One of the great skating place in canada and the world.
Most of professional skaters comes every year for their training and
you can watch their training for free from the upper entrance.
during winter season, the oval opens to public normally on friday night.
Beautiful venue, friendly staff, affordable rentals
Magnificent facility! Excellent service and the ice quality was amazing! So much nicer than anything ive skated on before.
Great place to skate any time of the year. Well-maintained premises and ice.
Great infrastructure with first quality services, very good skating rink with rental of skates, helmet and aids available, very respectful of schedules.
Ice is awesome for public skating. Having to wear helmets is annoying. But it's great ice!
A lot of events happen there ( Science fair) and a lot of other clubs and classes.
Great place to skate with tons of room and reasonable prices
Prefect place to come and skate with friends. There's skate and helmet rentals for those who don't have skates. The ice quality is pretty decent considering all of the activity it gets.
Skating here is pretty popular so expect a fair bit amount of people when you visit.
A very large indoor rink with a viewing gallery. Main issue is the cost of parking.
The oval is a Calgary landmark. I've been skating here for over 20 years. As a student I'd use the speed-skating surface as my study breaks when I lived in campus housing. This particular visit was for the UofC Alumni Association's "Skate with Santa" annual event. This year people had to pay to come and it was excellent! No over-crowding, plenty of access to Santa, lots of crafts/activities for kids and yummy desserts available.
I speed skate there all the time and the staff is amazing and so is everyone else!
The oval is really awesome for skating indoors, family friendly, and relatively affordable considering the high quality of the ice and track. If you like to skate fast there is usually enough room on the outside lane but you have to be mindful of beginners and children. There are season passes for people who want to skate often. The staff is friendly and helpful.
Great facility. Great partnership between Calgary Olympic Organization & University of Calgary.
Before Win Sport started running it, would have rated the oval 4 stars .
Since July 1 of 1987, I skated at the Oval close to 1000 times as I enjoyed it so much. However, skating there became a drag for me in the winter of 2013 with having to wear a helmet and not allowed to go backwards and do spins, etc. Also, the attractive ladies that brightened up the place all but vanished from the scene . They skate at the Olympic plaza or the Bowness Lagoon where helmets do not rule . I have been to the Oval only twice since 2013 and as it is now, will not be back. At least, do not have to pay a fortune to park there. Thanks for the memories.
Went for family skate and the cost for an evening out was very reasonable. Parking is expensive though.
Great facilities. The ice was just too fast for me. The fastest ice in the world *TM
This is the fastest ice surface on the planet and any UCalgary student can go for a skate!
Great experience for family skating, skate around the entire oval or on smaller rinks.
If you could give this place zero stars or a minus I would. Was there for a hockey ice time on a Sunday night not a vehicle in site anywhere in the parking lot or on the street but they expect you to pay 22 dollars to park after paying for the ice. If not a 60 dollar ticket. Students are expected to pay this? Someone in the parking department has lost complete touch with reality. Not paying, and never going back.
One of the best place in the World for speed skating
Took my son there several sessions. Very good place with enough parking during weekend.
A great place for athletics and sports. The ice rink is really fun as well. It is just a little bit small and gets crowded easily.
Best ice in the world for sure! Fun Skate is a great way to spend an evening
Fastest ice in the world. Great ice skating place for beginners and for athletes. Many public skating times with reasonable pricing and onsite skate rental. Can rent regular hockey scares or speed skates. Has hockey rings in the middle. Kids and family and first-time skater friendly.
Went for the beginners speed skating the trainers are really good and patient! If ur older 30+ and are worried that it's just gonna be kids don't worry there will be 5-10 other adults guaranteed!
great way to enjoy with family&friends and not that expensive
For Latinos to understand this is a very cool first world hahaha
Fantastic place to learn and practice skating. However like most places in Canada there's not much supervision. I don't mind paying for learning or public skating but seeing free-loaders almost everyday makes it a bit unfair. The question is how do they get in? That's something the management might want to ask him/herself one day.
Awesome place to run stairs and the skating is great too.
Fun Arena, All the Friendly Speed Skaters Talk to Me.
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Fabulous place as always. Parking fees are quite high though.
The free skate around the oval is a fun time for the family. Kids don't get cold toes and is a learners atmosphere.
Great place for skating. A real landmark for Calgary and not to mention the fastest ice in the world
Great place to skate any time of the year. Well-maintained premises and ice.
Love the ice always a fun place to spend an evenkbg skating around
It's one of the fastest I've in the world. Many times world records in ice skating have been broken. You can enjoy this outstanding facility during public's skating.
The web site doesn't give enough notice that a person needs a helmet as it is mandatory. You get harassed to wear helmets properly.
Could use free parking, and its a bit of a hike to get to the ice
Love this place huge and clean perfect for running or speed skating
Fantastic facility. Love everything about it and we'll go over there often with my family.
Great for all levels, not usually busy. Lots of space to move around and go any speed
Great place to get in some skating. Historic venue with many world records set there. Some of the best ice in the world.
Great venue. What's the point of rules of nobody follows them
I love watching the athletes skating on the rink. It is a nice arena located in the University of Calgary.
We went skating on the oval ice during their public skate and the value for the dollar is excellent. The ice is top notch and the cost is reasonable.
Great place for skating. This place is pretty spectacular with tons of facilities. You can bring you kids & families to enjoy your off time
I rented snow shoes and boots from their rental department. Reasonable prices. Friendly Canadian service!
Fantastic place to learn and practice skating. However like most places in Canada there's not much supervision. I don't mind paying for learning or public skating but seeing free-loaders almost everyday makes it a bit unfair. The question is how do they get in? That's something the management might want to ask him/herself one day.
The Olympic Oval is a great place to speed skate has a fast track !
Went to University at UofC. Visited the Olympic oval during Christmas time with my daughter & mom (visiting from Vancouver) .
It is well organized and the toonie skate is great for families
World class speed skating training facility, great for amateurs and professionals.
Expensive parking! Bring your own skates! The pair of skates I had were dull and had no edge. The ice is good.
Very accommodating. I hadn't known a helmet was mandatory and they gave me one for free. The ice quality was very good and all the patrons and employees were respectful
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