Nice place to stop. Has a covered area to dock outa heat rain etc. Restrooms are always very clean

We saw this walking around the Square...Makes me want to skate!Love the Nativity scene!

We visited the ice rink and were really impressed. Its a really nice setup. Skating is a bargain at $5 with skate rental. You can also enjoy a movie on the outdoor big screen and grab a snack and beverage while you are here.

Outdoor movie night. It was really nice out so this was perfect. The movie started a little later than advertised, only an issue with little ones and bedtimes. I wish the street lights in the area where the movie was playing could be turned off to help see the movie better. Otherwise keep it up.

My kids love playing here! I love the long ours its open so we can go after dinner when its still dang hot out. Its simple, no bells and whistles but sometimes thats all you need! Bring a cup or bucket to collect water!Only reason theres 4 and not 5 stars is because I HATE that 21c/Crystal Bridges traffic walk right through the splash pad. Its just weird to see these people all dressed nice walking through the splash pad and watching my kids. Wish theyd go around.

When we aren’t in the middle of a pandemic this is one of our favorites places to take the kids. In the summer it’s a splash pad (not currently, though, because of corona virus) and in the winter it’s an ice rink.

The Bentonville Parks & Recreation department continues to impress me. They offered affordable ice skating lessons for my 5 year old here, and opened the rink to create a great place for the community to enjoy. Great community programs!

This is a cute little ice skating rink during the winter. Very child and family friendly. We always have a great time

Lots of activities here

This place is really cool. Its a nice outdoor ice skating rink during the winter and a kids slash pad during the summer. Great place to bring your kids. Unfortunately during the spring and fall it is just a concrete slab, but in the winter and summer I would recommend it.

Good family fun, and just about everyone is considerate and careful for others while skating. Each session is just long enough not to hurt your feet or ankles too much.

Great little park! Love the new interactive light art installation

The summer time splash thing is such a cool idea and kids love it! great place to take your kids for a treat and just hang out. I thought it looked like such fun but was not dressed accordingly, unfortunately. The Art Trail that starts right close to here and goes to the Crystal Bridges is stunning and well worth your time as well. But what isn’t cool in downtown Bentonville, right?!

Better info needs to be offered to arrive at stage area. Samantha Fish is fantastic!! Her vocals and guitar skills are off the chart, great band!

One of my favorite places to go in town. In the summer it turns into a splash pad and movies and magic shoes go on. In the winter it turns into an ice rink.

Love this place, a water park during the warm weather and a ice skating rink during the winter months! Right off the Square!!

Fun place to visit with friends, but the ice is not well kept. (I can imagine the difficulty to maintain this in NWA weather) also the ice skates are highly uncomfortable, and will give you blisters.

Kids love this place. Always feel safe just letting the little ones run around and enjoy themselves! Plus there is a snocone truck on site and food trucks near by if you get hungry or want to get a treat for the kiddos...or yourself.

A good place to take young kids to cool off, when the wind blows you even feel a little cool. Plenty of benches and other seating for adults to watch the kids while they play or some go in with the very young. My grandson who is seven at the time of this review, was disappointed that they didnt have the bucket dump like some splash parks do.

My family loved it. My daughter was all smiles.

A beautiful place to chillax

Friendly neighborhood with lot of eating points near downtown. Fun place for kids. Water splash which can be enjoyed by kids and adults.

Such a fun place well maintained and friendly

Best place to take your kids! Splash pad for summer and ice rink in the winter!

Awesome little rink in town. Had a blast! Thank you.

Participated in Square to Square and the area was clean and very family central. It connects to Crystal Bridges just a short walk/ride away.

My 3yr old grandson had a blast playing in those sprinklers.

The kids loved the splash pad.

Took my 5 year old and 8 month old and we all (myself included) got soaked and loved it! They’ve got a bathroom conveniently located on site (bring a change of clothes and towels (I’d suggest extras for your seats as well). They also sell snow cones which is a perfect summer treat that compliments splashing around! Can’t wait to try ice skating with my boys this winter ️ when they freeze it over! We did miss out on the Movies bc it was too late for my kiddos, but I understand that it can’t be bright outside when they have it so once bedtime is later we’re definitely checking this out too! I would say I wish they had more tables/benches—last time we went we only saw three and I also wish there was a way to reserve for birthday parties. Overall a great time and my kids & I love it!

This is a great place to being the kids! Its full of history and art, as well as recreation!

Easy to find, easy to park when its empty, the hours of the skating rink would have been nice to know prior to showing up but its all good. The statue was cute, and the decorations were nice as well. Oh and there are some food trucks right across the street that looked pretty neat.

