How to Book Ice:
To request an ice or floor booking with the Town of Newmarket, please start with clicking on the "ice availability search" icon below.
Single use ice rental transactions within 14 days can be made through our Customer Service Kiosks at the Magna Centre and Ray Twinney Recreation Complex. Payment in full is required to book and payment via cheque is not accepted. Please visit the kiosks for more information.
For all other ice and floor requests, please submit an ice application. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received. Timeslots are available on a first come first/serve basis and may be subject to seasonal exceptions.
Hourly Rental
A minimum of one hour is required for ice and arena floor bookings. For ice bookings, this includes 50 minutes of ice use and 10 minutes of ice maintenance per hour of booking.
Insurance
All sporting events are required to carry comprehensive general liability insurance in the amount of no less than $2,000,000.00 depending on the nature of the event for which the permit is issued. Such insurance will be carried for the rental period and will have the Corporation of the Town of Newmarket shown as an additional insured on the policy. The Town of Newmarket can provide liability insurance through a third party program at an additional cost.
Cancellation Policy
1) Permanent seasonal ice cancellation will only be accepted until September 1.
2) The Town of Newmarket, Recreation and Culture Department has the right to close facilities due to unforeseen circumstances. Where this occurs a 100% credit will be applied to your permit contract.
3) After a contract is signed, single or occasional use cancellations will be permitted only if initiated by the contract holder and under the following conditions:
a. Written notice 14 Calendar days prior to rental is provided to Facility Bookings:
b. And, Organizations interested in avoiding specific days or blocks of time, such as Thanksgiving, Halloween,
Christmas, Family Day, March Break and Easter within the booking period, must request such exceptions when
submitting applications for ice:
c. And, Payment of $25.00 administration fee per hour and a cancellation fee of 15% per hour of cancelled ice time.
4) To assist all organized sports during their playoff schedules and figure skating test days, the cancellation requirement as listed in item #3 above will be waived, provided that notice is given 2 calendar days prior to the rental.
Tournaments & Floor/Ice Events:
Please fill out the Community Events Application form and refer to the Community Events Resource Document for more information.
For Seasonal Ice rental fees please click the buttons below:
Magna Centre - 800 Mulock Dr.
Bobby Forhan – sponsor Serpa BMW Olympic Size - Seating 1000
Newmarket Hyundai - NHL Size - Seating 250 - Sports Theatre - 70
Newmarket Honda - NHL Size - Seating 250 - Sports Theatre - 67
Pfaff Motors - NHL Size - Seating 250 - Sports Theatre 38
Ray Twinney Recreation Complex - 100 Eagle St. W.
RTRC 1 - NHL Size - Seating 2500
RTRC Nissan - NHL Size - Seating 72
Hollingworth Arena - 35 Patterson St.
Hollingsworth - NHL Size - Seating 57
Arena Ice Capacity - 160 people
Arena Floor Capacity - 1200 max. (depends on location, setup and Fire Department approval)
Contact Information:
Recreation and Culture Department
395 Mulock Drive
Newmarket, ON L3Y 4X7
Fax: 905-953-5113
Phone: 905-953-5300 ext. 2610
ice@newmarket.ca
