4 2 0 S 2 I PRACTICAL INFO R A BERCY ARENA P LOCATION GETTING THERE • Bus Built in 1984, Bercy Arena is a large sports OLYMPIC GAMES PARALYMPIC 9 KM • Metro lines 1, 6 and 14 hall and was once the number one concert from the Olympic • RER lines A and D venue in France (until La Défense Arena GAMES and Paralympic • Transilien train line R opened recently), welcoming a plethora GYMNASTICS BASKETBALL Village, Paris, • Vélib’ public bike th arr. stations of international artists. WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL 12 Discipline: trampoline Discipline: basketball Designed by architects Michel Andrault and 2 events: 1 / 1 2 events: 1 / 1 Information to be determined th arrondissement NEARBY GAMES VENUES Pierre Parat, Bercy Arena in the 12 Individual 12-team of Paris has a distinctive pyramid shape and sloped / • Invalides sides covered with grass. In 2014 and 2015, the arena tournaments / • Grand Palais underwent extensive renovation to modernise its (finals) • Champ-de-Mars Arena technological infrastructure, increase its capacity Discipline: artistic • La Concorde and enhance the visitor experience. The multi- 14 events: 6 / 8 purpose venue now meets the highest international Rings CAPACITY standards. Bercy Arena is a versatile venue that has Horizontal Bar Gymnastics and Trampoline: seen over 30 million spectators pass through its doors for hundreds of events, including athletics, Parallel Bars 12,000 basketball, equestrian, judo, handball, tennis, ice Pommel Horse hockey, skiing, sailing and motocross events, as well All-around / Basketball: as shows, conventions and concerts. At the Paris 2024 Games, Bercy Arena will Team / 15,350 demonstrate its exceptional modular design once Floor exercise / T more, hosting two major sports – gymnastics and Vault / Wheelchair basketball: E basketball – and three disciplines one after another E H within a short space of time. Uneven Bars A S 15,700 T A Balance Beam S : D NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS E U N • Bois de Vincennes park E C V • Latin Quarter I P • Notre Dame cathedral M Y L • Hôtel de Ville area A R A D P POST-2024 LEGACY N C A Bercy Arena will continue to host major sporting I P and cultural events, as well as concerts and M Y L shows. O women men mixed 6
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