Planet Ice

Planet Ice is a chain of ice rinks in the United Kingdom (UK). The company has historically had a working relationship with the English Ice Hockey Association (EIHA) and several Planet Ice facilities have served as home ice to EIHA teams.

Planet Ice
IndustrySports Leisure & Entertainment
FounderAndreas Gregorious & Mike Petrouis
HeadquartersLichfield,
United Kingdom
Number of locations
14
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
  • Heath Rhodes (COO)
Websiteplanet-ice.co.uk

Arenas

There are currently fourteen Planet Ice Arenas in operation in the UK:

Former Arenas

Planet Ice Birmingham in Birmingham, West Midlands, closed in 2003 following a fire. The building was reopened in late 2009 by a subsidiary company of Arena Group under the name of The Leisurebox. This venture was unsuccessful and the rink closed again in May 2014.

Planet Ice operated Ryde Arena as “Planet Ice Isle of Wight” in Ryde, Isle of Wight from February 2001 to March 2015.[1]

Until March 2022 Planet Ice also operated a rink in Cannock, Staffordshire. This rink was closed due to non-renewal of the lease.

Future

Heath Rhodes, the Chief Operations Officer, advised on 8 May 2019, that Planet Ice would be reviewing its future relationship with all EIHL teams operating from its buildings because the Milton Keynes consortium licence was rejected for the 2019–20 EIHL season.[2]

References
  1. "Ryde Arena / Planet Ice". OnTheWight. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. Lock, Toby (8 May 2019). "Planet Ice threatens Elite League withdrawal after MK franchise refusal". Milton Keynes Citizen. Retrieved 26 July 2020.


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