4 2 0 S 2 PRACTICAL INFO I R A PARIS LA DÉFENSE ARENA P LOCATION Open since October 2017, Paris La Défense OLYMPIC GAMES PARALYMPIC 8 KM from the Olympic and Paralympic Arena in Nanterre – just a stone’s throw GAMES Village, Nanterre (92) away from La Défense business district AQUATICS and the Grande Arche – is a modular, PARA SWIMMING GETTING THERE multipurpose facility like no other due to Discipline: water polo • Bus its sheer size, capacity and technology, 2 events: 1 / 1 • Metro line 1 boasting 13 km of terraced seating, Information to be determined • Tramline T2 5,500 tons of steel framework and 12-team tournament Finals • RER line A 28,632 m² of pitches. 10-team tournament Finals • Transilien train lines L and U Designed by architect Christian de Portzamparc, NEARBY GAMES VENUE it is the ultimate symbol of modernity. Its Discipline: swimming capacity of 30,000 for matches and 10,000 to 35 events: 17 / 17 / 1 • Yves-du-Manoir Stadium 40,000 for concerts makes it the largest indoor 50 m Freestyle / arena in Europe. Offering exceptional acoustics, CAPACITY the arena boasts cutting-edge technology 100 m Freestyle / 17,000 including the largest interactive screen in the 200 m Freestyle / world, covering 1,400 m² or about seven tennis 400 m Freestyle / courts. NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS The facade is covered with 600 giant dynamic 800 m Freestyle / • Grande Arche in La Défense business district aluminium and glass scales, ensuring the 1 500 m Freestyle / • Arc de Triomphe building has a vibrant exterior to match its 100 m Backstroke / • Champs-Élysées T bustling interior. Benefitting from the excellent 200 m Backstroke / E public transport links nearby, the arena has E POST-2024 LEGACY H seen over two million people pass through 100 m Breastroke / A S Paris La Défense Arena, the home ground of T its doors since it opened, hosting concerts A 200 m Breastroke / French rugby club Racing 92, will continue to S : D and shows by major international artists, 100 m Butterfly / host sporting and cultural events, as well as E conventions, seminars, as well as resident U N shows and concerts. E rugby club Racing 92’s matches. The Paris 2024 200 m Butterfly / C V Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the I 200 m Individual Medley / P arena’s first time hosting swimming events. M Y 400 m Individual Medley / L A R 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay A / D P 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay / N C A I 4 x 100 m Medley Relay / P M Y 4 x 100 m Mixed Medley Relay L O women men mixed 10