University of Illinois Ice Arena

University of Illinois Ice Rink

Location	Champaign, Illinois
Public transit	MTD
Owner	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Operator	Campus Recreation
Capacity	1,500 (Ice hockey)
Surface	197 ft × 115 ft (60 m × 35 m)
Construction
Opened	1931
Architect	Holabird and Root
Tenants
Illini Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Teams Illini Synchronized Skating Team

The University of Illinois Ice Arena, also known as the Big Pond,^[1] is an ice arena and recreational sports facility in Champaign, Illinois, and owned and operated by the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. The arena is the home for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's and women's college ice hockey teams competing in the American Collegiate Hockey Association. The men's ice hockey team competes at the ACHA Division I level as a member of the Central States Collegiate Hockey League and the women's team competes independently. Illinois also has an ACHA Division II team that plays in the Mid American Collegiate Hockey Association. Additionally, the facility is the home of the Illinois synchronized skating Team, the Illinois Intercollegiate Figure Skating Team and several skating clubs such as the Champaign Regional Speed Skating Club, Ice Cubes Youth Synchronized Skating and the Champaign-Urbana Youth Hockey Association.

The arena features a non-standard sized ice sheet approximately 197 by 115 feet (60 by 35 m). By comparison, an NHL regulation sheet is 200 ft x 85 ft and Olympic regulation ice sheets are 200 ft x 100 ft. The arena is used for ice hockey, figure skating, short track speed skating, open skating, and local youth and high school hockey.