise caution doing jumps and spins.
- Skaters are not allowed in the player boxes except during program times.
- Skaters are not allowed to sit on or climb over the dasher boards.
- No one is allowed on the ice during resurfacing. Skaters may not enter the rink until staff allows re-entry.
- Guests are not allowed to walk with skates on areas not covered by rubber matting unless wearing blade guards.
- Kicking or chipping holes in ice is prohibited.
- Skate aids are for beginner skaters or those with a need only.
- No objects allowed on rink without staff approval.
- Private skating instruction and coaching is not allowed without approval.
- Abusive behavior and language will not be tolerated.
- Protective head gear is strongly recommended especially for young children and beginners.
Helmets Available & Encouraged
The Pavilion encourages all skaters to wear a helmet while on the ice, especially children. We have loaner helmets available to use or you can bring your own. The sizes available are: Youth (Toddler- Age 5ish), XS/S, M/L and L/XL. All of The Pavilion’s loaner helmets are dual-certified which means that they comply with U.S. CPSC Bike and ASTM Skate safety standards.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends that ice skaters use hockey, bicycle, ski or skateboard helmets. If you want to follow that recommendation, it may be best to look for a helmet certified to the ASTM Skateboard standard, F 1492, or even dual certified to the skateboard and bicycle helmet standards. They have some multi-impact capability and more coverage in the rear than a bike helmet.
