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Bocquaine Pool and Ice Rink

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.

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)[4]
23 October 1967
(ice rink)[4]
Renovated1998[2]
Closed25 October 2013[1]
Demolished2014[3]
Construction cost₣10,000,000[4]
ArchitectJean-Claude Dondel
Roger Dhuit
Jacques Herbé[5][6]

Building edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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.[2][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.[3] 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 edit

Sports edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Marais, Frédéric (30 October 2013). "Risques d'effondrement : la piscine olympique de Reims fermée en urgence". lagazettedescommunes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Gonzales, Lionel (28 October 2013). "Fermeture de la piscine nautilud et de la patinoire à Reims – infos pratiques". francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Poirier, Juliette (1 September 2014). "Le nautilud de Reims en pleine démolition". francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c G.P. (11 October 1967). "Un ensemble sportif piscine-patinoire a été ouvert à Reims". lemonde.fr. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Le centre nautique de Reims" (Press release). City of Reims. 1967. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Genesis (concert ticket), Reims: Musique Action Reims, 15 May 1975, Patinoire – Reims
  11. ^ a b c L.G.; G.S. (11 June 2014). "Le Reims Natation 89 (RN89) redescend en N1". francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Piscine Nautilud". reims-champagne-actu.com. 2010–2011. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  13. ^ a b 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.

External links edit

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