Accorhotel Arena
The Palais omnisport de Paris-Bercy is located on the Boulevard de Bercy in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, opposite the Ministry of Finance and the Seine.
This palace is known for its great versatility because it hosts all kinds of events since the room is fully modular, as well as musical events, making huge concerts with the greatest French artists but also from all over the world (with the example of Kanye West or Drake), as well as sports, by hosting all kinds of competitions (tennis (Paris Rolex Master), (tennis (Paris Rolex Master), sailing, rally (Super Stock-Car formerly), figure skating, E-sport (with the Karmine Corp which created one of the biggest events in the history of E-sport, the KCX2).
Photo taken during the KCX2
Michel Andrault and Pierre Parat are at work on this place and many other places as well (the Tolbiac center, the Totem tower,
the housing complex Les Coudriers), creating a pyramid-shaped building composed of lawn, glass, metal, concrete.
Picture of Michel Andrault
The metal frame was designed by Jean Prouvé, who also designed the Palais de la Porte Dorée, the Boulle School, the Charonne Youth Center, the residence of the Japanese ambassador, the headquarters of the National Building Federation, and 55 Grenelle. It is supported by four 30m concrete pillars. This place is more commonly known as Bercy, which is one of its many names. It can hold up to 17,000 people with a surface area of +55,000 m².
The artist Orelsan in concert at the Accord Arena
The Palais Omnisport was inaugurated on February 3, 1984. After 30 years of existence to welcome the public, a contract was signed between the Paris City Council and the Accor hotel group for a renovation, closed until 2015 the palace reopened under the name AccordHotels Arena.
The world's leading hotel group has therefore received a huge publicity, owner of Mercure, Novotel, Formule 1, Ibis, Adagio, Sofitel, Pullman, etc...
I wrote this article about this place which marked me because I went there to attend the most beautiful concert of my life, that of the artist Orelsan
