4 2 0 S 2 I PRACTICAL INFO R A LA CONCORDE P LOCATION NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS Paris 2024 made a strong commitment to 6 KM from the Olympic and • Grand Palais organise spectacular Games that take place OLYMPIC GAMES • Eiffel Tower Paralympic Village, Paris, 8th arr. • Hôtel des Invalides outside of traditional stadiums, right in the SKATEBOARDING BREAKING • Champs-Elysées heart of the capital. • Arc de Triomphe 4 events: 2 / 2 2 events: 1 / 1 GETTING THERE Place de La Concorde will temporarily become an • Bus • Notre Dame cathedral open stage where urban sports take place in their Street / B-boys • Metro lines 1, 8, 12 • Madeleine church original playground, the city centre. Not only is this • Transilien train lines J, L,N • Louvre museum an excellent example of Paris 2024’s vision coming to Park / B-girls • Vélib’ public bike stations • Palais Garnier opera house life, it also paves the way for Paris City Council to make • Place Vendôme significant changes to the area in the long run. Linking NEARBY GAMES VENUES • Tuileries gardens the most beautiful avenue in the world – the Champs- CYCLING BASKETBALL • Invalides POST-2024 LEGACY Élysées – to the Tuileries Gardens, La Concorde will • Grand Palais showcase spectacular, dynamic and modern sports Discipline: BMX freestyle Discipline: basketball 3x3 • Pont d’Iéna The stadium is a temporary against a backdrop of Parisian heritage. The largest 2 events: 1 / 1 2 events: 1 / 1 • Champ-de-Mars Arena structure that will be taken down square in Paris will see four sports – as well as a • Eiffel Tower Stadium after the Games. number of activities and shows – take centre stage Park / 8-team / • Pont Alexandre III during the Olympic Games: skateboarding, BMX tournaments freestyle, 3x3 basketball and, for the first time, the CAPACITY long-awaited discipline, breaking. Spectators, athletes Skateboarding park: and viewers will be able to enjoy exceptional images and an experience that lives up to their expectations of 7,300 T the world’s largest sporting event. Just a stone’s throw E away from a number of other iconic competition E Skateboarding street: H venues, such as the Champ-de-Mars Arena and A S T the Invalides, La Concorde will be at the heart of 6,900 A S : D an authentic urban park surrounded by the many E monuments dotted around the city centre, making BMX freestyle: U N Games history. E 5,100 C V I P M Y Basketball 3 x 3 and Breaking: L A R A 5,500 D P N C A I P M Y L O women men mixed 30
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