Flint Iceland Arenas is the official practice facility of the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) Flint Firebirds. It is located at 1160 Elms Rd, Flint, MI 48532.

As the 2018-19 hockey season is set to begin, this year marks the fourth-straight season that the Flint Firebirds have held their training camp and pre-season practices at Flint Iceland Arenas, a partnership that allows the Firebirds’ organization to utilize the ice and facilities to prepare for another campaign in the prestigious Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Flint Iceland Arenas is the official practice facility of the Firebirds and is located on Elms Road in Clayton Township, just a 15-minute drive from the Dort Financial Center.

“To have an arena like this available to an OHL team really makes our entire program much better for everyone involved,” said Rolf Nilsen, Owner of the Flint Firebirds Hockey Club, the Dort Financial Center and Flint Iceland Arenas.

An arena that is suitable for an OHL hockey club comes with high expectations and Mr. Rolf Nilsen has continued to upgrade Iceland Arenas each year since he took over as the sole owner in December of 2014.

“We just finished installing new LED lightning in August, which will make the arena safer for players and more suitable for professional photographers and videographers,” said Nilsen. “It’s a big improvement to not have shadow’s on the ice anymore. We’ve also repainted the walls and the locker rooms to match the ‘Firebirds Blue,’ and plan on continuing to make improvements to this building through regular maintenance each year.”

Although catering to hockey players and figure skaters is a big part of Flint Iceland Arenas, the complex facilitates other sports as well. Several upgrades over the past few years have improved business significantly.

“We have a 17,000 square-foot indoor soccer field on one side of the complex and we offer an additional turf facility on the other side that baseball, softball and lacrosse teams utilize during the winter months,” added Flint Iceland Arenas General Manager Jason Lyon. “This fall, we will be adding batting cages to the turf facility and will be starting indoor soccer league’s in the near future. Diversifying our business and being here to serve the community by offering a wide array of athletics is something we hold to the highest importance.”

The facility offers public skating starting at $5 on Friday and Saturday night’s at 9:00 p.m., learn-to-skate program’s on Wednesday and Saturday night’s, senior hockey on Wednesday and Friday morning’s, and drop-in soccer on Tuesday night’s.

“This is a family,” said Nilsen. “I love it, I love this community and I love to see the program’s that we have in place. We have all the resources here and want to continue to be the preferred sports facility in Genesee County.”

For event times and other information regarding Flint Iceland Arenas, visit their website at flinticeland.com, or contact Jason Lyon at (810) 635-8487 / [email protected].