The Cedar Rapids Ice Arena is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids is the second largest city in Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and east of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city...

, located adjacent to Veterans Memorial Stadium

Veterans Memorial Stadium (Cedar Rapids)

Veterans Memorial Stadium is a minor league baseball stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is the home field of the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Midwest League...

. The arena opened on January 8, 2000, and is owned by the city of Cedar Rapids. It is home to the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders

The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team playing in the East Division of the United States Hockey League . Before moving to Cedar Rapids in 1999, the team was based in Mason City, where they were known as the North Iowa Huskies....

 of the United States Hockey League

United States Hockey League

The United States Hockey League is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 16 member teams located in the Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger...

 as well as several local youth hockey teams. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes club hockey team plays some of their home games at the facility. The arena contains separate sheets of ice for ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 games and for public and figure ice skating

Ice skating

Ice skating is moving on ice by using ice skates. It can be done for a variety of reasons, including leisure, traveling, and various sports. Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared indoor and outdoor tracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water, such as lakes and...

.

The arena serves as the home ice for the Eastern Iowa Figure Skating Club

Eastern Iowa Figure Skating Club

The Eastern Iowa Figure Skating Club is a member club of US Figure Skating located in Cedar Rapids, IA. The club's home rink is the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena located in Cedar Rapids, IA. The club is incorporated in the State of Iowa and is a 5013 organization...

, a US Figure Skating club.

For the 2012 season, it will be the temporary home to the Cedar Rapids Titans

Cedar Rapids Titans

The Cedar Rapids Titans are a professional indoor football team due to begin play in the Indoor Football League for its 2012 season. The team is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with home games to be played at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena for their inaugural season before moving to the newly-renovated...

 indoor football team as the U.S. Cellular Center

U.S. Cellular Center

The U.S. Cellular Center is a multi-purpose arena, located in the downtown section of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was financed by the approval of a voter referendum to allocate special municipal capital improvement bond monies, after several prior bond referendums to build a civic center failed between...

is being renovated, where they will play in 2013 and beyond.

External links

• Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
• Eastern Iowa Figure Skating Club