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The Lights Ice Rink

Ice skating in West Fargo, North Dakota • An NHL-sized outdoor rink at Essentia Health Plaza in The Lights development, skating December through March in prior seasons; 2026–27 dates not yet announced.

People ice skating outdoors in a city, winter clothes and laughter on the ice

Generic ice skating photograph — not a photograph of this rink. Photo: Wilfredor (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Resized from the original. This adapted image is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Skating season2026–27 season dates not yet announced. Established seasonal rink, skating through the winter months in prior seasons, with an annual Winter Classic hockey tournament at the rink.
Admission2026–27 admission prices unpublished. Prior-season open-skate pages described free community skating; that term is not presented here as a confirmed 2026–27 price.
Skate rentals2026–27 rental terms unpublished. Prior-season open-skate pages listed rentals at $5 in the Community Room; that figure is not carried forward.
Session hours2026–27 session hours unpublished. Check West Fargo Events open-skate listings before going.
Ice surfaceRefrigerated: Rink magazine (January/February 2021, Arena Warehouse project report) — “This will be a full size NHL regulation hockey rink with dasher boards and glass, refrigeration and its own dedicated Zamboni” and “West Fargo Events has decided to make the outdoor space usable during the winter season by investing in all of the equipment to have refrigerated ice for years to come.”
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📍 Essentia Health Plaza at The Lights, West Fargo, ND 58078
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The rink is at Essentia Health Plaza in The Lights development in West Fargo, an NHL-sized outdoor sheet built for public skating, hockey, and events from December through March in prior seasons. No 2026–27 dates, hours, or prices are published, so check West Fargo Events open-skate listings before going. The rink also hosts the annual Winter Classic hockey tournament, which can affect public-skating availability during tournament days.

What makes this rink distinctive

A full NHL-sized outdoor rink built as permanent winter infrastructure for a mixed-use development, with its own refrigeration and Zamboni, rather than a rented seasonal installation. It hosts the annual Winter Classic tournament, so it serves both public skating and competitive hockey on the same sheet.

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Information checked: 2026-10-25. Read source ↗
NHL-sized outdoor rink at Essentia Health Plaza, December–March season, from the West Fargo Events venue page. Refrigeration from Rink magazine, January/February 2021 (Arena Warehouse project report, verbatim in the Ice surface fact). Venue directory address is 300 32nd Avenue West; this listing prints no street number because the geocoder resolves The Lights development to 3100 Sheyenne Street — both refer to the same complex, and a wrong-side street number is not printed. 2026–27 dates, hours, and prices unpublished; prior-season free skating and $5 rental are not carried forward.

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