Pettit National Ice Center, Olympic training ice rink in Milwaukee, United States.
The Pettit National Ice Center is an indoor ice sports facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with three separate skating surfaces: a 400-meter oval for speed skating, and two smaller rinks used for hockey and general skating. The building is large enough to host competitions and training sessions on different surfaces at the same time.
The center opened on December 31, 1992, replacing the outdoor Wisconsin Olympic Ice Rink that had been in use since 1967. Moving indoors gave elite athletes the ability to train year-round without depending on seasonal conditions.
The Pettit National Ice Center serves as a home training base for several US national speed skating teams, and visitors can watch elite athletes train up close during open sessions. Public skating takes place on a separate surface, so both worlds coexist without getting in each other's way.
Public skating sessions run year-round, but because most of the facility is dedicated to competitive training, availability for casual visitors can vary from week to week. It is worth checking in advance which surfaces and time slots are open to the public before planning your visit.
The Pettit National Ice Center is home to the only indoor 400-meter speed skating oval in all of North America, which means top athletes from across the continent travel here specifically to train. This makes Milwaukee a reference point for a sport that most people would never associate with the city.
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