Welcome to the Gardens Ice House. Thanks for visiting and please let us know if you have any questions. Read below for a few details about our great facility.

Located in the Fairland Regional Park near Laurel, Maryland, two miles from Interstate 95, The Gardens Ice House is the premier skating facility in the Mid-Atlantic region. Some of the highlights include:

• Built by the Top Shelf Development Company (Claiborn Carr III, principal, and Thomas Hendrix), selected through a MNCPPC development competition

• Three rinks: 1 olympic size (200' x 100') and 2 NHL Size (200' x 85'). Logsdon Pavillion added in 1999 includes retractable walls for 'pond' skating. Patrick Rink and Exhibition Center boasts more than 1,500 person seating capacity.

• Five private rooms of varying sizes designed to accomodate small to large private parties, corporate meetings, company get-togethers etc.

• $10.5 million, privately- funded facility, sited on land leased from the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission

• Common 'warming room' overlooking each rink with comfortable seating, fireplace and televisions designed for visitors to relax while taking a few moments away from the action

• Independent full gym and cafe with trained staffs as well as a video game arcade

• Parking for more than 600 vehicles

• Fairland Regional Park: 35 acre park includes state-of-the-art gymnastics and aquatics center, four lighted ball fields, batting cage and running trails - Expansion plans call for doubling of the seating capacity in the Patrick rink to 1,600 people, in addition to a video, TV, and radio press box, two additional locker rooms, and a skybox. The Patrick rink will become an exposition center from mid-March to mid-October, able to hold up to 4,000 people for concerts, graduations, or trade shows.