De Vechtsebanen

What De Vechtsebanen does

De Vechtsebanen is a privately held Sports & Business campus located in Utrecht, Netherlands (Mississippidreef 151), and is the only artificial ice rink in the province of Utrecht. Founded in 1997 and operating with 11-50 employees, the company runs a dual-rink facility consisting of a semi-covered 400-meter outdoor speed skating track and a 30x60 meter indoor rink housed within an ice hockey stadium with up to 4,000 spectator capacity, alongside a 680-space parking garage and a 10-room meeting and conference center (rooms ranging from 20 to 300 m², accommodating 6-180 persons). The venue also incorporates an on-site restaurant and café, and hosts the KNSB (Royal Dutch Skating Federation) bondsbureau, placing the national federation directly on site.

The core offering stacks recreational ice sports over a business-event infrastructure: customers can ice skate (recreational, speed, short track, figure, hockey, curling), book meeting or event rooms with full AV and catering, attend clinics, host corporate outings or children's birthday parties, or enroll in school and association training programs. Year-round continuity is supported by summer patch ice on the indoor rink for hockey and figure skating training outside the winter season. The business model is hybrid B2C/B2B: direct-to-consumer via website ticketing and box office (with online discount of ~€1.50), supported by ride cards (6/11/22 entries, 15-month validity) and seasonal subscriptions (€205-€420 depending on age tier); B2B via direct sales for meeting room rental (day packages €60.50/pp, evening packages €67.50/pp), corporate outings, school programs, and large-scale events such as the Daikin Marathon Cup, flea markets, and the exclusive Alice in Winterland ice theater show (December 2025). Embedded channel partners include Waterman Sport (on-site skate rental) and Duosport (skating lessons with 350+ instructors). Customer segments are diverse and span individual recreational skaters and families, schools, corporate groups, children's birthday parties, 20+ skating associations, the KNSB Talent Team for short track development, and event organizers.

Name

De Vechtsebanen

Legal name

De Vechtsebanen

Website

https://vechtsebanen.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ice Skating Rink & Event Venue

NAICS

Skiing Facilities (713920), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940), Skiing Facilities (71392)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Ice Rinks & Winter Sports Facilities (MPAKAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arenas & Indoor Sports Centers (MPAKAEAB), Sports & Arena Event Venues (Stadiums, Arenas) (THAHAAAF), Winter Sports Schools & Activity Centers (Ski, Snowboard, Snowmobile) (THAAAKAI), Sports Events & Match Tickets (THAJAFAE)

Keywords

• Ice skating rink
• Venue rental services
• Corporate event hosting
• Winter sports facility
• Meeting room rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Recreational Ice Skating Tickets: Entry tickets for recreational skating on both 400m outdoor and indoor rinks. Online tickets offer discount vs. box office. Children/senior/student pricing available.
2. Season Subscriptions: Season passes valid for entire winter skating season. Personal and non-transferable. Student subscriptions available with valid ID. Tour subscriptions for Thursday evening sessions.
3. Ride Cards (Rittenkaarten): Prepaid ride cards valid for 15 months. Non-personal, shareable with family/friends. Available in 6x, 11x, and 22x formats for different age groups.
4. Venue/Meeting Room Rental: Business center with 10 multifunctional meeting rooms (20-300 m²) for meetings, presentations, workshops, and events. Rooms equipped with beamer, sound system, fiber internet, daylight, blackout options, climate control.
5. Food & Beverage Catering: On-site restaurant and café serving snacks, drinks, hot chocolate, French fries, Unox sandwiches, pea soup. Group catering packages: lunch (€11.50-€20.95), dinner buffets (€28-€34.70), borrel/ drinks packages (€3-€33.15).
6. Clinic and Activity Fees: Noren clinic €113 for group up to 10 persons (€11.30/person extra). Fun Curling €31/person/hour (min 15). Ice hockey clinic €39.50/person (min 12, max 20). Pubquiz €13.50, Old Dutch games €12.25/person.
7. Children's Birthday Parties: Package deals for children's parties including skating and food. Free skating €15.50/child (min 6). Coolkids Noren Party €27.50/child (min 8). Ice hockey/kunstschaatsen party pricing TBC.
8. Summer Ice Patch Blocks: Summer ice access for hockey and figure skating training. €15.95/person per 75-minute patch block (max 25 skaters). Exclusive block rental available for teams/associations.
9. School Skating Programs: School group skating at €6-€8.85 per student. Includes warm chocolate milk and bread options. Dedicated time slots available Mon-Fri outside school holidays.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

