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
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