Bocquaine Pool and Ice Rink

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Piscine-patinoire de Reims
Address41 Chaussée Bocquaine
Main venuePatinoire olympique de Reims
Other sports facilitiesPiscine olympique de Reims
Construction
Built1964-1967 [1]
Opened16 October 1967
(aquatic center) [2]
23 October 1967
(ice rink) [2]
Renovated1998 [3]
Closed25 October 2013 [1]
Demolished2014 [4]
Construction cost₣10,000,000 [2]
Architect Jean-Claude Dondel
Roger Dhuit
Jacques Herbé [5] [6]

Piscine-patinoire olympique de Reims (English: Reims Olympic Pool and Ice Rink), [7] [6] also known as Piscine-patinoire Bocquaine after the street it was built on, and Nautilud for the swimming pool part, was a sports complex located in Reims, Marne, France.

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Building

The three-level building consisted of a swimming pool and an ice rink, overlooked by a panoramic restaurant with a view of the ice and the pool on each side (the latter was phased out in the 1990s). [8]

Ice rink

Bocquaine Ice Rink served as the home of Reims' ice hockey teams, the Flammes Bleues and later the Phénix. [9] Some promoters, including Gérard Drouot who hailed from Reims, have also used it as a live music venue. [10]

Aquatic center

The aquatic center housed the city's only 50-metre pool, as well as a smaller teaching pool. [11] In the 1980s, a toboggan—86-metre long as of its dismantlement—was added to the building. [12] It was the home pool for Reims Natation 89, a water polo team that sporadically featured in the Pro A league. [11]

History

The building was approved by the City Council of Reims in 1963. [13] It was designed by the Paris-based team of Jean-Claude Dondel and Roger Dhuit, in cooperation with Jacques Herbé, member of a prominent family of local architects. [5]

The complex had two inauguration ceremonies : one for local dignitaries in October 1967, attended by swimmer Alain Gottvallès, and one in early December 1967, in presence of Minister of Sports François Missoffe. [13]

In 1998, Bocquaine underwent extensive renovations, which included the installation of an elevator. [3] [12]

In 2013, the venue had to close immediately after an inspection found advanced signs of decay on its wooden framework. [1] As another renovation was neither technically nor economically viable, [14] it was torn down in the fall of 2014. [4] In this absence of an adequate pool, Reims Natation 89 opted for voluntary relegation to the second tier of French water polo at the end of the 2013–14 season. [11]

Events

Sports

The rink hosted the French Figure Skating championships in 1975, 1980 and 1991, as well as the French Ice Dancing Championships in 1972 when they were still a standalone event. [15] It also hosted the French Short Track Speed Skating Championships in 2003, 2006 and 2009. [16]

Concerts

Acts that featured at the ice rink include Ange, [17] Magma, Genesis [10] and Barclay James Harvest. [18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marais, Frédéric (30 October 2013). "Risques d'effondrement : la piscine olympique de Reims fermée en urgence". lagazettedescommunes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 G.P. (11 October 1967). "Un ensemble sportif piscine-patinoire a été ouvert à Reims". lemonde.fr. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 Gonzales, Lionel (28 October 2013). "Fermeture de la piscine nautilud et de la patinoire à Reims – infos pratiques". francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 Poirier, Juliette (1 September 2014). "Le nautilud de Reims en pleine démolition". francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Le centre nautique de Reims" (Press release). City of Reims. 1967. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  6. 1 2 Ensemble de la piscine – patinoire olympique de Reims (postcard), Paris: Éditions la cigogne, 51.454.181
  7. ↑ "La piscine-patinoire olympique (Reims)". La construction moderne. No. 2. 1969. pp. 47–52.
  8. ↑ "Fermeture confirmée et réhabilitation programmée". lhebdoduvendredi.com. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  9. ↑ Morel, Daniel (1 December 2015). 50 ans de hockey rémois. France: Morel société d'édition. ISBN   978-2746685765.
  10. 1 2 Genesis (concert ticket), Reims: Musique Action Reims, 15 May 1975, Patinoire – Reims
  11. 1 2 3 L.G.; G.S. (11 June 2014). "Le Reims Natation 89 (RN89) redescend en N1". francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Piscine Nautilud". reims-champagne-actu.com. 2010–2011. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  13. 1 2 Moyat, Alain (2006). 50 ans de vie rémoise : 1950–2000. Reims: Éditions Fradet. ISBN   9782909952086.
  14. ↑ "Le conseil vote la démolition du Nautilud". lunion.fr. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  15. ↑ Billouin, Alain (1999). Le livre d'or du patinage. Paris: Solar. ISBN   9780097822617.
  16. ↑ "Historique des Titres". short-track.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  17. ↑ Ange 77 Tour (concert ticket), Reims: Cryptoportique de Reims, 17 May 1977, Patinoire Reims
  18. ↑ "Concerts at Patinoire". guestpectacular.com. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

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