Classic Rink
Outdoor ice skating in East Aurora, New York • A village outdoor rink open late October through early March, rebuilt from the NHL's first Winter Classic ice.
Generic ice skating photograph — not a photograph of this rink. Photo: Gabriel Picard (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Resized from the original. This adapted image is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Plan your visit
Classic Rink opens its 2026–27 public skates on Friday, October 23, 2026, weather permitting, and skates through March 7, 2027. Regular sessions run Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday and Sunday afternoons, with additional holiday skates on the facility calendar; winter recess dates were still to come at listing time. Admission is $7 with $5 skate rentals, and rentals are first come first served from about 200 pairs — arrive early for weekend night skates.
What makes this rink distinctive
A nonprofit village rink run by the Aurora Ice Association, open-air under a roof with a warming lodge. Its rink and chiller came from the NHL's inaugural Winter Classic at Ralph Wilson Stadium in 2008, carried 10 miles east to East Aurora — the venue USA Hockey calls The Healthy Zone Rink. Note the name: aggregator listings calling it The Healthy Zone Rink are the same venue, not a second rink.
Official tickets and session information
Schedules, prices and closures can change. Check the venue's own site before setting out.
Season status: 2026–27 public-skate season, hours, admission and rental prices from the operator's public skate page; outdoor status from the same page; refrigeration: USA Hockey, “East Aurora Makes Every Game a Winter Classic” — a rink and chiller carried 10 miles east from Ralph Wilson Stadium to East Aurora following the NHL's inaugural Winter Classic in 2008. Holiday sessions and winter recess dates beyond those listed come from the facility calendar; check the operator site before going.
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