In 1960, a local paper informed the public in Grenoble that it was making a bid for the 1968 Winter Olympics. They were awarded those games on 28 January 1964 in Innsbruck, the day before the start of the 1964 Winter Olympics. La Patinoire Municipale was constructed in 1963 for the Brûleurs de Loups hockey team. It hosted the European Figure Skating Championships the following year.