The Paris Olympics Games 2024, 54-hectare Olympic Village has been officially opened and the athletes from around the world have started to arrive.
The Olympic Games Paris 2024 will begin on 26th July and conclude on 11th August. The Paralympic Games will then run from 28th August until 8th September.
About 10,500 athletes will compete in the Olympic Games, with most of them residing in the Olympic Village, located on the banks of the River Seine in the north of the host city. Additionally the athletes competing in shooting, basketball (preliminary round), handball, sailing and surfing will stay in villages of Châteauroux, Lille, Marseille and Tahiti.
President Bach was at the opening of the Olympic Village, along with Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet and IOC Coordination Commission Chair Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant.
The Villlage
The Village, which spans across the Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen and ĂŽle-Saint-Denis communes of Paris. The features include a 3,200-seat dining hall, a 24-hour fitness centre, a 3,500sqm polyclinic, a multi-faith centre and a mini-market.
Interestingly, all the amenities were designed by the Paris 2024 Athletes’ Commission by having invited athletes from all five continents to put forward their ideas and requirements for the Village. “It’s a Village that was built by athletes, for athletes,” explained Laurent Michaud, Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Village for Paris 2024.
For the first time, a dedicated space to look after athletes’ mental health will also be available. The Athlete365 Mind Zone, will help athletes work on their mental fitness and focus on their breathing, and provide them with an opportunity to try a unique virtual reality (VR) mindfulness experience.
Post Games
After the Games, the Village will become part of the surrounding region of Seine-Saint-Denis, with the site’s housing, shops, public facilities, workplaces and green spaces set to meet the long-term living needs of 6,000 residents and provide jobs for 6,000 people.
The new neighbourhood will feature 2,500 new homes, a hotel, student residences, approximately seven hectares of gardens and parks, 120,000sqm of offices and city services, and 3,200sqm of neighbourhood shops.
The Village has also been designed to adapt to the climatic conditions of 2050, with features such as plants and water in public areas aimed at accommodating and mitigating the effects of climate change in the future.
