Palais Des Sports

Palais des Sports (French: Palace of Sport) is the name of multiple sporting venues, mostly in the French-speaking world, including:

  • In France:
    • Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
    • Palais des Sports de Fetes, Limoges
    • Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon
    • Palais des Sports de Pau
    • Palais des Sports de Toulouse
    • Palais des Sports (Grenoble)
    • Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy
    • Palais des Sports (Paris) in Porte de Versailles (16th arrondissement)
  • In Québec, Canada:
    • Palais des Sports (Sherbrooke)
    • Palais des Sports (Val d'Or)
  • In Greece:
    • Palais des Sports (Thessaloniki), an alternate name for the Alexandrio Melathron arena in Thessaloniki

Famous quotes containing the words des and/or sports:

    “One difference between Nazi and Soviet camps was that in the latter dying was a slower process.”
    —Terrence Des Pres (1939–1987)

    “Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
    —Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)