Aerodrome Ice Skating Complexes

Great ice skating rink! Been coming here for years.
Skating here is cheaper than at the Galleria. The cost is $ 15 at the Galleria for skate rentals + admission. It costs $ 12.50 here ($ 8 admission + $ 4 for skate rentals + $ 0.50 for lockers). The lockers only take quarters here. You put in two quarters and turn the key to lock the door. It’s not really clear where you buy your tickets.
You have to buy your admission tickets inside the skate shop. It’s to the right of you when you walk in to the building. Then, you can come out to the main lobby to rent your skates.
TIP for novice ice skaters — Wear thick, long knee-​high socks if you are renting skates. Your feet will thank you. The skates tend to cut into your skin.
I went on a weekday afternoon during the holiday season. The place was full of kids and teenagers since they were out from school, but it wasn’t too packed on the rink. Lots of falling kids on the ice.

Definitely better than the Galleria. Cheaper and a more comfortable skating experience.

great establishment, but the employee (older man) who came through the glass door and said «THAT’S IT, IM SICK OF HIM!» to my nephew (who is a first time ice skater) bc he kept falling. he then asked my nephew to show him his hands accusing him of being on his cell phone, which was with his mother across the building. He was thinking that was the reason for him falling. He did all of this right in front of the entire family. After the employee was put in his place by our family, another employee tried offering free passes. which we declined and that most certainly does not excuse the way the older man acted. We will not be back. We had family from Louisiana in town that we were trying to show a good time, and this employee ruined it. My nephew did nothing wrong, falling is part of learning…

Gets five stars due to the ice quality, as compared to the galleria and former sugarland aerodrome. Whatever a complex lacks in accoutrements can be made up for in ice quality. But, no matter how great ammenities and features a given complex may have, it is all for nought if the ice sucks. What makes ice good? Ask and we can discuss it in another conversation. One who knows ice will know what I mean.
I contracted some kind of athlete’s foot fungus from their rental skates many years ago when I first started skating, but I’ve had my own skates now for years and have never developed a rash. A fungus problem doesn’t really attest to the quality of a complex, because they all have the same quality of rental skates. «Never wear rental skates» should be a commonly known rule no matter what place your’e at. Just say no. Don’t do it. It’s gross.

I don’t know what the address given is for, but the Willowbrook Aerodrome address is:
8220 Willow Place Drive North
Houston, TX 77 070‑5671
The website is:
The rink is kinda hard to find and even more difficult to get to without hitting traffic. I’ve been there probably 6 times since the beginning of the school year and I have yet to get there without either getting lost or getting stuck in awful traffic.
There is no longer an Aerodrome in Sugar Land; that rink is now known as the Sugar Land Ice and Sports Center (succinct, right?).
Anyways, the Willowbrook Aerodrome is a decent rink. They, unlike SLISC, have regular stick and puck sessions and bathrooms that are a little less like how I imagine the bathrooms in prisons are. Stick and puck is definitely better here. It’s mostly older high school kids and people up to about their mid thirties, and not so many that it’s impossible to shoot the puck without hitting four people. The guy in the pro shop has a foot and a half in the grave, is ridiculously slow, and likes to chat when you’ve got three minutes to get dressed and get on the ice, but he’s very friendly.
They take all major credit cards except Discover.