Sportica

Centre disciplines

Judo Para Judo Triathlon Para triathlon Cycling (road) Para cycling (road) Basketball Wheelchair basketball

Description

A must in the Hauts de France region, SPORTICA is a 25,000m² covered multi-sports complex. Dedicated to sports and leisure, it is located in the heart of Europe. Its strategic position between three capitals (less than 90 minutes from Paris, 2 hours from London and Brussels), places it at the crossroads of the motorways serving Lille, Arras and Calais. It is located in GRAVELINES (twice voted "most sporting city in France") halfway between the beach, the marina and the fortified city. Created in 1986, this sports and cultural site of excellence offers you premises adapted to the needs of performance through a multitude of sports and leisure facilities, adapted to the paralympic athletes: a complete weight-lifting room, an aquatic complex with swimming pool for strengthening and rehabilitation, saunas, ice bath and spa for recovery, a dojo with tatamis to FIJ standards, a multi-sports annex room, a basketball hall to FFB standards, a sports medical center, video and meeting rooms, a cinema to watch your performances, offices for study, changing rooms with showers, a roller skating rink, a bowling alley, two food and lodging places. GRAVELINES also offers many running paths (100 km of hiking trails), an athletics stadium and an Olympic water sports stadium. SPORTICA, an exceptional site, also hosts 14 resident sports clubs, including a training center and a professional basketball team (Pro A - Jeep Elite) which benefit from the perfect combination of preparation and competition.

Special features

SPORTICA complex offers you in a single location a panel of sports and technical equipment necessary for the practice and preparation of athletes and their performance needs. From self-service to traditional catering, the athletes will enjoy a cuisine adapted to sports and specific diets. On the accommodation side, take advantage of the 115 beds on site and the 409 beds nearby (GRAVELINES and LOON-PLAGE), in addition to the various outdoor accommodation options. Our site also offers 10 fully-equipped, highly functional and modular rooms from 50 to 3600 m2. A 250-space parking lot, free wifi and a team of security guards. An “all-in-one” place adapted to “tailor-made” stays!

Known for

Sporting challenges, national and international competitions, sports training courses, refereeing courses, events: meetings of all levels and very varied disciplines (martial arts, basketball, swimming, volleyball …) are now part of the collective memory: French Adapted Sports Championship 2016, World Street Dance 2016, French Police Volleyball Championship 2017 … SPORTICA has always been the setting for important events bringing together many top athletes: backbone of the World University Rowing Championship 2013, French University Basketball Championship 2014, French Water Polo Youth Cup 2017 …

It is a well-known fact that this atypical place has for 35 years been home to one of the mythical clubs of French basketball: the Basket Club Maritime Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral (BCM), a professional team of Pro A.

Optional extras

Meeting room Internet access Ice bath Equipment available for private use Secure storage area Infirmery Floodlit facilities Hospital nearby Relaxation room Physiotherapy room Weights room Film screening room Sauna Personal security service Vehicle hire service Adapted vehicle hire service On-site accomodation