The Rink Exchange (Lane Ice Center)

Public skating at The Rink Exchange (Lane Ice Center): the next 7 days

Sunday, October 11

• 12:00–1:30 PM · Public Skate
• 4:45–6:15 PM · Public Skate

Monday, October 12

• 2:15–3:45 PM · Public Skate

Tuesday, October 13

• 7:00–8:30 PM · Public Skate

Wednesday, October 14

• 1:30–3:00 PM · Public Skate

Thursday, October 15

• 2:15–3:45 PM · Public Skate

Friday, October 16

• 4:00–5:30 PM · Public Skate

Saturday, October 17

• 12:45–2:15 PM · Public Skate
• 3:45–5:15 PM · Public Skate

Lane County's old horse arena, turned ice rink in 1989

The Rink Exchange opened as Lane County Ice Arena on December 22, 1989, in the old horse arena at the Lane County fairgrounds, after a community campaign convinced the County Commissioners and the Fair Board that an ice arena there could work. Tonya Harding, then the Northwest's top figure skating competitor, headlined the grand opening exhibition.

The name dates from 2010, when the County, facing budget cuts, decided it no longer wanted to finance the rink directly. The Eugene Generals, a junior hockey team that had played there since 2005, agreed to operate it while the building stayed public property. They began with public sessions and the pro shop, named for a military-base exchange, and by June 2011 they ran the whole facility in partnership with the County.

The Eugene Figure Skating Club hosted the Pacific Coast Sectionals Synchronized Skating Competition here in 1994 and again in 2000, and the Lane Amateur Hockey Association has been a mainstay from the start. Public sessions have routinely drawn 150 or more skaters, and over 200 at Christmas.

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.