it was renamed Wakota Arena a year later and became the breeding ground for the state’s premier hockey players. Following substantial renovations, it is considered a state-of-the-art facility.
Why ISI? “ISI offers programming for the first-time skater, hockey players and adults, plus those interested in competition in a fun and friendly environment. Aside from increasing our ice revenue, ISI brings new customers to our facility. ISI competitions and events keep the community economy in great shape.”
competitions endorsed by the ISI, and Unger was instrumental in developing ISI’s first learn-to-skate program.
Why ISI? “Te ISI testing program is extremely important to our school’s success — the progressive skill levels and embroidered patches are among incentives to our skaters to enroll from one term to the next. Membership in ISI also serves to give skaters and their parents a sense of involvement in the worldwide-skating community.”
August 1991. Te facility was rebuilt on April 24, 1993.
Why ISI? “Most of the skaters that have skated at the Inwood Ice Arena have been recreational skaters, and the ISI programs fit their needs.”
Winter Lodge Lloyd Center Ice Rink
Te Lloyd Center Ice Rink in Portland, Ore., opened in 1960 in the largest shopping center in the world at the time. Te rink was enclosed in the late 80s and entirely remodeled in 2016. Today, the rink is a public skating oval inside an atrium.
Why ISI? “ISI has always helped us provide goals and competitions for skaters moving into competitive levels. Te programs have allowed competitions to flourish.”
Owens Recreation Center
Opened in October 1980, Owens Center in Peoria, Ill., is comprised of two NHL size rinks and caters to various college hockey and youth hockey tournaments, regional figure skating competitions, a speed skating club, and sled hockey. 2006 Olympic figure skater Matt Savoie grew up and trained at Owens Center prior to his peformance in the Olympics in Torino, Italy.
Why ISI? “Te ISI has provided the skaters at Owens Center a recreational test and competition structure. The broad range of events offered through ISI-endorsed competitions is what makes skating fun and yet challenging at the same time. Even the smallest skater at the rink can participate in ISI and feel the glory of receiving a badge once a test is passed!”
Winter Lodge (originally Winter Club) was built in 1956 in Palo Alto, Calif., by Duncan Williams, an engineer from the Midwest who wanted to determine if outdoor ice could survive in California weather. Winter Lodge is still thriving 62 years later with a huge skating school and is a destination spot for recreational family skating.
Why ISI? “Winter Lodge uses the ISI program, because it is a recreational- based program and works well with our philosophy of teaching students in a relaxed, recreational atmosphere.”
South Suburban Ice Arena Ice Chalet Knoxville
Te Ice Chalet in Knoxville, Tenn., was built in 1962 by a corporation named Ice Chalet Rinks, Inc., and was one of the first skating facilities in the South with regularly scheduled public skating hours. In 1962, professional skater and Holiday on Ice star Robert Unger established the Robert Unger School of Ice Skating and later became the rink’s general manager. They held one of the first skating
Joliet Park District – Inwood Ice Arena
Te original Inwood Ice Arena was built in 1959 in Joliet, Ill., and burned down in
South Suburban Ice Arena in Centennial, Colo., opened as a single-sheet, partially- enclosed ice rink in 1968. Te manage- ment at that time joined ISI as soon as the building opened. In the early years, the facility was involved mostly in the management education side. In 1992, the arena began offering the recreational skating programming. Today, it runs three ISI-endorsed skating competitions annually and uses ISI programming to build one of the top 10 largest U.S. Figure Skating bases in the United States.
Why ISI? “We are rooted in parks and recreation and our mission is to provide a myriad of opportunities for skaters of all ages and skill levels to participate, achieve
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