Reviews of Patriot Ice Center (Tourist Attraction)

Dave Rist

Great programs. Great staff

Bill Babb

Two rinks snack bar and pro shop

Anthony Scianna

Could be kept a little cleaner

Nichole Brown

Nice rink with plenty of seating and very clean.

Loretta Compher

It was really fun there. My son did not know how to ice skate, so some of the kids in our Pathfinder group showed him how. They had a nice snack bar. I would definitely recommend you take a group there for a great time.

Brian Hansbury

Great place to learn to skate. Hockey games and hockey practice for those who already know how to skate.

Mary Kennedy

Nice place for family fun. Friedly staff.

Liz Smith

My kid had a blast!

Dave Dave

Bathroom very dirty

Sharon Shehan

The ice is awful! So hard to skate on the ice. Will not go back here for public skate. They do not take good care of the ice.

Ryan Gomez

It's a skating rink no cell svs or wifi

Mary

Not the best seating to watch hockey.

Arleen Kinka

had a group outing to learn and play curling. it was Fun! instuctors very knowledgeable and patient. group had a great time.

Guy C. Garant

Great snack bar!

Erin Foster Palagye

Perfection

Madison Bell

Staff is always so polite & Helpful. Smooth ice, great to learn how to skate, & they offer a skating "walker" to hold onto for new skaters. They offer soo much here for ALL ages! Private lessons, (figure skating/ hockey) Stick and puck, Summer camp for the kids, Open Hockey, Curling teams, Huge Hockey tournaments - awesome to watch! FREE WIFI, a veryyyy nice party room, great for birthdays, or even office/work place party/events! They always have VERY CLEAN locker Rooms and bathrooms. Great food!! Cute hoodies, Tee-shirts and Tights in their little store. They have lockers to rent for public and cosmic skate, Weekday Public Skate from 11:00am to 12:30pm for ONLY $7 -$3 for skate rentals, and I must say ... They have very clean and sharp skates, you'll never get a dull skate! Friday nights they have Cosmic Skate from 8:00pm-10:00 pm Always have the best music playing! Sometimes they even have themed nights which are always fun! -you can always check their Facebook or Instagram for upcoming events. I've never been disapointed here. Always have awesome service and a great time!! An awesome, chilly spot to stay cool on a hot summer day/evening

Nicole Rudderforth

One of my favorite rinks for tournaments.

John Thomas

The Delaware Ducks PeeWee team for the 2018-2019 season was a great experience for my son. He learned a lot and developed as a player. He also has attended the summer hockey camp for the past 2 years and it is the only rink locally that you can get stick and pucks for hockey.

craig mossinger

Hockey all day!

Tom Brooks

The rental skates are the worst. Food was better here then at U of D. But bad skates for all of us. We even traded them in to see if We just got unlucky. No that did not help.We are going back to Fred Rust @ U of D.

Joe Meade

Great place to learn to play hockey

Ryan Fitzwater

Great staff and a great time experienced or new to skating alike

Dave Donaldson

Attended a hockey game.

Lauren Down

Went to public skate. $20 for me and boyfriend to rent and skate. Great afternoon and got a great workout. We'll definitely go again.

Brenda Messer

It was r first time there and r last. Its run down the ice was horrible We went on a Saturday and the food court was knit open or the pro shop. The skates are old and run down. I drove an hour for that!!!!! I will wait for the Harrington ice rink to open back up because that's a 5 star!!!!!!!

Phi Dao

(Translated by Google) Sauceeee (Original) Sauceeee

Shannon Nelson

Lots of fun.

Paulina Tep

The ice arena overall is great but I suggest not going to the summer camp. The kids were rude to me and I felt super left out the counselors (most) talked about dating and one of them said the a word describing some boy. The hockey players cuss in the bathroom and one of the stalls had the f word on it. Another counsleor was talking to my sister and my sister pronounced her friends name wrong and the counselor replied like this: "Her name is not that!" Like in a tone making her feel stupid. Only one counselor was smart enough to treat everyone equally. And another counselor saw me not paying attention and just yelled my name instead of tapping me on the shoulder like I was about to cry because I was mistreated and I had only 2 friends. 1 was really nice but she didn't stay long and the other one payed attention to her other friends and not me. Never go there unless you're the type of person who is super confident and has a good reputation.

