The Mammoth Get the Ice First. Sandy Gets It Right After.

On Oct. 2, the Utah Mammoth practice facility at The Shops at South Town got a new name, the Select Health Ice Center. New signs are going up on the outside, and several spaces inside the building are now co-branded. The building itself works the same way it did before the new name. It's an NHL team's headquarters with two NHL-regulation sheets of ice inside 146,000 square feet, and open skates, tournaments and clinics run there every day once Mammoth practices are done.

That order shapes everything else about the place. The team practices first and the public skates after. If you live in Sandy, knowing that order is how you get onto professional-grade ice for the price of a movie ticket.

A team building that opened to the public later

The two dates in the record can look like they disagree. The Mammoth's release says the facility opened in September 2025. The public grand opening came later, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. That weekend had public skate sessions, youth clinics, the team shop's first day of business, and the first Mammoth practices ever open to the public. The players moved in first and the community programs followed about five months later.

Kristen Bowness, the Mammoth's youth program director, described opening weekend this way:

"It's so exciting. It's really nice to just finally Band-Aid off and get everything moving. I know this has long been anticipated by the people, so we're excited to get the people on the ice and break it in."

This fall is the first fall with that public side running. The Mammoth's season is already underway, and the team played the New York Rangers on Oct. 4. The address is 10450 S. State Street. You may still see the old name, Utah Mammoth Ice Center, on the website and in booking emails.

The weekend window

Public skates run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in 90-minute sessions. A skate pass costs $12, rental skates are $3, and children under five skate free with a paying adult. Helmets and skate assists depend on what's available that day. Since today is Sunday, the next window opens Friday.

Session start times live in the booking system, not on the program page, so check there before you go. A few house rules also tend to surprise first-time visitors:

• No jumps
• No earbuds
• No raising legs above knee level
• No refunds; credits go to your account instead

The credit policy matters if your plans change often. A missed session stays on your account as credit instead of coming back to you as a refund.

The other drop-in option is Stick & Puck, which is for hockey players more than casual skaters. All ages and skill levels are welcome, but you bring your own stick and pucks, coaching isn't allowed, and each session caps at 30 players. The FAQ also mentions women-only drop-in skates but doesn't list current dates or prices for them.

Watching the team you're sharing the building with

Because the team practices here, residents can watch for free. Select Mammoth practices are open to the public, with a limit of 300 people per practice. Spots are first come, first served, and you have to register and sign a waiver online 24 hours ahead. The facility points fans to its Instagram account for open-practice announcements, and the team's February announcement said the same updates would go out through the @MammothIceCenter social accounts.

With only 300 spots and a 24-hour window, getting in comes down to timing. The building may also screen visitors for security before open practices and other team events. Pets aren't allowed inside, though trained service animals are welcome in all public areas.

The Utah Mammoth Team Store sits next to the ice center and sells officially licensed apparel and merchandise.

Paying to learn instead of paying per session

At $12 a visit, public skate is a fine way to try the ice. For anyone who wants to improve, the better value is Learn to Skate Presented by Delta. It costs $95 for a seven-week program on a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday schedule, skate rental is included, and it's open to ages 4 to 80. That's less than eight public-skate visits with rentals, and it comes with instruction. Registration for the Learn to Skate Winter Session 2026, which covers November and December, opens Oct. 5. The page doesn't list a first class date yet.

Adult hockey is harder to get into right now. The recreational league is for ages 18 and up and costs $3,700 per team or $350 for a free agent. It runs 16 weeks on Sunday through Thursday evenings, with beginners on Sundays, A/B divisions on Mondays, women on Tuesdays, C on Wednesdays and D on Thursdays. The current seasons run into late November, and the A/B, C and D divisions are listed as sold out with waitlists. The site doesn't list a league season after November yet.

The team's youth pathway includes Learn to Play, Continue to Play, Rookie Leagues, skill clinics and seasonal camps. When we checked, the registration platform showed no programs open. Families waiting for fall youth hockey dates should keep checking that page.

The campus is still growing around the rink

The rink is the first finished piece of a bigger campus. Smith Entertainment Group's corporate offices are already here, and a new Utah Jazz practice facility is under construction. A Sept. 8 Deseret News update described the Jazz facility as attached to the ice center. Construction began in August 2024 and is planned to finish in 2027, and the mall says it will stay open the whole time. The Intermountain Health Sports Performance Center, at about 60,000 square feet, is scheduled to open next door in 2028. The new name fits that plan. Select Health is Intermountain Health's nonprofit health plan and the exclusive health insurer for both the Mammoth and the Jazz.

Parking is the day-to-day issue. The facility map separates preferred parking from lots marked "No Hockey Building Parking (Reserved for Restaurant Customers Only)" and shows a construction zone. Check the map before a Saturday session so you don't end up in a restaurant-only lot.

Basketball has a spot inside the mall too. The Jazz Skill Lab opened May 15 for ages 12 to 18. It offers 30-minute BAM combine sessions for $75 and 30-minute SKILLCOURT sessions for $25.

What's on the South Town calendar this fall

The RV show is the one to plan around. It runs Thursday through Saturday and fills the same lot weekend skaters use, and Saturday's public skate falls on its last day. Spooky Skate lands on a Friday, which is already a public-skate day, so check whether it replaces the regular session.

Before or after the ice

Pinkbox Doughnuts opened its Sandy shop on Aug. 15 at 10235 State Street, on the same stretch of State as the rink. It has the brand's first "Pinkycade" arcade and a drive-thru. It's open 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, so it's still open after an evening session.

One dinner spot is moving. Gastronomic SLC reported that a combined Bonefish Grill and Outback Steakhouse opens in Murray on Wednesday, Oct. 21, replacing the Sandy Outback, and most of the Sandy staff are moving north with it.

The Jazz facility will get its own opening eventually, and the medical center comes in 2028. For now, the finished part of the South Town campus is the rink. It costs $12 on a weekend, $95 for seven weeks of lessons, or nothing for a spot at practice if you register in time.

Over the next few years, the sports campus around South Town will change how this part of Sandy works day to day. Our team follows these changes closely. If you'd like to talk through what the Select Health Ice Center and the planned Jazz and Intermountain facilities mean for your corner of Sandy, Cathy Richards and Ilies Benmansour offer a complimentary market consultation.