The Cedar Rapids Ice Arena is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, located adjacent to Veterans Memorial Stadium. The arena opened on January 8, 2000, and is owned by the city of Cedar Rapids. It is home to the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League as well as several local youth hockey teams. The University of Iowa Hawkeyes club hockey team plays some of their home games at the facility. The arena contains separate sheets of ice for ice hockey games and for public and figure ice skating.
The arena serves as the home ice for the Eastern Iowa Figure Skating Club, a US Figure Skating club.
For the 2012 season, it will be the temporary home to the Cedar Rapids Titans indoor football team as the U.S. Cellular Center is being renovated, where they will play in 2013 and beyond.
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