Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre (Dresden Arena)

Dresden, ON · Public skating times & prices

Once the Lambton-Kent Memorial Agricultural Centre, renamed in 2018 for Dresden NHL player Ken Houston

Public skating at Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre (Dresden Arena): the next 7 days

Tuesday, October 13

  • · Tiny Tot Skating (ages 1-6) · free
  • · Adult Skating (18+) · CA$3.75

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Adult Skating (18+) · CA$3.75
  • · Tiny Tot Skating (ages 1-6) · free

Thursday, October 15

  • · Adult Skating (18+) · CA$3.75

Friday, October 16

  • · Adult Skating (18+) · CA$3.75
  • · Free Skate (sponsored) · free

Sunday, October 18

  • · Free Skate (sponsored) · free
Address
1212 North Street, Dresden, ON N0P 1M0
Phone
519-360-1998
Website
chatham-kent.ca
The dark-clad Dresden arena complex with a flag on a tall pole and a car park in front, seen under a blue sky. — Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre (Dresden Arena)
The dark-clad Dresden arena complex with a flag on a tall pole and a car park in front, seen under a blue sky. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
A game on the ice at the Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre arena in Dresden. — Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre (Dresden Arena)
A game on the ice at the Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre arena in Dresden. Photo: JFVoll · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dresden's arena, renamed for NHL player Ken Houston in 2018

The arena in Dresden was built as the Lambton-Kent Memorial Agricultural Centre with support from the Legion, the local agricultural society and both Lambton and Kent counties, which is where the name came from. The Dresden Agricultural Society donated the land it stands on.

In September 2018 Chatham-Kent council voted to rename it for Ken Houston, a Dresden hockey legend who died that March. A group led by Dresden Jr. Kings president Dave Cameron proposed the change, and ten speakers backed the motion at council. The new name was unveiled in December 2018, with hundreds of people on hand, including NHL alumni, Dresden minor hockey teams and Houston's family, and his grandchildren pulled the curtain off the new sign.

Houston was drafted by the Atlanta Flames in 1973 and played seven seasons for the franchise, two of them after it moved to Calgary. He helped the Flames reach the 1981 playoff semifinals, and an annual harness race at Dresden Raceway is dedicated to him. The Dresden Jr. Kings of the Provincial Junior Hockey League list the arena as home ice; the club won the Clarence Schmalz Cup in 1971.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Adult skating CA$3.75; stick and puck skills CA$7.50 per session (tax included); Tiny Tot skating (ages 1-6) and the sponsored free skates have no charge.

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Booking & check-in

Registration is not required for the sponsored free skates, which are open to all ages.

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Skating with children

An adult must accompany children under six at Tiny Tot sessions, where children must wear a helmet; at the free skates participants under 17 need to be accompanied by an adult.

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