Gayle Knowtime

Great snack stand! Super friendly staff.

Paul Kinosian

As far as an ice rink for hockey this place leaves a lot to be desired. Doors to benches don't close, view from stands not good. Ice was OK but not great. Not close to rinks in PA and NJ

John Crouse

Olympic & NHL rinks, clean, friendly staff, nice snack bar, pleasant experience for first time visitors

Lynne Meyers

Went with a group. We were all trying to improve our skating. Instructors were very nice, very helpful, and very patient.

Eric Boyle

Has new owners but could really use new ice! Lots of issues with gap around the boards among other things. Blue paint in crease could use s renewal too.

Tom Stokes

Two rinks and a great pro shop.

Kevan Turman

Cindy is the absolute WORST! She is rude and I would NEVER support this establishment. She has never met me yet hung up on me twice because she said that she would not waste her time because there was nothing available. Just terrible!

GMEN TILIDIE

Just returned home from The St Patty’s Day Smackdown hockey tournament at the patriot ice center ! Now the hockey was great competitive BUT when you go to these tournaments you absolutely expect the refs to let some things go to move the games along ! Well in this case they either let too much go or called every penalty that they could with some games being lopsided in the calls !! Also the championship game was totally one sided with the home rink team the Delaware Ducks winning their own tournament !

John Dak

Mediocre ice rink. 2 sheets of ice with one being Olympic sized. Worst locker rooms I've ever been in, dirty and old with some being small and exposed and others being large and extremely cold. Rink is old and outdated, and cold use a paint job some time. Pro shop is good though, and they run good tournaments there.

Justin Jenkins

The staff are very friendly and helpful. The ice needs a lot of work because of all the ruts and none of the ice is even.

Ian Shannon

amazing ice, nice facility, great atmosphere, would love to travel back to play ducks

Cameron

I grew up playing ice hockey for the Delaware Ducks out of the Pond and I love the pond... but I couldn't even skate with the rental skates... you guys need to sharpen those if you want people to come back

Elizabeth Hollett Shackett

My daughter has been skating there since she was 5 years old. She has done Learn to Skate, Learn to Skate Summer Camp, Summer Figure Skating Academy and represented the Patriot Figure Skating Club at 2019 U.S. National Championship. She calls the PIC her “home.”

Mike Pursh

I love the Patriot Ice Arena because of all the Stick & Puck sessions and public skate sessions. The ice is beautiful and they have great people that work there. I also have a restaurant case you get hungry or thirsty

Lisa King

Nice sports shop

sam hatfield

Great place with great coaches

Fire Blazer

Great skating arena,I always have fun theirs so many things and programs you can do.

Dianna Turner

Ice was in bad condition. Rink needs an upgrade. Snack bar and pro shop are great.

Jonnell Shedlock

Ice edges around boards are horrible on Olympic rink; that's an injury waiting to happen.

William Horst

It would be great if the stands were higher to give a better vantage point and if they had a PA for in game calls.

Andy C

The ice is terrible. There is a hill in the corner if the Olympic rink, along with many drop offs along the edges. The rink hosts many tournaments that far exceed its capacity and most of the games are played at other rinks. Coming from a player point of view, the rink is pretty bad. The locker rooms need a serious update, and the Olympic rink needs to be re-done. Overall I would try to be at this rink as little as possible.

Jeff s

Nice rink

Danny Summers

It's nice because not very many people go there but the ice is not as nice as UD.

Kristopher James

New name, some cosmetic changes. Big rut is still along the boards in the NHL rink. Ankle snapper.

alexandra steele

Been going to the Pond since it opened.It's much dinger now & the ladies room needs to be cleaner

Ryan Artega

Sucks

Daniel Velez

Nice staff, excellent pro shop, horrible ice conditions: dramatic crown, sinking gaps at edges, standing water well into the 3rd period, board alignment issues with lots of crazy puck deflections, low ceilings with dangling insulation. Again, nice staff but the facility needs attention.

rosita mccaffrey

Love it

Tina Ortiz

Fun environment

Marina Hewett

Rink was nice but the rest wasn't that nice

Ducky Quackersworth

Only ever gone for curling, but the place seems nice.

