Barrington Ice Arena — Local services in Lake Barrington

I have visited this rink and rated it a bit better. This visit was not as pleasant. The rink was asked to host various hockey games in a local tournament and undoubtedly was not inspected by the tournament before hand. When you have an Illinois hockey tournament that draws in teams from various states, like Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin and of course Illinois, I would think that the game spacing and start times should never be moved up to save time. People pay a lot of money to participate in the tournament, including at times air fare, also hotels and enjoying local restaurants. When you push things forward you are only hurting those that paid to be there. The rink should have been accountable for the parking lot surface, horrible at this facility, and having the services like LiveBarn up and usable. Staffing seemed to be slim at best, not keeping up with the flow of people using their bathrooms and being able to answer questions. The rink appears to be old, I get it, however it still could have been a better experience. Maybe not all of this falls on the rinks shoulders, if not the tournament's directors should much more watchful. Concession stand and bar restaurant area was up and running, always a good thing to see. 3+ at best...

My son's team now uses this arena couple times in a month and I don't really like it for two reasons:

Very cold, no heat even they tried to provide some hot air through a big rubber hose on the ceilings, not effective at all.

To get into the locker room, you have to carry your bag, but not dragging it through since there are stairs on the way. My son ends up pulling his heavy grit bag slowly up to stair and then let the bag fall when he goes down the stair -- damage...

Was there for our grandsons tournament game yesterday. Brought my 92 year old dad. It was so very cold inside and even though we came dressed for the cold it was uncomfortable. The bleachers were hard to maneuver for many and there were very high steps. Be aware if you go there. The game was great however. Our grandson skated on ice my daughter skated on...