Fun splash pad for children. Snow cone vendor outside park for warm days.

Awesome place to hang out and get ice cream and snow cones. The splash pad also lights up in the evening.

I liked it on chilly days, fall, winter, and spring, for its places to sit put of the wind. The water fountain works. On the bike/walking path through downtown Bentonville, with a botanical garden walk to the north, and a great kid-friendly museum beyond that. Its two/three blocks from Bentonville Square.

My kids loved it. Just wish it was more to play with. But it served its purpose. To get wet and cool off.

Amazing place to spend the evening, been there twice and planning to go all weekends until they are open this season. Staff is amazing and respectful.$

Lawrence Plaza, the source for everything Larry! Larrys flock to it readily, to rest & refresh themselves! Others should take note and revise their monikers, accordingly! Plus, Plaza, pans perplexingly! Fix your given name and surname today! File your own case with the court clerk for a mere $95! You can buy justice, after all!

Cooled off here during a recent visit. Took our mt bikes and rode all over town. Really clean town, friendly place!

Great place for the kiddos to play in the splash pad during the summer. Love that there are food trucks next door and snow cones sometimes too. You can walk to Onyx in downtown Bentonville or over to Crystal Bridges trails. If you ride bikes, this is an easy stop to cool down. Bathrooms have always been open when we need them too! Big deal with young kids.

Downtown Bentonville. Food trucks, shopping, and world class dirt bikers...nuf said.

This is a wonderful place to bring your kids to play in the water on hot days. It is free.

Love Lawrence Plaza in both summer and winter! The splash pad is a great place to take young kiddos on a hot day; the ice skating rink is more for older kids and adults. The family pass is only $50. We go twice a week usually in the winter. Great fun and exercise as long as you dont go on the super crowded days!

Great place to hang out and host events.

Great family environment, can get pretty crowded.

Good things! Fun and enjoyable place to meet with friends! Its a great idea for a seasonal activity!!! Over all, the staff is very, very friendly and fantastic!Cons: The music is typically too loud, and mostly just down-right offensive. Good, old-fashioned classical skating music would be amazing for creating a nostalgic, happy, feel-good atmosphere.Secondly, the tractor makes the ice bumpier. I think it needs to be driven slower??Thirdly, I hope in the future they will invest in more of the lace-up skates and have all skates sharpened more often in their free time.

Great place to take the kids to run around and theres always a lot going on in the square to do too!

So much fun at this free splash pad!

My husband and I went with our kids and my mother to the skating rink. It was fantastic! It was our first time skating outside and we couldnt have had a better time.

Always someting to do here and a great plsce to start a crystal bridges walk

A fun place for ice skating during the Winter and a great place for the kiddos to cool off during the Summer.

Nice splash pad for kids in the Summer, small ice rink in the Winter.As long as you manage your kids, they shouldnt get hurt in the splash pad. If they start running around theyll end up slipping and/or bump into other kids running around. My kids are lifeguards for the City of Bentonville, and theyve seen it all happen. When kids and parents dont follow their instructions, accidents happen. But dont worry, theyre there to assist with First Aid.Also, bicycles arent supposed to ride through the plaza, but they do anyway, especially on hot days. So you throw in moving cyclists and running kids and you get the idea.There are ice cream and shave ice vendors nearby, bathrooms (no showers), crêpes and pizza food trucks nearby as well.Park on the street, or in the lot by the Compton Gardens/Crystal Bridges entrance across the way.

Free summer fun for the family and sno cones on site!

Super fun to iceskate in the winter here! I love how the lights illuminate all around it near Christmas time! And the events they have are so fun!

Good place to take the family. Clean

Great place to cool down and have fun. Went on a Sunday and while there was quite a bit of people, it didnt feel over crowded. It was hot but there were places with shade and there was a slight breeze and the humidity was low. The splash pad is pretty large and the area is nice. The bathrooms are not the greatest, They are hot and dirty and filled with flies, but thats understandable as they are basically outside and there are hundreds of wet kids running in and out of them. That is the only reason for giving it 4 stars. We will definitely be taking the family back.

Nice place to hangout with friends and family.

Great place for kids but too open and too many people

Great splash pad for kids to play and cool off in the hot NW AR weather. The shaved ice was pretty refreshing too

Such a neat plaza. So much to do and great food and drinks everywhere! Fun with the family, date night, or lunch!

Microphone will be very helpful for the host :)

We always have a good time here. Everything is always clean. Extra seating and parking would be nice though.

