Two Olympic-size rinks opened in November 2016; seat and national training centre of the FFHG
Aren'Ice opened on 5 November 2016 and was inaugurated shortly afterwards, with 10,000 people visiting over the day. It grew out of the wish of the French Ice Hockey Federation and the Cergy-Pontoise agglomeration, and the UCPA runs it through the company Univers Glace under a 20-year contract.
The architects Chabanne & Partenaires drew a building that suggests an iceberg lit by glass blades, with a roof that looks covered in snow. It holds two rinks of 30 by 60 metres: Éclipse, with 3,000 seats for hockey and 4,500 for shows, and Équinox, with 320 seats in its stands. The whole complex covers nearly 15,000 m².
It is the seat and national training centre of the French Ice Hockey Federation, and the Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise and the Club des Sports de Glace de Cergy skate here. The French national team prepares for the world championships on its ice, and the UCPA counts 200,000 visitors a year, 75,000 of them skaters at public sessions.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Entry is €8 at full price, €6.70 reduced (students, job seekers, RSA recipients, over-65s, large-family card, disabled people and others, with proof under 3 months old) and €5.60 under 16. The family pass without skates is €16.70 for 3 entries, plus €4.95 per extra child; the accompanying-person rate (rinkside only) is €2.40. 12-entry cards: €56.20 (under 16), €67.45 (reduced), €80.25 (full).
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Skates (sizes 25 to 50) and double-blade skates (sizes 25 to 27) are €4.50 to hire, and scooters are €2.40.
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Entry tickets are sold on site and the tills close 30 minutes before the end time shown, which is when the ice is cleared. Lockers take a token or a €1 coin, and leaving the rink is final.
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Children under 4 skate free, and children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. An accompanying-person ticket (€2.40, sold on site) gives access to the stands and rinkside but does not allow skating.
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Parking is free, at the Stade Salif Keita car park only.
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The rinks are accessible to people with reduced mobility, with sledges adapted for them ("luges adaptées").
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