Messestadion Dornbirn

Public skating at Messestadion Dornbirn: the next 7 days

Currently out of season The City of Dornbirn publishes the weekly Publikumslauf timetable for the 2026/27 season (opening 28 September 2026); the end date is not announced. Checked on 3 October 2026: hours are listed for the next four weeks and extended when the page is checked again. Official schedule update

Dornbirn's ice hall opened with a skating show in November 1999

The Messestadion in Dornbirn was built in 1999 to plans by the architect Leopold Kaufmann as part of the Messe Dornbirn grounds, and it seats 4,270 spectators. The ice hall opened on 27 November 1999 with an opening show by the Eislaufverein Dornbirn, featuring Denise Bielmann, the 1981 European and World champion.

Two clubs call the building home: the Dornbirn Bulldogs ice hockey club, and the Eislaufverein Dornbirn, which had moved its training to the Rheintalkunsteisbahn in 1969 and has had its own ballet and dry-training room in the hall since 2009. Numerous clubs train here every week, and school classes are regular visitors.

The city's other ice surface, on the Höchsterstraße, closed for the 2018/19 winter because its ageing cooling plant could no longer run safely. Eight hockey clubs, the ice-stock shooters, public skating and school sport were affected, and schools and families could keep skating in the Messestadion.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.