Roofed over a 1967 open-air rink in 1973; the first skaters on the new ice were Århus Skøjte-Klub.
Aarhus Skøjtehal stands on the ground where an open-air rink, Århus Skøjtestadion, opened on Gøteborg Allé at the end of 1967 and gave the Skovbakken hockey players a home. Architect Jørgen Absalonsen was appointed to design the covered hall, and the project also added a cafeteria, meeting rooms, changing rooms, a kiosk and seats for 2,700 people. The first skaters on the new ice, on 9 November 1973, were the newly founded figure-skating club Århus Skøjte-Klub, which already had 80 members before its first outing. The hall was officially opened on 8 December 1973.
The first ice hockey match, Skovbakken against Silkeborg on 18 November, ended 10-3 and saw two spectators thrown out for throwing plastic onto the ice. Public sessions were well attended: the hall welcomed its 50,000th skater in March 1975, and Gasolin played a concert there that year. Today Aarhus Curling Klub, Ishockey Klubben Aarhus, Crykkediles and Aarhus Skøjteklub train in the hall, and Isdisco nights are held on selected Fridays and Saturdays through the season.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
A single ticket costs 31 kr. for a child (3-14), 36 kr. for youth (15-25), 57 kr. for an adult (26-66) and 36 kr. for seniors (67 and over); children up to age 2 enter free. A 10-visit card costs 476 kr. for an adult. Isdisco admission is 72 kr.
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Skate hire costs 52 kr. per pair, or a 6-clip card for 259 kr. where one clip covers one pair of skates.
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Tickets are bought from the ticket machine in the hall or from home through the municipality's web shop; card payment and MobilePay are accepted.
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Practice penguins that children can lean on, and practice dogs that a child can sit on while an adult pushes, are free to use during public opening hours.
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The hall is part of the God Adgang accessibility labelling scheme, which assesses that it meets the requirements for five groups: visual impairment, hearing impairment, asthma and allergy, developmental disability and reading difficulties.
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