The Gardens Ice House is a privately operated skating and fitness facility in Laurel, Maryland. Built on Fairland Regional Park land, the venue features an Olympic ice rink, two NHL rinks[6] (the third of these added on January 1, 1999),[1] and since November 2013, an outdoor mini-rink.
"Whitey's Pond", an outdoor skating venue open from November to March each year, had its grand opening at The Gardens on November 1, 2013. Named in honor of veteran hockey rink owner Whitey Guenin[8] of Indiana,[9][10] the rink will feature 3 on 3 adult hockey,[8] described at other rinks as a form of pond hockey.[11][12]
As of early May 2020, The Gardens was being used as a temporary morgue while otherwise closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with the bodies elevated from the ice, draped with Maryland flags, and guarded by Maryland Park Police officers while awaiting transportation elsewhere.[13]
^Tattersall, Bill (April 12, 2001). "Ice rink construction team ready to go to work". The Morning Call. Retrieved November 2, 2013. Waterer and Thorp of Bryn Mawr, chosen as the project architect, has designed three other community ice facilities – The Gardens Ice House in Laurel, Md....