Opened 11 February 1934 with 6,000 square metres of ice and 15,000 spectator places; steel roof since 1984.
No public skating is posted for the next 7 days. New sessions show here as soon as the rink posts them.
In the 1930s a dedicated Kunsteisbahn company set out to build an ice sports ground on the model of Zurich's Dolder. A site at the Birskopf, which could have served as a garden pool in summer, was dropped because the nearby railway bridge's steam locomotives dirtied the air. The company chose the foot of the Bruderholz, on land of the Baselland municipality of Binningen, where tennis courts in the Margarethenpark had already been flooded for skating in winter.
After preliminary studies by Hermann Baur and the firm Suter & Burckhardt, Richard Calini built the rink in 1933/34, and it was handed over, not quite finished, on 11 February 1934. With 6,000 square metres of ice and 15,000 spectator places it could match its Zurich model. A few weeks later, on 4 March 1934, Switzerland beat Germany 5:0 in front of 10,000 people, and in 1934/35 the rink drew over 230,000 visitors, a figure not beaten until 1961. Sonja Henie skated here on 3 March 1935 before 8,000 spectators.
When EHC Basel rose to the Nationalliga B in the 1980s, the open rink no longer met league requirements. A 160-tonne temporary steel roof, new lighting and a stand opposite the main one were added in summer 1984, and the steel frame still spans the ice.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
A single ticket costs CHF 8 for adults from 16, CHF 5 for pupils, apprentices and students with ID, CHF 3 for children from 6 to 16, CHF 1.50 for young people with a colourkey and CHF 1 for spectators; evening tickets from Monday to Friday after 19:00 are reduced.
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Skates rent for CHF 5 and sharpening costs CHF 10; sticks rent for CHF 2.50 and two-blade skating aids for CHF 2.
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Single tickets are bought at the counter of a Kunsteisbahn or online; no booking is needed to skate.
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The facility is step-free and a ramp leads onto the ice; wheelchair users can use the Eisgleiter ice gliders free of charge.
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