James W. Campion III Rink

West Lebanon, NH · Public skating times & prices

West Lebanon's 1988 replacement for Dartmouth's Davis Rink, home ice for Hanover and Lebanon high schools

Public skating at James W. Campion III Rink: the next 7 days

Monday, October 12

  • · Public Skate · $7

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate · $7

Thursday, October 15

  • · Public Skate · $7

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate · $7

Admission and skate rental

Admission
$6–$15 · Official source
Skate rental
$5 · Official source
Address
394 North Main Street, West Lebanon, NH 03784
Phone
(603) 643-1222
Website
campionrink.org
Front entrance of the gray metal-roofed rink building with a brick facade reading "JAMES W. CAMPION III RINK", seen from the parking lot. — James W. Campion III Rink
Front entrance of the gray metal-roofed rink building with a brick facade reading "JAMES W. CAMPION III RINK", seen from the parking lot. Photo: James W. Campion III Rink, via Google Maps · Source
Interior view of the full ice sheet from rinkside, gable roof and end wall with an American flag and exit doors visible; a couple of skaters are small and incidental in the distance. — James W. Campion III Rink
Interior view of the full ice sheet from rinkside, gable roof and end wall with an American flag and exit doors visible; a couple of skaters are small and incidental in the distance. Photo: Michael Ready, via Google Maps · Source

Opened February 27, 1988

James W. Campion III Rink held its official opening on February 27, 1988, at Sachem Field in West Lebanon. It replaced Davis Rink, the 1920s building that was Dartmouth's main ice until Thompson Arena opened in 1975 and that youth hockey and figure skating used until it was razed in 1985. Upper Valley residents and businesses funded the new rink, named for James W. Campion III, and the Hanover Improvement Society Community Rink Inc. runs it on user fees.

The building is 220 by 130 feet around a regulation 200-by-85-foot sheet with seating for 450. A brick-and-granite wall in the lobby came out of Davis Rink, and in 2020 the ice still ran on Davis's salvaged under-ice piping, one of the few sand-floored rinks left in New England. The Hanover Hockey Association, the Skating Club at Dartmouth, dating to the 1940s, the Tuck School and the Hanover and Lebanon high school teams share the ice with 18 other organizations. Hanover's girls hockey team, the first varsity program at a New Hampshire public school, played its first game here on December 12, 1990.

A renovation's first phase, completed in 2023 after a $5 million fundraising campaign, brought new locker rooms and lobby improvements. A planned second phase replaces the concrete slab, under-ice piping, boards, glass and bleachers.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Public Skating admission is $7 for adults, $6 for children, and $6 for seniors; children under 2 skate free. Open Stick is $15 per session.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental is $5 per session.

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Booking & check-in

For freestyle sessions, register online and pay by credit card.

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Skating with children

In the Coffee and Cocoa Club learn-to-skate program, preschool-aged children must have a parent on the ice with them at all times.

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Parking & arrival

Parking at the rink and the adjoining playing fields holds 150 cars.

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Amenities

The rink manager's office incorporates concession and skate sharpening areas.

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