Discounts are available for seniors and military/first responders. Pricing at this downtown Detroit attraction ranges from $9 for kids to $12 for adults. Some of the world’s best ice skaters have hit the ice at The Rink at Campus Martius Park. Photograph courtesy of Downtown Detroit Partnership The Rink at Campus Martius Park presented by Visit Detroit The Rink at Campus Martius is open seven days a week and offers skate rentals. Dodge Park, 40620 Utica Road, Sterling Heights. Deebe’s Coffee will be on hand serving drinks every weekend. Skate rental is $3 and skate sharpening is available for $5. Admission is free to residents of Sterling Heights, or $5 per person. The rink is closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day. Special hours run Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, and the day before Valentine’s Day. This covered, open-air ice rink officially opens for the season on Dec. Buhr Park Ice Arena, 2751 Packard Road, Ann Arbor. Skate rentals are $3, and sharpening is available for an additional cost. Tickets are $6 for adults, and $5 for seniors and youth 17 and under. Public open skate is available 3:15-5:30 p.m. 15, 2022.This open-air ice arena is covered by a roof so you can enjoy a skate sesh outdoors without having to brave all the elements. So the crowds are back.”Ĭindy Miotto and her grandson, Brooks Brodsky, 1, explore the Christmas vendors in downtown Detroit, on Thursday, Dec. “To just take part in all the great opportunities for the holidays that are downtown. “We have a stadium’s worth-plus of people come through the park to see the Christmas tree, to get a picture maybe for their holiday cards, to shop, to dine at the restaurants,” he said. Last Saturday alone, more than 100,000 people went through Campus Martius.įor comparison, Cowan pointed out that Ford Field holds about 70,000 people. “We have seven spectacular parks that are all a complementary walkable network of space.” “We’re excited to continue to program these beautiful parks,” said Cowan. Her family is among the more than two million people every winter who visit Detroit’s downtown park system, which sparkles with more than one million lights. Many thousands still stuck in NEXUS border backlog.New football-themed playground opens at Windsor's waterfront.“The big tree is something I always look forward to when I come down here,” said Kaldovsky. Towering above the rink is the famous Christmas tree, a 65-foot Norway spruce from Northern Michigan, decked out with 20,000 LED lights. So we’re trying to get to 100,000 folks on the ice.” “It just continues to go higher in terms of attendance. “Every single year since we’ve opened it we’ve had record crowds,” said Cowan. Photo by Dax Melmer / Windsor Starīigger than the world-famous ice at New York City’s Rockefeller Center, Detroit’s downtown rink can hold more than 200 skaters at a time. Leslie Gomez, left, and Tiffany Kaldovksy enjoy an afternoon skate at Campus Martius Park on Thursday, Dec. My family comes down for Christmas, and we always come to ice skate. “Almost every year, I feel like I’m down here for Christmas,” said Tiffany Kaldovsky, also from Metro Detroit. It serves bites such as walking tacos, soft pretzels, and chili, along with festive drinks and hot cocoa.īut the centrepiece of the winter village, and its biggest attraction, is The Rink at Campus Martius Park. We walk around, take pictures, and just socialize.”Īt the end of the row of little shops sits Cadillac Lodge, a family-friendly space fashioned after a ski lodge. “I like the environment, the people, the shops. “I’m not done shopping yet,” Nichols said after taking a break to pose for a photo next to the big Christmas tree. Metro Detroiter Jill Nichols spent the first hour of her annual visit to the village this week at the Downtown Detroit Markets, a collection of 18 small business pop-ups offering everything from Detroit gear to dog toys. All of downtown lights up on that night.” Cadillac Lodge is part of that holiday experience. “From that first night on, the entire season is full of activities,” said Cowan. Winter in the Parks, which began in November with the 19th annual tree lighting ceremony, runs through the first week of March. People enjoy the festive atmosphere as they take in an afternoon skate at Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit, on Thursday, Dec. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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