Richard J. Codey Arena is part of the Essex County South Mountain Recreation Complex. It first…read moreopened in 1958. The ice skating arena has two rinks. Rink #1 has a capacity of 2,500 where as Rink #2 has a capacity of 500. The arena offers ice hockey and ice skating lessons with classes for toddlers to adults. it is the home ice for Livingston and West Orange High School Ice Hockey teams. The Essex Figure Skating Club, as well as, the U.S. Speed Skating. These days I visit the arena during public skating sessions which generally are Friday (4:45-6:15), Saturday & Sunday (11:45-1:15) and (2-3:30 pm). Check their website because special events disrupt the schedule. Graduations, performances by skating stars like Dorothy Hamill and Peggy Fleming and NJIL Cup Finals. Admission for public skating is as follows: adults $10, seniors & military $8, children 15 years and younger $8. Skate rentals are $5 dollars. There is ample parking and the food concession offerings are pretty good.

The Codey Arena is such a nice event space! From ice skating to community events. They also have…read moredelicious food options on the premises. I had a scrumptious turkey and cheese sandwich - so good I forgot to snap a photo (which rarely happens). It is spacious and the employees are polite and friendly. I've also attended a high school graduation here and it was very well organized. There's also ample parking, however, it can be chaotic upon exiting. That's a little frustrating, but I blame my minimal patience for that, I guess. Overall, wonderful building and events!

My husband and I went.. We So much fun.. we went on a Saturday night and it was a blast! Plenty of…read moreparking and staff was so helpful.. they had lockers for our stuff and snack bar. Plenty of snacks Pizza, wings, mozzarella sticks. Would definitely go back!

Came for family skate with my daughter and some of her friends. Unfortunately my daughter got a…read morereally bad headache and really nauseous. The music was too loud which caused the headache. Her friends stated that the pizza tasted like cardboard and the starry was not tasty either. Unfortunately this skate location has changed so much since my own childhood smh. But I will say the security was very nice and helpful, one even obtained some water for my daughter to help her cool off.

Toruament here today, a lot of people and both rinks are busy. The club volunteers are friendly and…read morehelping wherever they can, and the bathrooms are clean and fully functional, which is a first in a while for a rink I've visited (most places have at least one thing broken which in a cold wet area is unavoidable).

I'm enrolled in their learn to skate program and attend the class every Saturday. The cost is very…read morereasonable only $137 , which includes 6 half hour class + 6 free public, and it includes rental skates if you don't have your own. I usually just stay for the public skate after the class so I can practice on my own. The quality of the ice is good as well, and they have 2 rinks side by side - not many places have that! - way more professional than those open air temporarily ice rinks in NYC If you want to learn skating, this is the arena with the best price-performance ratio in the greater New York area :)

My daughter attended a birthday party here yesterday, and she had the BEST time. The staff was…read morevery nice, and the party was timed very well. All the the kids had a wonderful time skating. She was so excited, she now wants her own pair of roller blades. Yes, the rink and exterior around it could use a good paint job, and some of the furniture could use some updating. Overall, a great time was had by all, and I love the fact that this venue is local.

Friendly accommodating staff! Well maintained rink and clean bathrooms. Great rental equipment!…read moreTerrific for all ages.

Awesome place to get all your hockey needs. The staff were quite lovely with our kiddo and…read moreexplained the fitting process step by step for our kiddos first Learn To Play. They were very engaging and patient as they explained every item he would be required to use and how we can assist our kiddo on putting it on to remain compliant and overall safe. The items that he tried on were very awesome and we cannot wait to get them in the mail.

Great store and location. Prices are ok and staff is very friendly and helpful…read more This is a must visit for all your hockey needs.

We were looking to buy some new quads for our teenage son and came across this shop online. From…read morethe moment we walked in, we were so impressed by the level of knowledge, helpfulness, and overall customer service Andrew provided us. Andrew was incredibly patient with all of our questions and trust me dad had a million, especially while we were juggling a curious toddler who wanted to touch everything! Even though I wasn't originally shopping for myself, the experience was so great that we decided to purchase two pairs that day. Highly recommend this shop to anyone looking for quality products and exceptional service. This has become our new skating store!

Thanks for a solid job by Andrew to help reshape the boot we had already to adjust for some growing…read morepains. He's happy to let you try it out and come back and make more adjustments, and he's spent a lot of time working through different options with us so we didn't have to buy another boot. He's also let us try different boots, and will order more to size if we want to try them. Of course, like any shop, once you put on the blades, you can't return them, but he has consigned a few boots in the past from his prior skaters. He'll give you his opinion on what works, of course, but he hasn't pressured us to buy anything we didn't want, and he's not selling some crazy expensive custom soles or similar stuff. He also works across the street in the Codey Ice Rink, so you can go to a freestyle/public/club session if you schedule with him and try out boots to come back and do more adjustments, which is helpful. They also sell a bunch of skateboard and in-line/roller skate equipment here.

Any Excuse for a Party really flubbed the Verona Halloween event this year. There were 20 people…read morewaiting in line for the bounce house for 30 minutes and the staff shut it down and deflated it without warning, leaving dozens of screaming, crying kids in front of the ride with their shoes off and all ready to go. Josh, Scott, and their team had plenty of time to let people who were waiting know that the ride was shutting down, but the ride attendant just stood there on his phone the entire time. There was no warning before he locked up the ride and turned it off and a lot of kids who were waiting a half hour didn't get to go on the ride. Several parents pointed out the huge line of kids waiting but he just shrugged and walked away. We talked to the Verona police department, but they weren't able to do anything. We are planning to talk to Chris Tamburro and the rest of Verona Council next to make sure they're aware of the issue before they hire the company again. The staff were extremely rude, leading me to wonder if there's been a change in management at the company. I can't believe after building decades of good will in North Jersey that Tomianne would jeopardize all of that by hiring on staff that behaves like this. You can see how rude Josh is in the video. The staff on site would not listen to reason, wouldn't put a manager on the phone with me to resolve this and were just plain rude. All they had to do was turn the ride back on for a few minutes for a bunch of crying kids. It's crazy they wouldn't do that. I know a lot of local colleges and towns hire "Any Excuse...," but that won't keep happening once word gets out. There were a lot of really angry parents and sad children in line for the ride and this is now their impression of the company that they're going to take back to their organizations. Hopefully Tomianne will do the right thing and make some staffing changes to ensure this never happens again. I look forward to hearing how the company plans to address this issue.

Not sure where my original review vanished to ... perhaps up in smoke the same way my money did at…read moreAny Excuse. Cheap, tasteless centerpieces, no decorations matched, nothing was as requested. A total loss.