Orléans Sports palace

Centre disciplines

Handball Basketball Badminton

Description

A key feature in the sporting history of Orléans, this sports complex includes a swimming pool and 13 sports halls, the largest of which seats 3000. The halls/rooms are split over 4 floors and are specialised by activity: table tennis, shooting, boxing, strength training, dance, karate, wrestling, judo, omnisports. The centre’s annual programme is very full, with 2 resident collective sports clubs and all the city’s indoor international competions taking place here. Modular in several ways, it is located in the city centre just 5 minutes’ walk from the station and all major services. https://www.orleans-metropole.fr/sport/etablissements-et-lieux-de-pratique/le-palais-des-sports

Special features

Ideally located and easily accessible with a swimming pool incorporated into the main building. A complete renovation is scheduled into the local programme from 2022 onwards.

Known for

BASKETBALL:

May 2021 – Wheelchair basketball French championships final.

August 2017 – French Men’s basketball team training course.

BADMINTON: 1994 – 2021- Orléans Masters Badminton – 40 nations / 13th international tournament

– Qualifying stage for Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games.

FENCING : 22 editions – Sabre World Cup – Manon BRUNET, Olga NIKITINA, Olga KHARLAN.

HANDBALL –

2021 – Stages in the EHF European Handball Cup.

2018 –  Women’s Golden League (France / Sweden / Norway / Russia).

2017 – League 1 Saran / PSG.

Optional extras

Meeting room Internet access Ice bath Equipment available for private use Secure storage area Infirmery Floodlit facilities Hospital nearby Physiotherapy room Weights room Film screening room