De Vechtsebanen operates a Sports & Business Campus featuring two artificial ice rinks — a semi-covered 400-meter outdoor long-track for speed skating and a 30×60 meter indoor rink inside an ice hockey stadium (capacity 4,000) — and rents out 10 multifunctional meeting rooms (20–300 m²) alongside a restaurant, café, and catering services. The venue sells recreational skating tickets, season subscriptions, multi-ride cards, skate rentals, group clinics (noren, fun curling, ice hockey), children's birthday parties, corporate outing packages, school programs, and summer patch-ice training blocks. It also hosts ticketed special events such as discoschaatsen, the Jeugdelfstedentocht, the Daikin Marathon Cup, and the 'Alice in Winterland' ice theater show.

Product overview

De Vechtsebanen is a Sports & Business campus — a multi-venue ice sports and events complex — combining two ice rinks with a business center and hospitality services. The core product is its dual-ice-rink facility: a semi-covered 400-meter outdoor long track for speed skating and an indoor 30×60m rink in an ice hockey stadium (capacity 4,000). Around these two rinks, the venue offers a portfolio of add-on modules spanning education (ice skating lessons via Duosport), membership products (multi-ride cards and season subscriptions), venue hire (meeting/conference rooms for 6–180 persons), seasonal events (disco skating, youth Elfstedentocht, summer patch ice), group activities (clinics in noren skating, fun curling, ice hockey; corporate outings; children's birthday parties; school programs), and hospitality (restaurant, café, and catered lunch/dinner/borrel arrangements). Flex workspace and venue rental are also offered. The products function as a unified venue experience where visitors can combine skating, meetings, dining, and events in a single location.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 400-meterbaan (Semi-covered 400-meter outdoor speed skating track) A semi-covered 400-meter outdoor long track for speed skating, accommodating both experienced and beginner skaters with dedicated inner lanes for fast skaters and outer lanes for beginners and families. Reopens seasonally on October 3 for the winter season.
• Binnenbaan (Indoor 30x60m ice rink in ice hockey stadium)
• Rittenkaarten en Abonnementen (Multi-ride cards and season subscriptions)
• Recreative schaatstickets (Recreational skating tickets)
• Zaalverhuur (Meeting and conference room rental)
• Flexwerken (Flexible workspace)
• Zomerijs Patchblokken (Summer ice patch blocks)
• Clinics (Noren, Fun-curling, and Ice hockey clinics)
• Discoschaatsen (Disco skating evenings)
• Jeugdelfstedentocht (Youth Eleven Cities Tour)
• Kinderfeestje (Children's birthday party packages)
• Bedrijfsuitje (Corporate outing packages)
• Schoolschaatsen (School skating programs)
• Schaatslessen (Ice skating lessons via Duosport)
• Schaatsverhuur via Waterman Sport (Skate rental)
• Horeca (Restaurant and café catering)
• Alice in Winterland (Ice theater show) A family-friendly ice theater show produced by Entertainment on Ice and exclusive to De Vechtsebanen, featuring music, dance, and figure skating performances during the Christmas holiday season, with tickets sold through Eventim.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,434 Google Reviews with 4.2 star average rating
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Waterman SportcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOn-site skate rental partner located within the complex. Provides rental of noren (speed skates), figure skates, and ice hockey skates. Also handles Frame Schaatsen (adaptive skating frames for children with physical disabilities) rental. Waterman Sport branding in lobby area. Website: watermansport.nl.
• DuosportcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary skating school partner delivering lessons at De Vechtsebanen. Offers youth and adult courses, vacation programs, and intensive courses. Team of over 350 internally-trained instructors. Registration via duosport.nl/utrecht. Logo featured on website under 'Schaatslessen' section.
• KNSB (Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaatsbond)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational skating federation with bondsbureau (headquarters) located on De Vechtsebanen premises. Hosts KNSB Talent Team (short track talent development). Hosts national competitions. Website: www.schaatsen.nl for live streaming of events. Accreditation handled via [email protected].
• Peakz PadelminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAdjacent facility across the street offering padel courts. Cross-promotional partnership allowing corporate clients to combine meeting at De Vechtsebanen with padel activity. Referenced in bedrijfsuitje section as alternative to ice activities.
• Relactive EventsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent management company (utrecht-bedrijfsuitje.nl) offering fully organized corporate events at De Vechtsebanen. Specializes in ice games and ice sculpture activities combined with horeca catering. Website link featured on corporate events page.
• Done EventsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerExternal event organizer (www.donevents.nl) managing vendor relations for the Mega Flea Market event held on Whit Monday (2e pinksterdag). Contact for market-related inquiries. Contact: www.donevents.nl.
• Schaatsvereniging Zeist (SIV Zeist)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCoordinates youth skating programs for children with disabilities (ages 8-18) including those with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum, or visual impairments. Email: [email protected].
• DaikincoreGTM or Marketing PartnerTitle sponsor of Daikin Marathon Cup event series. Daikin Marathon Cup 11 held at De Vechtsebanen on February 7, 2026 featuring top Dutch marathon skaters.
• Entertainment On IcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProducer of 'Alice in Winterland' ice theater show - exclusive performance at De Vechtsebanen during Christmas holiday season. Show features professional ice skaters in theatrical production.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SnowWorld (Landgraaf): Largest indoor ski and winter sports operator in Europe with multiple sites in NL/BE/DE/FR. Comparable as a large-scale, multi-revenue winter sports venue combining snow sports, F&B, and group/corporate offerings, but focused on snow rather than ice.

