Ice-Quad | Hackensack, NJ | Quad-Ice Training Facility
The IceHouse is a practice site for many NHL hockey teams, and has been the home of Oksana Baiul, Terra Lipinski and over 100 Olympic skaters. It was also the venue for David Letterman’s 1998 Olympic Zamboni Races on “The Late Show”. This $11 million facility was completed in 1998 and houses four official-size ice skating arenas, serving over nine million people within a 30-minute drive. Each rink has viewing areas, with the main arena seating over 1200 spectators. M2 Architects and Eric Milberger received the 1999 New Jersey Business & Industry Association’s (NJBIA) Good Neighbor Award for their design of the IceHouse. The NJBIA honors corporations for their excellence in job creation, community involvement, and architectural merit. NJBIA, the nation’s largest state-level employer association, has more than 16,000 member companies and has sponsored this award annually since 1960. The IceHouse is the largest skating and training facility on the East Coast. The facility is located along the Hackensack River, just minutes from New York City. The facility serves ice hockey, figure skating and public sessions. Schools and local individual hockey leagues are accommodated with not only ice time, but also offices and team facilities. The second floor has a food court with additional restaurants, a lobby, and team and office spaces that overlook all four ice rinks.The owners of the ice skating facility, Hockey Management L.L.C., claim that they have, “More ice than you can shake a stick at!” This is the largest and most complete ice skating facility of its kind in the Eastern United States and sets a standard for ice skating facilities.