Patinoire Michel-Raffoux

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Patinoire Michel-Raffoux
Patinoire Michel-Raffoux
AddressRoute du Quai Freycinet 3
Môle 1
Location Dunkirk, Pas-de-Calais, France
Coordinates 51°2′13.3″N2°21′55.1″E / 51.037028°N 2.365306°E / 51.037028; 2.365306
Public transit BSicon BUS2.svg Môle 1
OwnerCommunauté urbaine de Dunkerque [1]
OperatorVert Marine [2]
Executive suites6 [3]
Capacity 1400 (seated) [3] [4]
1700 (total) [1] [4]
Field size60 × 30-metre (rink 1)
42 × 20-metre (rink 2) [5]
Surface7890 m2 [5]
Construction
Broke ground27 January 2018 [6]
Opened1 August 2019 (opening) [7] [8]
6 September 2019 (inauguration ceremony) [9]
Construction cost€21 million [10]
Architect Chabanne et Partenaires [5]
General contractorRamery [4]
Tenants
Corsaires de Dunkerque
(2019–present)

Patinoire Michel-Raffoux (English: Michel Raffoux Ice Rink) is an ice rink located in the harbor of Dunkirk, Pas-de-Calais, France. It is the second venue to bear that name after another located in the beach district of Malo-les-Bains, which it replaced. [11] Like its predecessor, it serves as the home venue for ice hockey team Corsaires de Dunkerque.

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History

The new building replaces its older namesake, a 56 × 26-metre facility inaugurated on 7 November 1970 [1] and demolished in late 2019. Beyond the name, there is no connection between the two, as the old Patinoire Michel-Raffoux sat near the city's casino and congress center, two kilometers to the northeast of the new one. [11] Both were named in honor of Michel Raffoux (1934–1990), a former president of the Corsaires and the French Ice Sports Federation's Northern Minor Hockey League. [12]

Negotiations to replace the aging rink had been ongoing for years when, [13] during a 1 November 2014 game against Reims, an errand puck flew into the unprotected stands and hit 8-year-old fan Hugo Vermeersh in the temple, mortally injuring him. [14] [15] The child's death and resulting national media attention lent added gravitas to calls for an up-to-date venue, which received funding from the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque in late 2015. [16]

The current version was inaugurated in the summer of 2019. It is located on a disused mole in Dunkirk harbor, half a mile west of Dunkirk city centre. [5]

Design

The new Patinoire Michel-Raffoux represented the second phase of the mole's rehabilitation project, following architect fr:Pierre-Olivier Faloci's remodel of the Halle aux Sucres, a late 19th-century warehouse built by fr:Paul Friesé, into an information commons. [5] Patinoire Michel-Raffoux stands next to it, and its proportions are meant to echo those of Faloci's work. [17] [6] As a further nod to the area's industrial background, three of the rink's sides have been covered with aluminum panels that simulate a rusted look. The remaining short side is a 45 × 10-metre wall of glass. Its northerly orientation allows a view on the Halle aux Sucres' central aisle while protecting the recreational rink, which it borders, from excess sun glare. [6]

The building consists of an Olympic-sized track and a smaller recreational track. The main hall is equipped with six VIP boxes, and a restaurant with a row of club-level seats above the home goal. It was designed by Chabanne et Partenaires, who also created ice arenas for the agglomerations of Angers, Cergy-Pontoise and Marseille. [18]

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