The entrance front of the Vasas Jégcentrum (Jégpalota) in KáposztásmegyerPhoto: Globetrotter19 · Source · CC BY-SA 3.0The main ice surface of the Vasas Jégcentrum in Budapest during a public sessionPhoto: Christo · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hungary's first twin-rink hall
Designed by the Finta Stúdió and finished in 2003, the Vasas Jégcentrum was Hungary's first sports facility with two ice rinks. Each of the two international-size surfaces covers 1,800 square metres; the main rink has a stand for 2,000 people and the training rink has a long gallery along one side.
Planning began in 2001 and the hall opened in 2003. It is the home of the Vasas HC hockey team and has staged national-team matches such as Hungary against Norway in 2009, a four-nations tournament in 2013 with Poland, Romania and Ukraine, and the 2019 women's Division I world championship, which Hungary won.
The 2024 Hungarian cup final was played here too, and the hall is also known as Jégpalota, Budapesti Icecenter, Káposztásmegyeri Jégcsarnok and AstraZeneca Jégcsarnok.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Admission
Public skating costs 2 300 Ft for adults and 1 900 Ft for students and pensioners on weekdays, and 3 500 Ft and 2 850 Ft on weekends, school breaks and public holidays; family tickets start at 3 000 Ft on weekdays (one adult and one child) and 5 200 Ft on weekends, and a child ticket applies up to age 14, according to the centre's price table. Family tickets cost 3 000, 3 300 and 4 200 Ft on weekdays (one adult with one, two or three children) and 5 200, 7 000 and 8 000 Ft on weekends.
Skate hire costs 1 850 Ft a pair with a 10 000 Ft deposit; the price list shows edge guards, helmets and elbow and knee pads at 200 Ft, free with rented skates.
