[1] The building was converted from a ballroom, to an ice surface measuring 85 × 120 ft (26 × 36.5 m), and seating for 1,200 people.
[2] In the first winter of operation, Iceland hosted school teams, before it was expanded for the following season.
[2] The Baltimore Orioles in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League played at Carlin's from 1932 to 1942.
[1] Subsequent hockey teams to play at Iceland include, the United States Coast Guard Cutters from 1942 to 1944,[4] and the Baltimore Blades/Baltimore Clippers from 1944 to 1949 in the EAHL,[5][6][7] and a revived Baltimore Clippers team from 1954 to 1956, in the EHL.
[8][9] Carlin's Iceland burned down on January 23, 1956, when an explosion ignited the building, causing an estimated $175,000 in damages.