The Utah Mammoth's practice rink at The Shops at South Town is heading into its first full winter open to the public. It has a new name. On Oct. 2, Smith Entertainment Group renamed the building the Select Health Ice Center, and the announcement said Select Health signage will be installed on the exterior. The building is 146,000 square feet with two NHL-regulation ice sheets. Open skates, practices, tournaments and clinics run every day once the Mammoth finish practicing.
The team comes first and registered programs come next. Drop-in skating gets a smaller share than most people would guess for a rink this size. If you live in Sandy and want time on this ice this winter, the dependable way in is to sign up for something.
Public ice comes in one-hour weekend sessions
The public skate page lists 60-minute sessions on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. A skate pass costs $12 and skate rental is $3. Children under five skate free with a paying adult, and every skater has to be at least two years old. Helmets and skate assists depend on what is available that day. The house rules prohibit jumps, earbuds and raising your legs above knee level. The public skate page says the rink applies credits to your account in place of refunds, so read the refund policy before you book. Session times change from week to week, so check the facility calendar before you leave the house.
Weeknights look very different. The table below shows the regular ways onto the ice and when each one runs.
| Way onto the ice | When it runs | Cost | Who it serves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public skate | Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, 60 minutes | $12, plus $3 rental | Ages 2 and up |
| Learn to Skate | Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays | $75 for five weeks, $95 for seven, rental included | Ages 4 to 80 |
| NHL Learn to Play, winter 2027 | Mondays, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m., from Jan. 4, 2027 | $250 | Ages 5 to 11 |
| Adult league, Winter '27 | Evenings, every night of the week | $3,999 per team; $350 per free agent in the Beginner Division | Ages 18 and up |
| Stick & Puck | Posted sessions, capped at 30 players | Bring your own stick and puck | Full equipment required under 18 |
Learn to Skate is the best value for an adult who wants more than the occasional weekend loop. Seven weeks costs $95 with rentals included. Two weekend public sessions with rental cost $30, so the class works out to far more ice time for the money.
Weeknights belong to leagues that grew since February
The rink's public opening was Feb. 20 to 22. The Mammoth held their first open practice on Feb. 21, and public skating and youth hockey started Feb. 23, Deseret News reported. In the same article, the adult side was a men's league: a 16-week season with games Sunday through Thursday, $3,600 per team or $325 for a free agent.
Nine months later, the Winter '27 adult league page lists separate A, B, Women's, Beginner, D1, D2, C1 and C2 schedules. The A League plays Mondays, Women's Tuesdays, Beginner Fridays, C2 Saturdays and D1 Sundays. The D2 and C1 divisions take two nights each in the middle of the week. Team registration is now $3,999 and Beginner Division free agents pay $350.
So in the evenings this is a league rink, and the dates below matter if you want in:
- Nov. 20: registration opens for the Beginner League, which runs Jan. 3 to May 14.
- Dec. 2: registration opens for the other Winter '27 adult divisions, which run Jan. 3 to May 9.
- Jan. 4, 2027: the Monday NHL Learn to Play class for ages 5 to 11 starts. Spring sessions follow on March 15 for girls and March 17 for all participants.
The Beginner League opens nearly two weeks before the rest. That gives adults who have never played organized hockey the first pick of spots.
Watching the Mammoth practice is free, but you need a ticket
Fans can watch selected Mammoth practices. Tickets are free but limited to 300 people, and the facility FAQ asks everyone to preregister. Practices open to the public are announced on the Ice Center's Instagram, @MammothIceCenter. Registration for each one opens 24 hours before it starts, according to Deseret News. The first open practice, on Feb. 21, admitted the first 300 fans in line, KSL reported.
- Follow @MammothIceCenter, because that is where open practices are announced.
- Register as soon as the 24-hour window opens, and finish the waiver along with it.
- Leave time to park in the mall lot and walk over.
Getting there, and where to park
The address is 10450 S. State Street, Suite 2200A, Sandy, UT 84070. The building sits at the southeast end of The Shops at South Town. The facility map shows no parking at the hockey building itself. It marks preferred parking areas in the mall lot and reserves the spaces signed for restaurant customers for those customers. The same map labels the practice facility alongside JCPenney, H&M, Starbucks and Potbelly, with Mall Ring Road wrapping around the property.
You have to park in the mall lot, and that matters in December, when the mall runs its own holiday programming.
December around the rink
- Nov. 17, 4 to 8 p.m.: Pet Photos with Santa at The Shops at South Town.
- Nov. 27, noon to 1 p.m.: the FM100.3 Christmas Concert Series at the mall.
- Nov. 27 onward: Hale Centre Theatre's A Christmas Carol on the Sorenson Legacy Jewel Box Stage.
- Dec. 3, 5 to 7:30 p.m.: Light Up the Cairns at City Hall, 10000 Centennial Parkway. Santa and Mayor Monica Zoltanski switch on the holiday lights. Holiday vendors line the grounds, Hale Centre's choir The Broadway Stars sings, and school district choirs perform.
- Dec. 5, 8:30 to 10 a.m.: Donuts with Santa at The Shops at South Town.
- Dec. 11: the Sandy City Winter Market, listed on Visit Salt Lake.
- Dec. 27 to 30: the Gretzky Hockey School winter camp at the Ice Center.
- Jan. 1 to 3, 2027: the Utah Mammoth Winter Cup at the Ice Center.
During the school break, the Ice Center's own dates are a camp and a tournament. Families who want unstructured ice during the holidays should plan around the weekend public sessions. The facility also books private holiday parties in its event spaces.
The campus is still being built around the ice
Smith Entertainment Group bought The Shops at South Town in August 2024. Construction started that month, and the mall's development page says it will stay open for the whole build, which is scheduled to finish in 2027. The centerpiece is a training and practice facility for the Utah Jazz, and the campus will also hold the organization's business offices. The renaming announcement adds one more building. The 60,000-square-foot Intermountain Health Sports Performance Center is scheduled to open in 2028 next to the Ice Center and the Jazz facility, offering sports medicine, primary care and advanced diagnostics to athletes at every level.
Mayor Zoltanski tied the project to the city's downtown in a statement on the mall's development page:
"This is an exciting step forward for professional sports in Utah and brings new opportunity to hockey fans and families along with great economic support for our growing downtown Cairns District."
The Ice Center was the first piece of that plan to open to the public, and it has filled up fast. The adult side went from one men's league in February to eight divisions playing every night of the week.
The ice center at the southeast end of South Town is an early sign of how a sports campus can change foot traffic, parking demand and tenant mix along a suburban State Street corridor. If you own, lease or are thinking about buying commercial space near the campus as it fills in through 2027 and 2028, Dan Rip Commercial Real Estate can walk you through what the build-out means for your property. Schedule a free consultation.
