The 60 by 30 metre rink of Megève's Palais des Sports, host of four French figure-skating championships
In the 1950s the elected officials of Megève had the idea of building a large sports centre for the commune, and the architects Edmond Fontayne and Maurice Novarina designed a complex combining summer and winter activities. The covered ice rink opened at Christmas 1967, and the Palais des Sports was inaugurated in 1969, sponsored by the singer Sacha Distel and his wife.
The olympic-size rink measures 60 by 30 metres, with 2,700 seats in the stands. It has hosted four junior world figure-skating championships (1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980), four French championships (1971, 1984, 2008 and 2015) and the 1971 curling world championships. Heat given off by the ice-making plant is recovered to warm the complex's pools, gymnasium and covered tennis courts, and solar panels on the roof heat the water for the ice resurfacer.
The Club des sports de Megève plays here: its ice hockey section, the Boucs de Megève, were French champions in 1984 and are associated at the top level with the Aigles de Saint-Gervais in the Mont-Blanc Hockey Club. The rink sits inside Le Palais, which describes itself as the largest indoor leisure complex in the Alps.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Adult entry is 6 € and child entry is 4,60 €. Children under 5 are free, and the child rate applies from 5 to 14. Adult subscriptions with skate hire cost 57.80 € for 3 months, 92.40 € for 6 months and 161.70 € for a year; child subscriptions cost 46.20 €, 75.60 € and 127 €.
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Skate hire is 4,50 €.
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Gloves and helmets are recommended for public sessions.
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Parking at Le Palais, which houses the rink, is paid for all users; there are also blue zones around the building.
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The rink is reachable by wheelchair with assistance, with a reserved disabled space, an accessible entrance, an accessible toilet with a support bar and a hearing loop at reception. The central ticket desk has a lowered counter, the ice is reached through an automatic gate for reduced-mobility visitors, and a special chair is available for access to the ice (ask staff).
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