Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez

Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez
Construction
Location	Nanterre, Paris, France
Coordinates	48°53′34″N 2°12′37″E / 48.8927441°N 2.2103631°E / 48.8927441; 2.2103631Coordinates: 48°53′34″N 2°12′37″E / 48.8927441°N 2.2103631°E / 48.8927441; 2.2103631
Capacity	Basketball: 3,000
Surface	Parquet
Renovated	2015
Tenants
JSF Nanterre (Basketball)

Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez, or Palais des Sports de Nanterre, is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Nanterre, Paris, France. The arena is named after Maurice Thorez. The capacity of the arena for basketball games is 3,000. It is the home arena of the French League basketball club JSF Nanterre, for French national domestic league games and also for Eurocup games.

History

The arena's original seating capacity of 1,594 for basketball games was increased to 3,000 with a €5 million construction works and updates renovation project that was completed in 2015. The renovation project was approved in order for the arena to meet the arena standards of the top tier French Pro A League, and the seating capacity requirements of Europe's second tier level basketball competition, the Eurocup. The newly updated and expanded arena, scheduled to be re-opened in September 2015,^[1]^[2] was finally re-opened in October 2015.^[3]

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Nanterre

Areas	La Défense Quartier du Mont-Valérien (FR) Quartier du Parc Nord (FR)

Primary and secondary schools	Lycée Joliot-Curie de Nanterre Lycée professionnel Louise-Michel Lycée professionnel Paul-Langevin Lycée professionnel Claude-Chappe

Colleges and universities	Paris West University Nanterre La Défense

Landmarks	Tours Aillaud Tour Granite Préfecture des Hauts-de-Seine Tours Société Générale Nanterre Cathedral Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers Arena 92 (under construction) Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre (FR) Maison René Ginouvès d'archéologie et d'ethnologie (FR) Place de la Boule (FR) Pont ferroviaire des Anglais (FR)

Paris RER stations	Gare de Nanterre – Université Nanterre-Préfecture Nanterre – Ville

Culture	JSF Nanterre Racing 92 (from late 2016)

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