Last winter, Nashville Yards ran its first downtown skating season on synthetic "glice" under Broadway. Weekday sessions cost $10 and weekend sessions $15. When the rink reopens on November 21, it will have real ice, and standard admission will be $20 every day of the week. A Tuesday hour of skating downtown will cost twice what it did a year ago.
The new price also changes how Rink Under Broad compares with the other places to skate around Nashville. Downtown, your ticket gets you one timed hour under a roof. At Gaylord Opryland's Pinetop, it gets you a full day outdoors. The Predators' community rinks charge less than either for a public session. Once you know which one you want, the dates and prices below make the choice easy.
What Nashville Yards Changed Under Broadway
According to WSMV's October report, Nashville Yards is putting in real ice after piloting a synthetic rink last year. The new rink will be half the size of an NHL rink. The 2025 version had already moved once. WKRN reported that the rink used to sit on the Grand Hyatt rooftop before it moved down to Ascension Saint Thomas Landing. Nashville Yards had promoted that synthetic surface as needing no electricity or water.
The Rink Under Broad page sets out how this season works:
- Opening: Saturday, November 21, 2026, open seven days a week
- Cover: The rink sits under the Broadway Bridge, so it stays open rain or shine
- Price: $20 standard admission and $15 for children under 5, plus taxes and fees
- Session length: One hour per pass, with rental skates included. You can also bring your own skates.
- Age rules: Skaters must be at least 3, and children under 14 must have an adult with them the whole time
- Booking: Buy in advance, because walk-up space is limited and not guaranteed. Nashville Yards suggests arriving 15 minutes before your session to check in and get skates.
Advance booking and a fixed hour make this rink easy to plan around and hard to stretch out. A family of four that books one session knows exactly what it will cost and when it will be done. Staying on the ice for a second hour means buying a second session.
Three Seasonal Rinks, Three Kinds of Ticket
Three seasonal rinks open within about two weeks of each other this November, and they all run into January. The table shows the terms each one has published.
| Rink | Location | Season | Surface and setting | What a ticket buys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinetop at Gaylord Opryland | Pinetop Village, Gaylord Opryland | Nov. 6, 2026 to Jan. 2, 2027 | Real ice, outdoors, 9,000 square feet | Unlimited skating on your ticket date, $24 on November dates |
| The Rink Under the Giant Guitar | The Outfield, 416 Chestnut Street, Wedgewood-Houston | Nov. 20, 2026 to Jan. 18, 2027 | Seasonal rink | See the organizer for current details |
| Rink Under Broad | Ascension Saint Thomas Landing, Nashville Yards | Opens Nov. 21, 2026 | Real ice, covered by the Broadway Bridge, half the size of an NHL rink | One-hour session, $20 standard or $15 under age 5 |
The gap in price is smaller than the gap in time. Pinetop's November ticket costs $4 more than an hour downtown and covers the whole day.
Pinetop Sells the Whole Day
Gaylord Opryland's Pinetop rink opens Friday, November 6, the day after this post goes up, and runs through Saturday, January 2, 2027. The rink is 9,000 square feet of real ice outdoors, with holiday music and the resort's Christmas decorations around it. A ticket is good for skating any time during operating hours on the date you bought it for. The ticket calendar lists $24 for every November date from opening day through the 30th.
Pinetop's rule for children differs from the one downtown. Kids 11 and under must have a ticketed adult age 18 or older with them on the ice. At Rink Under Broad, the adult rule covers children under 14, but the Nashville Yards page doesn't say whether that adult has to be skating. Parents planning to watch from the side should check each rink's rules before they buy.
Pinetop's trade-offs are weather and distance. The rink is open to the sky, and Gaylord Opryland is a trip out from the urban core. In return, you get a ticket that covers a full afternoon and evening. Rink Under Broad is covered and downtown, and you pay for it by the hour.
The Rink Under the Giant Guitar Stays Open Longest
The third rink is in Wedgewood-Houston. The neighborhood's event calendar lists The Rink Under the Giant Guitar at The Outfield, 416 Chestnut Street, from Friday, November 20, 2026, through Monday, January 18, 2027.
That January 18 date is more than two weeks after Pinetop closes and after the Nashville Yards Holiday Central season ends on January 3. If your family's skating usually happens over a long weekend in mid-January, once the guests have gone home and the decorations are packed away, this is the only one of the three seasonal rinks listed as open then.
The Community Rinks Still Cost Least
The Predators' community rinks are still the cheapest way to get on the ice. On the Nashville Predators public skating page, matinee sessions cost $10.98 and evening sessions $13.73, plus tax, with rental skates included. Registration is open at the Antioch, Bellevue, Clarksville and Centennial Ice Rink locations.
Centennial Ice Rink is the one in the middle of the city. Metro's Centennial Sportsplex ice skating page says a Predators affiliate now handles its operations.
An evening session at Centennial costs about what a weekend glice hour cost under Broadway last year. That puts the community rinks where last winter's downtown rink used to be on price, while Rink Under Broad now sells something closer to an event than a public skate.
What Surrounds Each Rink in Late November and December
Rink Under Broad is part of a larger program. Nashville Yards' Holiday Central runs November 21 through January 3 and adds free photos with Santa courtesy of Ascension Saint Thomas, free holiday movie nights with Xfinity, and food and drink around the campus. Most of the program is free and open to the public, WSMV reported, and WSMV puts the season's tree at 40 feet.
These are the downtown dates to plan around if you book an hour on the ice:
- Saturday, November 21: Rink Under Broad opens and the Holiday Central season begins.
- Saturday, November 28, 5 p.m.: Free Tree Lighting Ceremony at Ascension Saint Thomas Landing, with RSVP through Nashville Yards.
- Saturday, November 28, and Sunday, November 29: The Merry Market runs Under Broad, 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.
- December 3–6 and December 10–13: The Nashvillage Holiday Market is free at Walk of Fame Park. Hours are 4 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. It has local artisans, a community tree lighting, a campfire and live music.
The Nashvillage dates have grown too. Visit Music City's 2025 announcement listed one four-day run, December 4 through 7. This year's two weekends mean two Thursday evenings with a skating hour under Broadway and the market at Walk of Fame Park both available.
Saturday, November 28 has the most going on at Nashville Yards. The Merry Market runs 4 to 7 p.m. and the tree lighting starts at 5 p.m., both in the area around the rink. If you want to skate that day, buy your session ahead, since walk-up space is limited even on quiet days.
Pinetop's season starts more than two weeks before the downtown rink and ends the day before Holiday Central wraps up. The Wedgewood-Houston rink stays open until January 18, after both have closed.
The holiday season brings plenty of company to town, and we put a lot of thought into how Nashville homes come across during these weeks, from the lighting in the listing photos to timing a launch around a busy downtown calendar. If you're thinking about the year ahead, Your Nashville Agent can walk you through how winter affects the market in your part of the city. Request a Free Home Valuation, and we'll share what we're seeing in your neighborhood this season.
