McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
November 15, 2024—February 2, 2025 (weather permitting)
Millennium Park • Open Daily, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.
Free Skating if you bring your own skates
Free Skating Lessons on Saturdays & Sundays from 9-10 a.m.
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Ice skating at the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink in Millennium Park is presented by Discover Financial Services®, with additional sponsorship support provided by Chicago Transit Authority and Millennium Garages. Admission to the ice rink is free, but reservations are required. Free skating lessons will be available, made possible by the McDonald’s Active Lifestyles Endowment managed by the Millennium Park Foundation. The ice rink runs from November 15 until February 2 (weather permitting).
Skating Sessions
Reservations open two weeks ahead of the session date.
All Sales are Final. No Refunds are given unless the facility is closed.
For any questions or issues regarding rink reservations please contact Rink Management at GM.Millennium@RinkManagement.com.
Power and Manual Wheelchairs are allowed on the ice with a participant on skates escorting.
Skater Check-In starts 30 minutes prior to start of the scheduled skating session.
Millennium Park Security will have checkpoints at entrances to Millennium Park on holidays and weekends. Please consider time to wait in line to enter the park ahead of your scheduled sessions. Teens 17 and under unaccompanied by a parent presenting evidence of their pre-purchased skate session to security to enter the Park
Rates:
- $16 Monday thru Thursday (Skating is Free if you bring your own skates)
- $20 Friday thru Sunday and Holidays (Skating is Free if you bring your own skates)
- $10 Skate-aide (under 42 inches)
- $9 Skate Sharpening
- $2 Locker Rentals
Holiday Rates apply to:
- November 25-28, 2024
- December 23, 2024 to January 3, 2025
- January 20, 2025
Time Slots:
- 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- 1-2:30 p.m.
- 3-4;30 p.m.
- 5-6:30 p.m.
- 7-8:30 p.m.
- 9-10:30 p.m.
Learn To Skate
DCASE presents free skating lessons (reservations required) for skaters of any age at three levels: beginner, intermediate, and hockey skills. Lessons take place from 9-10 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays (weather permitting) from November 16, 2024 to February 2, 2025.
Please note that the hockey skills level is not a Learn-to-Skate class; it is intended for participants who already know how to skate in hockey skates and want to develop basic hockey skills. If you signed up for the hockey skills level and cannot skate, you will not be allowed to participate in the class or be allowed to switch to any of the other classes if they are at capacity.
Helmets are strongly encouraged for beginner skaters.
Skate rental is free for the lessons.
For any questions or issues regarding rink reservations please contact Rink Management at GM.Millennium@RinkManagement.com.
Free ice skating lessons are provided by the Chicago Youth Foundation and are made possible by the McDonald’s Active Lifestyles Endowment managed by the Millennium Park Foundation.
Ice Skating Performances
Join us for FREE ice skating performances on Sunday, December 22 from 10:20-11 a.m. to celebrate the upcoming holidays!
Food & Drink
Snacks and hot drinks will be available from Momentum Coffee and Millennium Hall next to the skating rink. Menu (PDF)
Accessibility
Wheelchairs, electric and manual, are allowed on the ice.
For more Millennium Park accessibility information, visit our webpage.
For other accessibility questions please email DCASE@cityofchicago.org
Partnership Opportunities
For partnership and sponsorship opportunities at the ice rink, please contact the DCASE Partnerships staff.