Emerging players

• Skøyte (Skøytehaven / Vikingskipet): Hamar's Vikingskipet (the 'Viking Ship') in Norway is one of Europe's most iconic indoor speed-skating arenas. Comparable as a large-format 400m oval hosting national and international competitions plus public skating, but operates at a national/Olympic scale rather than regional.

Direct peers

• Thialf (Heerenveen): National indoor speed-skating stadium in Heerenveen operated by the same KNSB federation. Directly comparable as a Dutch ice rink offering speed skating, short track, and public skating in a single large-scale venue, though at a national rather than regional scale.
• De Uithof (Den Haag): Combined indoor ski slope and ice rink in The Hague. Comparable as a multi-discipline winter sports facility combining recreational ice skating with adjacent sports and F&B, but with an indoor snow component absent at De Vechtsebanen.
• IJsbaan Eindhoven: Artificial ice rink in Eindhoven operated by the local skating association. Comparable as a regional Dutch ice rink offering public skating, lessons, and association training, but at a smaller scale and without the B2B meeting/catering campus layer.
• Jaap Edenbaan (Amsterdam): 400m outdoor speed-skating rink in Amsterdam and one of the few comparable Dutch outdoor long-track ice facilities. Direct competitor for regional consumer skating demand and elite training.

Others

• Peakz Padel: Dutch padel venue chain with a facility directly across the street from De Vechtsebanen. Already a cross-promotion partner for corporate outings; an adjacent rather than competing business in the same Sports & Business campus neighborhood.

Regional players

• Kunstijsbaan Leuven: Artificial ice rink in Leuven, Belgium offering public skating, hockey, and figure skating. Comparable business model to De Vechtsebanen, but located across the Belgian border and not in the Utrecht catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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