Coming This Holiday Season: The Landing Ice Rink in Bettendorf

OCTOBER 11, 2024 - The City of Bettendorf is getting closer to completing its brand-new amenity for the community!

The Landing Ice Rink (2255 Middle Road) is a permanent outdoor ice rink that is nearly 40% bigger than the City's former temporary ice rink, Frozen Landing, which was set up and taken down every year from 2015-2022 and saw an average of 14,000 visitors each season. The Landing Ice Rink is expected to open to the public this holiday season, though an exact date has not been set yet. Crews with General Constructors, Inc. (GCI) are working diligently to finish all its features, including several new buildings that will provide climate-controlled restrooms, concessions, and warming areas as well as outdoor gas firepits with seating and a skating experience unlike anything in our area. Concrete for the 11,000+ square foot ice rink was successfully poured on October 4^th representing a major milestone in the construction process.

HIRING NOW: As GCI continues its work, the City is ready to hire Ice Rink Attendants and Clerks for the 2024-2025 Season! For more information, click here.

THE LANDING LOGO: With the first half of The Landing nearly finished, the City is revealing a brand-new logo that encapsulates both the ice side and the water side of this transformational project at the corner of Middle Road and 23^rd Street:
Designed By: Elly Gerdts, Marketing Coordinator at the Family Museum

BE IN THE KNOW: The water side of The Landing includes a state-of-the-art aquatic facility, which is still expected to open in early summer 2025. You can find updates, designs, a livestream of the construction site, and more on the project's web page by clicking here.

For information specific to The Landing Ice Rink such as hours, admission rates, and special events, be sure to bookmark this web page.

If you would like to receive alerts about The Landing Ice Rink on your phone or in your inbox, click here and click "Text/Email Notifications" to update/set up your Alert Iowa Profile and opt-in to a new list created by the City entitled "The Landing Ice Rink."

"The City is very excited to share this brand new amenity with the community," said Kim Kidwell, Culture & Recreation Director. "The Landing Ice Rink will be a place where families can spend time outdoors in the winter surrounded by a beautiful lodge, modern amenities, and have the opportunity to engage in additional winter programming and activities. We have many fun new things planned, so stay tuned!"

"This is a great leap forward in the amenity that we previously offered and we have a lot of excitement of what this attraction will do for the whole center of our City and the region as a whole," said Decker Ploehn, City Administrator. "We thank our design engineering firm of RDG and their partners, our construction partner GCI for their hard work, and we're extremely grateful for all the donors who helped make this monumental project possible!"