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Synthetic Ice Rink - Glice Mini Arena for FEC

Glice Mini Arena: The ideal family entertainment ice rink. Profitable fun with low operating costs. Buy or rent your rink now!

Glice Mini Arena is a synthetic ice rink designed for family entertainment centers, offering the feel of traditional ice skating without electricity or water. The rink is mobile, quick to set up, and can be integrated into existing fun parks with low operating costs.

Glice is a Swiss-engineered synthetic ice rink system that delivers a real skating experience on regular ice skates, with no water and no electricity. Its solid polymer panels showed 52% less friction than the next-best synthetic ice in standardized Fraunhofer Institute testing, and are now installed in more than 3,000 rinks across 100+ countries.

Reviewed by Viktor Meier, Co-Founder & CEO, Glice AG · Last reviewed: June 2026

Synthetic ice Glice Mini Arena

Skating on Glice synthetic ice gives you the joyful feel of traditional ice skating
Glice synthetic ice rinks don’t need electricity or water and are very profitable as a result
Glice artificial ice rinks are 100% mobile, quickly set up and easily stored

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Glice synthetic ice rinks around the world.

Children Having Fun On Synthetic Ice Rink At Swiss Mall

NHL Star Roman Josi Practicing On Synthetic Ice Rink

Synthetic Ice Rink At The Olympic Summer Games 2016 In Brazil

Portable Synthetic Ice Rink At Christmas Market — Portable Plastic Ice Rink At Christmas Market

Professional Figure Skater Sarah Meier Performing On Artificial Ice Rink

Kid On Synthetic Ice Rink At Ark Encounter In The US

Artificial Eisstock Curling Lane At Luxurious Kempinski Hotel In Geneva

Ice Hockey Player Gliding On Artificial Ice Rink

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Glice Mini Arena, for ice skating excitement at your venue

The Family Entertainment market has become both very lucrative and demanding in recent years. Thanks to its versatility Glice is an exciting attraction for all generations. A Glice synthetic ice rink can be integrated conveniently into an existing fun park and adjusted to any theme for a unique experience. Glice synthetic ice provides your customers with an extraordinary experience, while keeping operation costs at a minimum. READ MORE

Glice synthetic ice, available in any size and shape, is successfully used in applications such as:

Family Entertainment centers (FEC)
Events, Shows, Summer camps, Schools, Birthday- and Party operations
Attraction parks, Zoos, Museums, Hotels and Resorts, Sportsbars
For your home, in your backyard or garden

Built for Your World. In 100+ Countries.

See how Glice turns any venue into a destination. 3,000+ rinks and counting.

Hockey

Training rinks for clubs and academies See how HC Davos, CCM Hockey Lab and others train on Glice→

Municipalities

Winter rinks for public squares and parks See how 100+ cities stage their winter programming→

Hotel & Hospitality

Feature rinks for resorts and rooftops See how Fairmont, Hyatt and other premium brands elevate their venue→

Malls & Retail

Seasonal rinks that drive winter footfall See how Westfield and other retail giants turned atriums into winter footfall→

Events

Events and seasonal attractions See how event organisers create unforgettable winter activations→

Residential

Private rinks for homes and estates See how NHL star Roman Josi and private clients keep their edge at home→

Figure Skating

Competition and coaching studios See how top coaches and federations train on Glice→

Education

Schools and recreational programs See how schools and universities add ice sports to their programmes→

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Key facts

Fraunhofer IWM measured Glice friction matching freshly resurfaced real ice at lower speed
52% less friction and 45% less blade indentation than the next-best synthetic ice competitor
Operating in 100+ countries with 3,000+ installations
Swiss-engineered panels manufactured in Germany under exclusivity

Last updated: June 2026