Location | 888 Ridge Valley Irvine, California 92618 |
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Coordinates | 33°40′39″N117°44′43″W / 33.67761°N 117.74524°W |
Owner | Anaheim Ducks |
Operator | Ice Management, LLC [1] [2] |
Capacity | 2,500 (main arena) |
Surface | 280,000 sq. ft |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2017 [3] |
Opened | 2019 [4] |
Construction cost | $110,000,000 USD |
Architect | LPA |
Tenants | |
Anaheim Ducks (2019–present) Anaheim Jr. Ducks (2019–present) Anaheim Lady Ducks (2019–present) ADHSHL (Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League) (2019–present) San Diego Gulls (2021) | |
Website | |
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Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena is a 2,500 seat (FivePoint Arena) 4 rink (3 NHL and 1 Olympic) ice hockey facility in Irvine, California. It serves as the practice facility of the Anaheim Ducks, after leaving Anaheim Ice. [5] The facility includes a team store, restaurant (Between the Rinks), pro shop, arcade, and other amenities. As one of The Rinks facilities, Great Park Ice offers youth and adult hockey, curling, ice skating lessons, figure skating, and public skating hours. [6] The complex is also surrounded by Orange County Great Park which has other sports facilities.
On March 14, 2020, all Ice Management LLC. facilities, including the Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena, [2] suspended all operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] Despite later resuming operations, Anaheim Ice facilities agreed to comply with ongoing California state COVID-19 guidelines in August 2020. [8] As part of the COVID response, the facility has been designated as the temporary home facility for the Ducks' AHL affiliate, San Diego Gulls, for the 2020–21 season instead of their normal home area Pechanga Arena. [9] [10]
Great Park Ice features Between The Rink Family Restaurant. Also, on floor 1 is the Between The Rinks Café, which fans can get food before, after, or during a game. The Bar and Restaurant features many Flatscreen TVs showing different games. On one of the walls, there are many different hockey pucks with different logos on them. The restaurant serves varieties of pizza, burgers and sandwiches, beer, wine, tacos, and more. [11] As the name suggests, the Restaurant and bar are located between rinks. [12]
Date(s) | Score(s) | Team 1 | Team 2 | Event Name (promoted as) | Notes |
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December 28–29, 2019 | (28) 4 – 1 Harvard Wins [13] | Harvard | ASU | SoCal Clash [14] | This was the first time since the 1999 Frozen Four (held at Honda Center) an NCAA Division I contest was held in Southern California. |
(29) 5 – 4 (OT2) Harvard Wins [15] | |||||
Dates | Champion(s) | Event | Notes | Ref. |
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November 17–20, 2022 | Tier 1 – Boston Bruins | 12th annual USA Hockey Sled Classic, presented by the NHL | [16] | |
Tier 2 – Pittsburgh Penguins | ||||
Tier 3 – Boston Bruins | ||||
Tier 4 – Colorado Avalanche | ||||
Tier 5 – Chicago Blackhawks | ||||
September 7-8,10, 2019 | 2019 Rookie Faceoff | Six of nine games played at FivePoint Arena, the remaining in Rink 3. | ||
April 4-8, 2019 | 14U - Pittsburgh Penguins Elite (PA) | 2019 Chiptole-USA Hockey Nationals, Girls Tier 1 | [17] [18] | |
16U - Chicago Mission (IL) | ||||
19U - Boston Jr. Eagles (MA) |
Source: [19]
FivePoint Arena, its locker rooms, the lobby, and the exterior of Great Park Ice were featured in the second season finale of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, a television show based on The Mighty Ducks trilogy. Ducks alternate captain Cam Fowler was featured in the episode along with Anaheim's reverse retro jerseys.[ citation needed ]
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