4 2 0 S 2 I LE BOURGET PRACTICAL INFO R A P SPORT CLIMBING VENUE LOCATION 7 KM from the Olympic and Paralympic Village, Le Bourget (93) A direct legacy of the Games, Le Bourget OLYMPIC GAMES Sport Climbing Venue will be one of two GETTING THERE sports facilities built specifically for the • Bus Games, the other being the Aquatics Centre SPORT CLIMBING • RER line B in Saint-Denis. 4 events: 2 / 2 NEARBY GAMES VENUES Looking beyond the Games, the two facilities are Bouldering & Lead Combined something Seine-Saint-Denis – a department with / • La Courneuve Shooting Range rd out of 105 – • Porte de la Chapelle Arena a lack of sports facilities, ranking 103 Speed / both needs and expects. Five climbing walls will be • Stade de France used during the Games: one indoor warm-up wall in • Aquatics Centre a purpose built sports hall (part of the lasting legacy of the Games) and four outdoor walls, including CAPACITY three competition walls (for the two events on the programme, i.e. speed and the combined boulder 6,000 and lead event) and one warm-up wall. The facility 3,000 seated and 3,000 standing will be at the heart of a Games cluster just a stone’s throw away from the media village in Dugny and La Courneuve Shooting Range, and relatively near the POST-2024 LEGACY Stade de France and the Aquatics Centre 5 km away. The indoor climbing wall built in Le Bourget for T After the Games, the temporary climbing walls – the Games will be left behind for local residents, E E schools, associations and clubs to use on a daily H just like the temporary pools and the urban sports A S structures at Place de Concorde – could be moved basis. T A to other locations that have yet to be decided, S : D benefitting local residents, clubs and associations. E U N E C V I P M Y L A R A D P N C A I P M Y L O women men mixed 38
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