Rink upgrade starts in 2024

The upgrade will include a new roof structure, new change rooms, a concrete new modern ice floor and barrier system, new skate hire facilities and upgraded spectator seating areas.
The rink has been home for more than 20 Olympic ice skaters, including short track Olympic Gold medallist, Steven Bradbury, 2014 Ice Dance Olympians Danielle O’Brien and Greg Merriman, and Australia’s first indigenous Winter Olympics athlete, Harley Windsor.
The rink was shut in September last year over fears its roof may collapse, displacing thousands of recreational and elite skaters with the cancellation of public sessions, Skate School, birthday parties, school sport, ice hockey games, short track speed skating, Inclusive Skate program and figure skating.
The State Government will now work with The Ice-Skating Club of NSW to deliver this much needed upgrade, thanks to a $17.7 million WestInvest grant.
Minister for Sport, Steve Kamper, said it was exciting to restore this fantastic facility so it could serve as a rink for the Canterbury community for many years to come.
“This funding will get thousands of athletes performing incredible feats and scoring goals, while allowing patrons young and old a fantastic opportunity to learn to skate,” he said.
State MP for Canterbury, Sophie Cotsis, said is was a huge win, “a big congratulations to our community for this hard-fought achievement”.
“The project will deliver huge benefits, including local jobs and programs for local school students as well as an inclusive skating program for skaters with intellectual and physical disabilities.
“Since the closure of the facility, skaters from the area have been travelling hours across Sydney, even to Canberra at weekends, to train. Come mid-2026 this will no longer be the case, with this wonderful facility back up-and-running in our own backyard.”