Ice rinks in Hong Kong

Owing to the territory's subtropical climate, there are no natural winter sports venues in Hong Kong. Several artificial ice rinks have been constructed since the late 20th century, mainly inside shopping centres.

List of ice rinks in Hong Kong

Rink Name Location Size Date Opened Date Closed Manager(s) Remarks Photo
Cityplaza Ice Palace Cityplaza One 1982 1987 1982 - 1987 To Wai Han Moved to Cityplaza Two
Cityplaza Ice Palace @ Cityplaza One 1985
Cityplaza Ice Palalce @ Cityplaza One 1985
Cityplaza Two 20m x 40m 1987 1987 - 2002 Ted Wilson

2002 - now

Marlo Gonzalez

Undergone a major renovation in 2021
Ice rink at Cityplaza shopping centre in Tai Koo, pictured after renovation in 2021.
Aberdeen Marina Club Ice Rink Aberdeen 500m2 1993
Sky Rink Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine Shamshuipo 18m x 41m December 1994 1994 - 1995 Gavin Clyde & Tommy Wu

1995 - 2007 Stanley Li

2006 - 2017 Tsang Kwok Ming

The rink location was originally designed for a cinema.
Festival Walk Glacier Kowloon Tong 23m x 50m 1998 1998 - 2002 Ted Wilson

2002 - 2004? Daven Bow

2004? - now Paul Wong

Gllacier Ice Rink
Glacier Ice Rink
The Rink Elements Tsim Sha Tsui 20m x 46m 2007
The Rink
The Rink
Mega Ice Kowloon Bay 26m x 57m 2007 June Ella Yim -> Nicole Tang -> Christine ???
Mega Ice (2018)
Mega Ice (2018)
DB Ice Rink Discovery Bay 27m x 59m 2021 2021 - now Raul Gomes
DB Ice Rink
DB Ice Rink
LOHAS Rink Tseung Kwan O 26m x 57m 2 April 2021
Lohas Ice Rink
Lohas Ice Rink

Former Rinks

Rink Name Location Size Date Opened Date Closed Manager(s) Remarks Photo
Lai Yuen Ice Rink Lai Chi Kok 1972 February 1993[1] 1987 - 1989

Raul Gomes

Undergone a major renovation in 1989?
Whampoa Super Ice Whampoa Garden 19.3m x 43m 1990 1 October 1997 1990 - 1997 To Wai Han
Riviera Ice Chalet Tsuen Wan 18m x 30m 1990 31 July 2012[2] 1990 - 2012 Raul Gomes
Riviera Ice Chalet
Riviera Ice Chalet
Tsuen Wan Plaza Ice Rink Tsuen Wan 21m x 43m March 1991 ??? 1991 - ? Henry Chui
Crystal Palace Tuen Mun 750m2 April 1992 February 1994 1992 - 1993 Tommy Wu & Paul Wong The rink was converted from car park space and have a low ceiling and 2 columns on the ice surface.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
Sun Yuen Long Plaza Ice Rink Yuen Long 1996 1997

History

1972 - The First Ice Rink

In a subtropical city like Hong Kong, there is no ice and snow in winter. Ice skating was not available to the locals until the 1st artificial ice rink[3] was built in Lai Chi Kwok Amusement Park or commonly called "Lai Yuen".[4]

Note: A newspaper[5] mentioned that there was an ice rink in a private club as early as 1940. As there is no other supporting that it was an artificial rink, it was included in this record.

1982 - The First Shopping Mall Ice Rink

Cityplaza Ice Palace in Phase 2

Swire Properties opened the first-ever shopping mall ice rink in Cityplaza or commonly known as "Taikoo Shing". Although it was small rink, the ice rink got so popular that the rink was moved from Cityplaza Phase 1 to Cityplaza Phase 2, a much larger ice surface.

1990 to 1991 - Grow from 2 rinks to 5 rinks

Riviera Ice Chalet

Shopping Malls owner, seeing the successful story of Cityplaza Ice Palace, followed suits. 3 new ice rinks opens in 6 months time:

  1. Hutchison Group opened Whampoa Super Ice in Whampoa Garden
  2. New World Development opened Riviera Ice Chalet in Riviera Garden
  3. Sun Hung Kai Properties opened Tsuen Wan Plaza Ice Rink in Tsuen Wan Plaza

1990 to 1994 Mr. John Wagner - Ice Rink Resources Limited - 3 new rinks

Mr. John Wagner was the shopping mall manager of Cityplaza. He brought the idea of shopping mall ice rink to Hong Kong. After he retired from Swire Properties, he founded Ice Rink Resources Limited[6] - an ice rink building and management company.

