Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena

Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena

Location	888 Ridge Valley Irvine, California 92618
Coordinates	33.67761°N 117.74524°W / 33.67761; -117.74524
Owner	Anaheim Ducks
Operator	Ice Management, LLC[3][4]
Capacity	2,500 (main arena)
Surface	280,000 sq. ft
Construction
Broke ground	2017[1]
Opened	2019[2]
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
www.greatparkice.com

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,[4] 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's Logo

Between The Rinks

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]

Notable events

Games

Date(s)	Score(s)	Team 1	Team 2	Event Name (promoted as)	Notes
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]

Rink 4 (FivePoint Arena)'s Logo.

Tournaments

Dates	Champion(s)	Event	Notes	Ref.
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)

List of other events

Source:[19]

• 2017 - Ground broken by Henry Samueli and his wife Susan, also burying a hockey puck in the process.
• 2019 - Ceremony introducing Dallas Eakins as Ducks head coach.
• 2019 - USA Hockey Nationals
• 2019 - Anaheim Ducks Rookie Faceoff
• 2019 - SoCal Clash (see above)
• 2020 - United States women's training camp
• 2020 - Hockey Day SoCal
• 2021 - San Diego Gulls hosted for the 2020–21 AHL season

In popular culture

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]

Great Park Ice is the site of the Anaheim Ducks' media day, where videos are recorded for the scoreboard at the Honda Center^[citation needed]

References

1. "History of Great Park Ice - General Info - Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena". www.greatparkice.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
2. "Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
3. https://anaheimice.therinks.com/
4. https://irvineinline.therinks.com/general-info/news/facility-update-819 Archived 2020-09-22 at the Wayback Machine temporarily
5. Arritt, Dan. "Ducks owners, Irvine Ice Foundation open $110 million ice facility". NHL.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
6. "greatparkice.com". greatparkice.com. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
7. COVID-19 UPDATE https://anaheimice.therinks.com, March 13, 2020, accessed September 27, 2020
8. UPDATE TO FACILITY GUIDELINES Archived 2020-09-28 at the Wayback Machine https://anaheimice.therinks.com, August 19, 2020, accessed September 27, 2020
9. "San Diego Gulls 2020–2021 Season Information | San Diego Gulls". Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
10. "San Diego Gulls to temporarily relocate to Irvine". San Diego Union Tribune. January 4, 2021.
11. "Between The Rinks Bar & Grill Menu" (PDF). Retrieved May 8, 2021.
12. "Between the Rinks – Restaurant & Bar – Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena". www.greatparkice.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
13. "Recap: Men's Ice Hockey vs. Arizona State (SoCal Clash Game 1)". YouTube. December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
14. "Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena to Host". NHL.com. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
15. Cameron, Greg (2019-12-29). "Here's the Dornbach goal in 2OT for @HarvardMHockeypic.twitter.com/l7U7GDUvK2". @gregdcam. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
16. Hockey, U. S. A. (2022-11-10). "2022 USA Hockey Sled Classic, Presented by the NHL, Kicks Off on Nov. 17". USA Hockey. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
17. "2019 GIRLS' TIER I/WOMEN'S USA HOCKEY NATIONALS - Events - Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena". www.greatparkice.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
18. "2019 Chipotle-USA Hockey Girls Tier I Tournaments". nationals.usahockey.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
19. "History of Great Park Ice - General Info - Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena". www.greatparkice.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.