Creve Coeur Ice Arena

The location of this rink is awesome. Good sized locker rooms, and a decent lobby. Staff have always been nice. I’ve never really had any issues with the ice.
However, the lighting absolutely blows. Half of the time it seems like I’m playing hockey in the dark. Until they fix this, it’s simply an OK rink.

Public skate session… we bought a groupon for skating and hot chocolate. The open skate times were limited but the price was right. The ice is in good shape. The waiting room is a good temperature. There is no hot chocolate to be found as the snack counter is closed. The kids were freezing and the hot chocolate advertised on the package deal would have been appreciated. There is a snack vending machine and a pro shop down the hall with cold drinks. The ice was not very crowded for a weekend in the summer. The public sessions are 1.5 hours.

I came here for the first time today but I suspect I’ll be coming back to skate here on a weekly basis while Brentwood is undergoing some major renovations. Additionally, my skating instructor comes here and prefers the hours at this rink over Kirkwood. The staff were definitely friendly and there is more room to sit and put your skates on, also more benches/​sitting area if you are bringing your child to skate and want to wait for them to finish skating.
The ICE. What can I say? Today, it was a bit on the rough side especially for someone who hasn’t skated in 2.5 months. But maybe they resurfaced it early in the day and they might have had a lot of people skating before I got there or maybe a local hockey team had a session earlier. I will need to come back and see how the ice looks another time and update this review. It was also a bit too dark for my taste. It’s definitely the darkest indoor arena I’ve been to. I looked up and did notice that all their lights are on but I’m not sure what was causing it to look quite dark (it gave me a dungeon-​like feel even though it’s not quite that dark). Other than that, I can’t really complain much. Maybe I will get used to the strange lighting but as far as the rest of the arena goes, it’s fine.
Right when I was getting ready to leave though, I thought I heard one of the guys with hockey equipment ask someone to do a sharpening. I will need to find out about this. If there is a person who does sharpening on a regular basis here, it would be such big help while I am skating in this rink.

Went with the family and it was awesome to have the helpers made out of pvc pipe! So clever! We purchased a groupon and it was a fun experience!

Meh. Its an ice rink. Its large. Its cold.
The good thing about the space is the location. In the heart of Creve Coeur, the spot is easy to access and the parking lot is not nearly as small as it looks. There is a large mulit-​purpose room which was being used for a child’s birthday party. Two small locker rooms work for the kids to prepare for hockey games. The viewing secotion is simple aluminum bleacher seating. There are vending machines as well as a snakc area, the service was closed while we were there.
The rink is located inside a nice golf course.

This is where I skate while I wait for Brentwood to open up. It’s the second best indoor rink in the area. Ice is well mantained and there are frequent ice makes. The hours are very good for the summer with lots of evening and weekend times to skate. Of course there are open free style sessions. Bring cash as they don’t take credit cards, but there is an ATM to help if need be.
They offer rental skates as well and have a snack bar, but I’ve never seen it open. They don’t usually have an ice monitor out which makes figure skating or ice dancing practice while on public session kind of difficult sometimes. There is plenty of parking but watch for the golf players who like to park in the same spots.
CCFSC has quite a number of test sessions spread out too. The staff is friendly and helpful and there are always at least a few coaches to be found.