Ice House

Australia’s Home of Ice

Ice House is soon to become Australia’s premium Ice Sports Venue.

It will contain:

• 2 Olympic sized world class ice skating rinks
• Café and Bar
• Venue Rooms

It will host

• Recreational ice skating and roller skating
• Professional training sessions and support for Ice Hockey and other ice sporting teams
• National and International events

The Future of Ice Sports in Australia

No doubt Australians love their sport and particularly in Melbourne, the sports capital of Australia. The Ice House will add a truly unique and welcome addition to Melbourne’s collection of premium sporting venues. More importantly, the Ice House will give a national boost to our under represented ice sport.

With the Ice House promoting ice sports the popularity on a local and National level is bound to sky rocket. Ice Hockey has all the exciting factors of a sport that Australians will love, there has just never been the venue, platform or promotion required to kick start public enthusiasm.

Andrew Shelton, Ice Sports Australia: “Ice Hockey I think is a game Australians will respond to…It’s got all the characteristics that they would enjoy…it’s physical, it’s athletic, it’s extremely fast and very competitive”

The Team - Melbourne Ice

Ian Webster – Team Manager, Melbourne Ice

Melbourne Ice has been Australia’s premiere Ice Hockey team, training and playing in a humble ice skating rink in Oakleigh South. The only ice skating rink in Australia, it is far from Olympic standards and there are many individuals and groups competing for ice time. The Ice House will allow Melbourne Ice and other teams to have plenty of time on the ice in a premium venue of an Olympic standard.

To learn more about Melbourne Ice

Other Partnerships

• The Olympic Winter Institute of Australia will be based at the Ice House after maintaining a small office in South Melbourne.
• Ice Sports Victoria
• Ice Hockey Victoria
• Due to the availability of ice time, Olympic ice skating hopefuls, curlers and clubs have endured a majority of their training off the ice and at hours late in the evening/early morning.

Under Construction

The fate of the Ice House development has been an ongoing and uncertain process. It was approved then faced issues over financial support, prolonging the go ahead for construction.

Since early 2009 the construction of the Ice House has been in full swing and is taking shape.

Completion Date

Currently, the Ice House is on schedule to be completed in February 2010

Location

The Ice House is currently being constructed in the Waterfront precinct of Docklands. For more details on the Docklands and the Waterfront area see [Docklands]

MAP

Waterfront City location on a docklands Map: http://www.waterfrontcity.com.au/AboutUs/Map/tabid/220/Default.aspx

Getting Here

• Train: Southern Cross Station is on Spencer Street where the Central Business District and the Docklands begin. It is between Collins and Bourke Street which both continue into docklands via road, tram and pedestrian bridges.
• Tram: Including City Circle
  > No.30 via La Trobe Street
  > No. 31 via Collins Street
  > No. 48 & No. 70 via Flinders Street
  > No. 86 via Bourke Street
• The Free City Circle Tram travels around the CBD and then into the Harbour Esplanade of Docklands via Flinders Street. After travelling down Docklands drive it then returns via La Trobe Street into the CBD.
  > For route and timetabling information:
• Melbourne’s Free Tourist Shuttle takes passengers to key points in and around the Central Business District. This includes a trip through the Docklands with stops near Etihad Stadium Bourke Street and Waterfront City.
  Fore more information and timetabling of the Free Tourist Shuttle Route
• Car Parking:
  > Free 2 hour parking is located in and around the Docklands streets.
  > Please refer to the Location and Map above for roads and routes that lead to Docklands
• Cycling \ Bike
  > Many inner city paths lead to the Docklands such as the Capitol Trail
  > Roads such as in Waterfront city have dedicated bike lanes
  > There is plenty of bike parking in and around the Docklands to encourage visitors to cycle to and around the Docklands
• On Foot \ Walking
  > The Docklands is a very easy and scenic walk from locations throughout the CBD.
  * Yarra’s Edge is a natural extension of the Yarra and Southbank Promenade
  * Bourke and Collins Street extend from the Central Business District into the Docklands via pedestrian Bridges
  * North Bank walk on the Yarra River curves into Victoria Harbour

Opening Hours

TBA