Mike Petrucci

A simple place to get your skate on but I recommend definitely trying the Cosmic Skate.

Bill McHugh

Nice place, though they could have cleaned the ice before the public skate session. It was chopped up from the practice or game before.

Gary Walters

Great arena for hockey.

Brandon Curatola

Played in a charity tournament there. First they had no shower in the locker we were in and on the second day they locked the showers. The ice was rough and not well cut. The e tire place seems to have gone down a bit in quality since I last played at 'the pond'.

A. Winger

Freezing cold!

Ronald Livingston

Been there once very nice

Rob Zorn

Extremely dated layout of benches leaves little to be desired locker rooms are horrible very dirty

Jay Dubois

The hockey shop is the highlight of this rink. Check it out

theresa sebastian

Great food from burgers to fresh salads. Finish with a fresh made cannoli

Lynne Donnelly

We had a player get injured today on the ice during an EJEPL showcase game at your arena. The snack shop was not open. We asked to get ice and no one could get ice for our injured player. The EJEPL representative was not in the rink, as he should have been. This is a problem when ice is not available. I think it's highly inappropriate .

Orlando Duran

It wasn't bad, but it started looking outdated..at night the lighting isn't bright anymore and you can barely hear WSTW as the music they played while skating

Gunnar Imgarten

Nice skating rink but understaffed and poor music selection usually

Miles Webb

Two sheets of ice , nice place, nice pro shop

eriK Martin

The best ice skating rink in Newark Delaware, hands down!

Jodi Vander Veer

Did a tournament here. Great facility

L_B Levin

Ice is maintained poorly, known potential safety issues of rinks are not addressed. Bathrooms are NOT clean at 8AM on a Saturday. New management doesn’t seem to care. Bonus: Cafe owner continues to be rude to non-patrons. Don’t waste your money or time here if you don’t have to.

Wendy Stanley

nice place , kids enjoyed it very much , nice prices on food

Cailyn Gordon

LOVEEEEE i go here on fridays and it's so fun

Kristi Miller

Our second home!

Luc Dubois

The building seemed a little work down... The ice had lots of holes, needs to be cleaned better

Jeff Maakstad

Rink has been maintained so poorly that it’s hardly recognizable. Olympic rink has the worst ice I’ve ever seen. Uneven, bumpy, truly miserable. Showers are awful, seems like no money has been put into this rink in 20 years (with the exception of “the cove” lol). Sad to see a rink fall apart in front of your eyes...

erin foster

A+++++×

Melissa Soto

My 7 year old brought fruit with her to eat while watching her brother play hockey and they kicked her/us out. Most places do not offer healthy snacks so we brought our own. That man was awful with the way he handled it. His yelling scared my daughter.

Tracy Lippel

Bathrooms are dirty and the staff isn't particularly friendly.

Greg Magri

Large dressing rooms, ample parking.

THEILLY TELLEZ

Clean ice, nice staff, quite big

E Mirg

Nice staff

Pat DiCola

Great tomato soup

Jake R

Great place after school on a Friday night with friends

Frank Burger

We have our daughter entered into their 1st grade skating lessons. Their staff is extremely helpful, friendly, with great coaching! Thanks

SHANNON CHILDS

The pro shop is great and Dave is awesome. Aside from that we would rather go to Fred Rust Arena at UD where the staff treats you like family and is always willing to answer questions. Good luck getting a response or ANY information about the ice hockey programs offered no matter who you ask. Staff cant be bothered to help you with anything. They just point like monkeys to a wall and don't answer questions. I've heard other parents complain about similar experiences including on the MOT page and can now attest to the same level of unprofessionalism. Its shame because they lost our business for sure. Don't wast your time or money here. Go to University of Delaware !