His company not only build and manage Riviera Ice Chalet, but further involved in building/managing 3 more ice rinks in Hong Kong and the 1st ice rink in Macau:

  1. Sino Group opened Crystal Palace in Tuen Mun Town Plaza (1992). The rink was converted from car park spaces and had a low ceiling and 2 columns on the ice.
  2. Future Bright Group opened Future Bright Ice Rink in Future Bright Amusement Park (1992)
  3. Aberdeen Club opened Aberdeen Marina Club Ice Rink in Aberdeen Marina Club (1993)
  4. ETON Properties opened Sky Rink in Dragon Centre (1994). The rink was built on a site that was originally designed for a cinema, public area was very limited.

Ice Rink Resources Limited's successor Ice Rink Management Asia Limited[7] was formed in 1994 and kept on opening ice rinks around Asia.

1994 to 1997 3 ice rinks closed down

Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace closed in 1994

1994 Closure of Crystal Palace

1994 Crystal Palace closed down 1 year after Ice Rink Resources Limited, due to payment issues, withdraw from management. The site was changed to a shooting range.

??? Closure of Tsuen Wan Plaza Ice Rink

Unexpectedly, Tsuen Wan Plaza closed down and the site was rented to Jumpin Gym U.S.A.

1996-1997 Opening and closure of Yuen Long Plaza Ice Rink

It was said that Sun Hung Kai Properties moved some of the equipment of Tsuen Wan Plaza and opened another rink in Yuen Long Plaza. However, the rink was closed in about 1 year time.

1997 Closure of Whampoa Super Ice

Though the business is good in Whampoa Super Ice, the landlord did not extend the lease with the rink in 1997. The site was again rented to Jumpin Gym U.S.A.

1997 Asian Financial Crisis

The 1997 Asian financial crisis put a halt to the growth of ice rinks in Hong Kong. For nearly 10 years, no new ice rink was built. No new ice rink was built around Asia for at least 5 years.

1998 Festival Walk Glacier became the largest ice rink in Hong Kong

Festival Walk Glacier

Ted Wilson, manager of Cityplaza Ice Palace, first proposed to Swire Properties for a second ice rink in 1992. After more than 6 years of planning, Swire Properties finally opened its second ice rink, Festival Walk Glacier, in Kowloon Tong. Festival Walk Glacier became the largest ice rink in Hong Kong.

The project was delayed due to unexpected construction complications.[8]

Mega Ice - 1st standard size ice rink in HK

2007-2008 Ice Hockey and the First Standard Size Ice Rink

Two new ice rinks, both promoting ice hockey, opened. One of them is the first standard-size ice rink in Hong Kong:

  1. Chickeeduck's owner Hubert Chow, formed The Rink[9] and opened The Rink Elements
  2. Kerry Properties opened Mega Ice in MegaBox - the first standard size ice rink in Hong Kong

2021 Openings of 2 More Standard Size Ice Rinks

  1. Hong Kong Resort Company Limited opened DB Ice Rink in Discovery Bay
  2. LOHAS Rink
    LOHAS Rink 2021
    LOHAS Rink in The LOHAS

References

  1. ^ "Wizards on ice rush for gold". South China Morning Post. 26 February 1994. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  2. ^ "探射燈：荃灣「少林寺」結業 雪上加霜 - 東方日報". orientaldaily.on.cc. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  3. ^ "荃話題-荔園". www.lizawang.com. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  4. ^ "關於我們 | 荔園有限公司". 荔園 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  5. ^ 余震宇-掌故舊聞. "麗池夜總會小史 | 余震宇-掌故舊聞". ET Net. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  6. ^ "ICE RINK RESOURCES LIMITED - 香港公司註冊查詢". www.hongkongcompanylookup.com. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  7. ^ "ICE RINK MANAGEMENT ASIA LIMITED注冊編號0488324公司當前已告解散". hongkongcompanysearch.com. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  8. ^ "Festive Walk – Const-Infobank.org". Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  9. ^ 馬健彰 (2018-05-15). "圓方搞溜冰場 Chickeeduck創辦人三招「破冰」 年吸3000萬". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2021-12-31.

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