Cool for kids and skating when it gets cold.

Love Allens foods!

Very clean, and a nice place to take the children.

[*Edited Review] [*Rating for Ice Rink only]I’d like to give a higher rating but I rated it 1star for a long time. The things I listed in the first review are still valid to an extent. But much has been improved.The attendants are very nice, (still have to go up the chain for changes, but that can be expected)The atmosphere is bearable on most occasions now.The skates are cheap, they have other models (limited supply of lace ups) that are better (I don’t skate unless I can use those) and don’t cause as bad pain.They do sharpen skates which is a big improvement and does help. They’ll even sharpen personal ones, just realize they have a tax budget and they’re not samurais.We actually enjoy skating now!

A water park in the summer, an ice skating rink in the winter, and having public restrooms and benches, Lawrence Plaza is a place of the community. The Razorback Greenway passes through, and nearby are Compton Gardens, Crystal Bridges, and Bentonville Square.

The food, and service, are both good.

Splash park in the summer is awesome.

Went to the bentonville film festival and was shocked to see nice rows of chairs set up in the plaza and great booths with food and free popcorn. We had a great time of it.

Nice place to enjoy with the whole family. The Chill Zone is a great concessions trailer in the winter and summer for drinks treats snacks including hot apple cider popcorn cotton candy hot cocoa coffee shaved ice snow cones soft drinks etc.

Love coming here! My family has enjoyed this in the summer and in winter now, as a splash pad and also ice skating. Great addition to downtown Bentonville.

We had a great time. The staff was friendly. There were not that many people there when we were there. Great place for a family to go and have fun.

The splash pad is a summer staple. The fountains are on a loop, so you never know what formation/height they will be at. Mid-day has little shade until approx 3pm. If you go at night you dont have to worry about sunscreen, and the fountains light up in pretty colors.

It was a good turnout have fun

The place is alive.

This is a great splash pad for kids. My son always enjoys it. I suggest bringing a bucket to play with the water. I do wish they had more shade for adults.

Little bird had a great time. At 15 months old their were kids from a bit younger than her up to 6ish. Parents were friendly and attentive of their kids. Splash pad and surrounding park were clean and they had lots of benches plus a few tables in the shade by the concession stand.

The splashpad is such a fun free place for the kiddos to have time in the sun without all the worry about the heat.

Clean and well kept!

The helpers(*and I use that term loosely) seem to be more interested in playing around than helping people out on the ice. Glad I didnt waste my $ there. Well just wait for it to turn back into the splash pad this summer.The ice has tons of rough patches & theyre too lazy to zamboni it. Go to Jones center instead

The splash pad was so much fun, but could definitely be more with some things like dump buckets

Why wouldnt you be open Saturday

I love to try new fun things and a few of them were here at Lawrence Plaza!! Its great!!

Had birthday party for granddaughter. Great place to cool off.

Check online and call before leaving as the schedule for both the splash park and ice rinks are seasonal and change quite frequently due to weather and attendance. Nice small splash park to visit with young children during the summer in the mornings or early evenings. During the summer they have movie nights using an inflatable outdoor movie screen and they usually show childrens movies. During the month of December, if the weather cooperates, they will maintain an ice rink with skate rentals.

Great place for small children

Came here from Indianapolis, Indiana with family to visit family! We enjoyed watching all the happy faces and hanging while the kids ice skated! Great times with family!

Great place to relax with kids. Family friendly environment, with loads of food options after. Shade is sparse so bring sunscreen and water. Water toys like buckets and squirt guns are allowed.

Great place for kids.Come early in the day.It gets crowded around 11 AM

Beautiful ice ring

Was closed no ice.

They need more seating areas. Its nice for free to cool off when youre out and about. Its not very cold water though leading me to believe its all dirty and recycled. But, when youre 3 or 5 you dont Care. I would love to see another area like this in the city and maybe make it more visually appealing with all the kitchy art thats downtown now. Adults and teens like this sort of thing too and its almost frowned upon to let your teens in. I have a special needs adult child and he loves it but I never feel like its ok. I wish there was something stating more obviously this is a park for everyone, Not just a place for smaller children. We are all kids at heart.

A great place to take the family! Ice rink in the winter and splash pad on the summer! St night it even pretty to watch because there is colored lights in the fountains.

Great free entertainment

My two year old granddaughter overcame her fear of splashing water....everywhere!!

Took my son to the splash pad. Had a blast.

Good place and people

Fun place for the kids

An ever-changing venue. Water park in the summer, ice skating in the winter

Events are great, wish someone would check bathrooms.