Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est

Palais omnisports
Marseille Grand-Est
Map
Address12 boulevard Fernand Bonnefoy
LocationMarseille, France
Capacity5600 (ice hockey)
Field size60 × 30 metre
Surface21,487 m2[1]
Construction
Broke ground26 April 2007[1]
Opened11 December 2009[2]
Construction cost 48 million[2]
ArchitectChabanne et partenaires[1]
Main contractorsGagne Construction Métallique
Chagnaud Construction
SPIE Batignolles/Valérian[3]
Tenants
Gabians de Marseille (2009–2012)
Spartiates de Marseille (2012–present)

The Palais omnisports Marseille Grand-Est (French for 'Marseille Great Eastern Multisport Palace'), abbreviated as POMGE, is a multi-purpose arena primarily used as an ice rink, located in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It is the home venue for ice hockey team Spartiates de Marseille.[4] The complex also houses a skate park which, at the time of its opening, was billed as the largest such indoor installation in Europe.[5]
It was inaugurated in 2009, and is popularly known as Patinoire de la Capelette after the Marseille quarter it sits in, la Capelette.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Galoffre, Céline (27 April 2007). "Un Palais de la glisse à Marseille". batiactu.com. BatiActu Groupe. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c de Broqua, Aliette (10 December 2009). "Le Palais Omnisports de Marseille Grand-Est inauguré le 11 décembre". econostrum.info. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Inauguration du Palais Omnisports Marseille Grand-Est" (PDF) (Press release). Service de presse–Ville de Marseille. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Hockey sur glace : coup de projecteur sur ces Marseillais nouveaux champions de France de Division 1". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. France TV. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ Fontana, Jean-Baptiste (15 March 2010). "Marseille : Le Palais de la Glisse et de la Glace propose le plus grand skate-park indoor d'Europe". frequence-sud.fr. Ifestival. Retrieved 10 January 2022.