Patinoire de loisirs Édith Ballester

Rouen · Public skating times & prices

Two sheets on the Île Lacroix since 14 January 1992, home ice of the Dragons de Rouen.

Public skating at Patinoire de loisirs Édith Ballester: the next 7 days

Wednesday 14 October

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Friday 16 October

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Saturday 17 October

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Sunday 18 October

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Address
Avenue Jacques Chastellain, Île Lacroix, Rouen, 76100
Phone
02 35 08 88 89
Website
rouen.fr
The street front of the Guy Boissière sports centre on the Île Lacroix in Rouen, which houses the city's ice rinks, with its concrete facade and glazed domed entrance. — Patinoire de loisirs Édith Ballester
The street front of the Guy Boissière sports centre on the Île Lacroix in Rouen, which houses the city's ice rinks, with its concrete facade and glazed domed entrance. Photo: Valery Ded · Source · CC BY 3.0
An ice hockey match on the Rouen rink seen from the stands, players spread across the ice under the steel-trussed roof with spectators along the far side. — Patinoire de loisirs Édith Ballester
An ice hockey match on the Rouen rink seen from the stands, players spread across the ice under the steel-trussed roof with spectators along the far side. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Rouen's two-sheet Île Lacroix rink, opened in 1992 and extended in 2021

The Île Lacroix rink sits in Rouen's Guy-Boissière sports centre, formerly the Docteur Duchêne centre, and opened on 14 January 1992. The Rouen architecture firms Groupe 3 Architectes and Artefact designed it with two halls: a 56 by 26 metre rink for the public and a 60 by 30 metre Olympic rink with 3,279 seats, used for competitions and the home games of the Rouen hockey club.

That club, Rouen hockey élite 76, known as the Dragons de Rouen, was founded in 1970. It has played in the Ligue Magnus, France's top division, since 1985 and counts eighteen French titles and two Continental Cups, in 2012 and 2016. It has played on the Île Lacroix since 1992, and the rink hosted the French figure skating championships in 1994 and 2023.

After ten years of exemptions the rink closed in summer 2010 so that the freon refrigerant under both sheets could be replaced with R507, along with the original boards. A further 17 months of work ended in May 2021 with a video cube, 300 more seats and seven more boxes. On 22 May 2021 the Olympic rink was named after Nathalie Péchalat and the public rink after Édith Ballester.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

A single entry costs 5,70 € at the full rate and 4,50 € at the reduced rate, which is for residents of the métropole and people with a disability and needs an official document. A 12-entry card is 55,00 € or 44,70 €, and the season pass (September to May) is 210 € or 145 €. Entry in the last month before the rink closes for the season is 2,00 €, and children under 6 get in free.

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Skates & rentals

Skate hire is 3,90 € (sizes 25 to 49), or 38,60 € for a series of 12 hires.

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Booking & check-in

Tickets and season passes can be bought online on the city's dedicated platform.

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Skating with children

Children under 6 get in free.

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Accessibility

The Ministry of Sport's national register of sports facilities (RES) lists the installation as accessible to people with a motor disability.

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