Weekends, school breaks, and summertime sometimes offer a few too many hours of home time. And when the kids start fighting and the weather is not cooperating, what’s a mom to do?
Enter indoor skating rinks! Indoor skating allows the kids, and myself, to learn some new skills, get some exercise, and have a spectacular time. Kids can start skating around the age of three or four, and some rinks welcome stroller skating!
Dallas and its surrounding cities have various options for both ice and roller skating. Most rinks offer lessons, open skate hours, and birthday party rentals.
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Skating is such a fun activity, but it also helps develop coordination and balance, strengthens muscles and cardiovascular health, increases confidence, and helps reduce stress and anxiety.
Many skating rinks have extended hours in the summer months or on school breaks, so always check their websites for current hours.
Roller skating admission varies between $7 to $15, and ice skating varies between $10 to $20 per person, including skate rental. Try to visit on the rink’s “cheap skate” day, usually on a weekday.
Indoor Roller Skating Rinks
Dallas :: Southern Skates Roller Rink :: Owned by the city of Dallas, this large skating rink has open skating, adult skate hours, and facility rentals for private parties.
Duncanville :: Redbird Skateland :: Open skate with your kids, try adult skate for a fun date night, or celebrate with a skating birthday party.
Garland :: Texas Skatium :: Home of the largest skate floor in Texas! Open skate and private parties available during the week and weekends. Stroller skating welcomed!
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Garland :: Westlake Skate Center :: Host a party, take a skating lesson, or come for an open skate with your friends and family!
Lewisville :: Interskate Roller Rink :: Join for a fun themed night, head there during an open skate time, or book a private party.
Mesquite :: Broadway Skateland :: Family owned and operated since 1961, spend a few hours there for open skating, join a themed event, or have fun with family and friends by booking a private party.
Plano :: Thunderbird Roller Rink :: Come enjoy a rolling date night or bring your kids to an open skate time, and make a special memory together!
Indoor Ice Skating Rinks
Allen :: Allen Community Ice Rink :: Enjoy great open skating pricing, as well as fun youth and adult hockey leagues, or register for lessons from beginner (as young as age three) to advanced.
Dallas :: Galleria Ice Skating Center :: Skate in a three-story high atrium during abundant open skating hours, sign up for group and private skating lessons, or book a private event.
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Euless, Farmers Branch, Frisco, Mansfield, McKinney, Plano, and Richardson :: StarCenter :: StarCenter’s multiple locations around the metroplex offer wide access to skating and hockey lessons, group rates, youth and adult hockey leagues, birthday parties, summer camps, and online booking for open skate.
Add some skate time to your family’s schedule this month and enjoy the ride!
