PUT A SKATING
SHOW ON ANY STAGE.
Global Synthetic Ice manufactures the performance surface. Your venue casts, directs and runs the show. No refrigeration, no water on the deck, no melt under the lights.
BUILT TO SKATE | BUILT TO WIN
WE MAKE THE SURFACE.
YOU MAKE THE SHOW.
You buy the panels once and own the stage. Casting, choreography and production stay with your venue, so every season is yours to program.
01
FREE LAYOUT DESIGN
Send your stage dimensions and deck drawings. We lay the panels out to your footprint, including thrusts, wings and irregular shapes.
02
WE BUILD AND SHIP
Global Synthetic Ice manufactures your panels and ships them to your venue, anywhere in the world.
03
YOUR CREW INSTALLS
Panels lock together on your existing level stage deck. No chillers, no plumbing, no ice- making crew.
04
YOU HIRE THE TALENT
Your venue books the skaters, choreographers and creative team. The show is yours; the surface is built to carry it.
EVERYTHING REAL ICE FIGHTS, SYNTHETIC ICE DOESN'T.
NO REFRIGERATION PLANT
Nothing to chill and no compressor hum under the quiet scenes.
NO WATER ON THE DECK
No puddles, fog or condensation near lighting, rigging or electrics.
NO MELT UNDER THE LIGHTS
Hot stage lighting and summer nights outdoors don't change the surface.
TAKES LIGHT AND COLOR
Washes, gobos and projection read on the white surface as part of the set.
SITS ON YOUR EXISTING DECK
Installs over a level stage or platform. Your scenery stays where it is.
STRIKE IT, STORE IT, REUSE IT
Run it all season, then take it up and reinstall it for the next production.
A rink is more than a surface.
Most of what makes a rink work is everything around the panels. Whichever path you take, this is the full kit.
HOLIDAY & SEASONAL
Theme park and resort stages running nightly through the season, indoors or out.
THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
Story-driven shows with full sets, painted backdrops and large casts.
PAIRS & FEATURED ACTS
Dinner theaters, showrooms and smaller stages where a duet or soloist headlines.
MUSICAL & FAMILY SHOWS
Ensemble numbers with fast choreography, quick changes and big finishes.
MADE BY PEOPLE WHO RUN RINKS.
Global Synthetic Ice doesn’t just manufacture panels. We operate our own rinks, so we know what a surface goes through over a long season of daily use.
25+
Years manufacturing synthetic ice
20+
Years operating our own rinks
Worldwide
Panels sold and shipped to any venue
BEFORE YOU BOOK THE CAST.
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No. Global Synthetic Ice manufactures and ships the surface. Your venue or production company hires the skaters and creative team.
No, standard figure skates work. Blades need sharpening more often than on refrigerated ice, and new performers usually take a few sessions to adjust to the glide.
Any size and shape, starting from six panels. We design the layout around your stage at no charge.
Yes. With no refrigeration, the surface works on covered and open-air stages in warm weather.
The panels lock together and come apart, so the surface can be struck, packed and reinstalled at the next venue.
It depends on your footprint and project. We quote after the free layout, so the number fits your actual stage.
Tell us about the space.
Photos, rough measurements and the date you’d like to open are enough. We’ll come back with a layout drawing, an options list and a quote — at no charge.