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McCormick Tribune Ice Rink CLOSED 2020-21 Season

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McCormick Tribune Ice Rink.

Where: Millennium Park, McCormick Tribune Ice Rink, 55 N. Michigan

When:  November 15-March 8, 2020

Admission: free.  Skate Rentals & Sharpening: Toddler 8 to Adult 13 available first come, first serve.  $13 Monday–Thursday, $15 Friday-Sunday and Holidays (see below for list of dates), $9 Skate Sharpening, $1 Locker Rentals.

Hot chocolate and snacks are available at the Park Grill Cafe.

 

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The McCormick Tribune Ice Rink will operate Regular Hours (weather permitting):

  • Mondays–Thursdays, noon–8pm
  • Fridays, noon–10pm (ice skating lesson at 11am)
  • Saturdays & Sundays, 10am–9pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)

Free Ice Skating Lessons:

The Winter Workouts program will offer free skating lessons for all ages and skill levels, one hour before the rink opens, on

  • Fridays, 11am
  • Saturdays & Sundays, 9am
  • Chicago Public School’s Winter Break (December 23—January 3, except December 25 and January 1), 9am
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 20), 9am
  • Presidents’ Day (February 17), 9am

Holiday Hours (Holiday Skate Rental Pricing Applies):

  • Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28: 10am–8pm (no lesson)
  • Friday, November 29: 10am–10pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)
  • Monday, December 23: 10am–10pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)
  • Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24: 10am–6pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)
  • Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25: 10am–8pm (no lesson)
  • Thursday, December 26–Monday, December 30: 10am–10pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)
  • New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, December 31: 10am–8pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)
  • New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1: 10am–10pm (no lesson)
  • Thursday, January 2–Sunday, January 5: 10am–10pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 20: 10am–8pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)
  • Chicago Public School Improvement Day, Friday, January 31: 10am–10pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)
  • Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 17: 10am–8pm (ice skating lesson at 9am)

Zamboni time (Rink closed)

  • Monday–Thursdays: 1:30pm, 3pm, 4:30pm & 6:15pm
  • Fridays: 1pm, 2:30pm, 4pm, 5:30pm, 7pm & 8:30pm
  • Saturdays & Sundays: 11:30am, 1pm, 2:30pm, 4pm, 5:30pm & 7:15pm

Maggie Daley Skating Ribbon Nov 15-March 8 2020

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