McCormick Tribune Ice Rink at Millennium Park
- Address
- Michigan Ave & Washington St
- Chicago, IL 60602
- Phone
- 312.742.1168
- Area
- Neighborhood
- Price
- Free entry $10 skate rental
- Web Page
- http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things see do/event landing/events/dca tourism/mccormick tribune0.html
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Description
The ice rink is located on Michigan Avenue between Washington and Madison Streets.
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink or McCormick Tribune Plaza is a multi-purpose venue within Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The plaza operates as McCormick Tribune Ice Rink, a free public outdoor ice skating rink that is generally open four months a year, from mid-November until mid-March, when it hosts over 100,000 skaters annually. It is known as one of Chicago's better outdoor people-watching locations during the winter months. For the rest of the year, it serves as Plaza at Park Grill or Park Grill Plaza, Chicago's largest outdoor dining facility.
Lying between Lake Michigan to the east and the Loop to the west, Grant Park has been Chicago's front yard since the mid 19th century. Its northwest corner, north of Monroe Street and the Art Institute, east of Michigan Avenue, south of Randolph Street, and west of Columbus Drive, had been Illinois Central rail yards and parking lots until 1997, when it was made available for development by the city as Millennium Park. As of 2007, Millennium Park, which is located in the northwest corner of Grant Park, trails only Navy Pier as a Chicago tourist attraction.
McCormick Tribune Ice Rink is generally open for skating afternoons and evenings seven days a week, with longer hours on weekends. However, it is occasionally closed for private events. Skating is free and skate rental is available. Except for its first year, the rink has been scheduled to be open from mid-November until mid-March, weather permitting.
Tips
- Skating is accompanied by loudspeaker music, which is mostly seasonal music during the holidays.
- Rink attendance is heavier on the weekends and other times when school is not in session.
Hours Subject to change. Always verify.
Hours: Regular hours for the season are as follows: Mondays—Thursdays, 12 pm — 8 pm Fridays, 12 pm — 10 pm Saturdays, 10 am — 9 pm
Sundays, 10 am — 9 pm
