{"id":937275,"date":"2026-07-15T20:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/937275\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:22:15","slug":"houstons-memorial-city-mall-ice-rink-to-stay-open-until-removal-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/937275\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston\u2019s Memorial City Mall Ice Rink to stay open until removal in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 The MetroNational announced Wednesday that Memorial City Ice Rink will remain open past its original close date July 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">This will provide the community with additional opportunities to enjoy skating, hockey and family programming throughout the fall season.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Houston Ice Sports Coalition (HISC) and Sports Facilities Companies (SFC), MeteroNational adjusted the schedule for planned redevelopment activities due to the response from the communities interest and feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The extension will allow the rink to accept in-house hockey registrations for the fall season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SFC is working with regional rinks to coordinate a full in-house game and playoff schedule through February 2027, with more details to come.<\/p>\n<p><b>Program continuation<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Programming including The Hockey Program, Open Skate, Freestyle Skate and Learn to Skate, will continue through December 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Any unused or prepaid skating sessions as of the December 14 closure date will be fully refunded. All refunds will be communicated by Sports Facilities Companies, the manager of the Memorial City Ice Rink.<\/p>\n<p><b>About the Houston Ice Sports Coalition<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Led by members of Houston\u2019s hockey and figure skating communities, the Houston Ice Sports Coalition is a Texas nonprofit organization seeking philanthropic partners, foundations and anchor donors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">HISC is ready to get to work and welcomes collaboration from major donors, private sponsors, philanthropic organizations and government partners who share its vision.<\/p>\n<p><b>Any additional registration and scheduling questions contact:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 The MetroNational announced Wednesday that Memorial City Ice Rink will remain open past its original close&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":937276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[199904,4345,377567,165936,12654,139590,288240,358,3187],"class_list":["post-937275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-figure-skating","tag-houston","tag-houston-closeure","tag-ice-skating","tag-mall","tag-memorial-city","tag-memorial-city-mall","tag-texas","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}