• 500 days before the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, a visit to the Prisme construction site in Bobigny, the reference centre for inclusivity in sport, was organised.
  • The opportunity to shine the spotlight on Paralympism and the desire for the department of Seine-Saint-Denis to be part of the long-term accessibility of sport for all. "We lacked equipment that was the flagship of the accessibility and inclusion strategy in society," he says. It will be the only one in France and even in Europe, and it will be in Seine-Saint-Denis, "assured Stéphane Troussel, the president of the department.
  • Training site for the Paris Games, this equipment of more than 13,000 m2 is to be delivered in spring 2024.

In Bobigny,

A D-500 of the Paralympic Games. It is less talked about than the Paris Olympics and yet they will take place in the capital and throughout the Île-de-France between August 28 and September 8, 2024. "It was obvious to us that Seine-Saint-Denis should also take up the issue of Paralympism," says Stéphane Troussel (PS), on the Prisme site in Bobigny this Monday morning.

Alongside journalists who discover six months after the laying of the first stone in October, the progress of the construction of the Metropolitan Sports Inclusive Reference Pole (Prisme), the president of 93 is proud to welcome on his territory, the "only dedicated Paralympic heritage". "We lacked equipment that was the flagship of the accessibility and inclusion strategy in society," he says. It will be the only one in France and even in Europe, and it will be in Seine-Saint-Denis."

Modular equipment at the service of all athletes

The Prisme construction site is already teeming with workers this Monday morning, while boots on his feet and helmet on his head like the others, Stéphane Troussel strolls on the foundations of this large-scale equipment. "Our model is at... Phoenix in Arizona. We wanted the best, both in the operation of the equipment, in the spaces that are organized - sports, care and health, research and development, offices, training – in the choice of materials used that leave an important place for modular equipment, lighting that adapts to the sport practiced but also to the specific disability of the practitioners, in the quality of the materials, in the aesthetics and architecture of the building".

For an estimated initial budget of 55.5 million euros, the department of Seine-Saint-Denis is investing "more than 30 million euros", the Métropole du Grand Paris, 13 million euros, Solideo (Société de Livraison des Ouvrages Olympiques) and the Île-de-France region, 4 million euros each, the Interdepartmental Solidarity and Investment Fund, 2.3 million euros and the City of Bobigny, 500,000 euros. In this envelope in particular: the conservation of the Roman road, which has given rise to archaeological excavations and which will constitute the forecourt of the building, the mushroom posts, these posts a little particular with their flared shape, supporting structures of sports halls, which are being finalized, or stylized panels, symbols of parasport, affixed to the façade on a layer of insulation of 20 cm.


The Prisme, 13,100 m² including 8,200 m² of useful surface on three levels and with a capacity of 2,000 people simultaneously, which is to be delivered in spring 2024, will be one of the training sites for the Paris 2024 Games. It should eventually strengthen the presence of parasport and develop parasport practices in Seine-Saint-Denis. The department will also be in the spotlight for the Paralympic Games since it will have the opportunity to host four events: para-athletics in Saint-Denis, paramarathon, which will start in La Courneuve, sitting volleyball in Villepinte and para-cycling road running from Clichy-sous-Bois.

The accessibility of the centre in question

Everything is well thought out on the Prisme site for accessibility of all equipment, including a weapons room, a dojo, a collective sports hall, a huge multisport hall with grandstand and a climbing room that goes up to 18.90 meters, all connected by an access ramp over the entire height of the building, which wraps around the hall and patio and will serve the different spaces, from the car park to the 2nd floor. But how to get to the Prisme site, located in Bobigny, on the Motte stadium? "We expect a lot from the transport plan currently being discussed and developed by Île-de-France Mobilités and Cojop (Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games)," says Stéphane Troussel.


If the Prisme is located near the Avicenna Hospital, not far from the university premises and with several sports fields around, the question of public transport arises. The future line 15 of the Grand Paris Express metro will connect this unique facility to the rest of the transport network, with the construction of the Drancy-Bobigny station but... by 2030. For now, line 5 is a 35-minute walk away, only the T1 and bus 234 allow you to reach the terminus of this line a little faster. "The transport plan, which must be announced in a few weeks, is preponderant, adds the president of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. It must propose solutions, either shuttles or adapted transport, to reach the Prism. Because if the proposed equipment is accessible to all, athletes and spectators must still be able to access them."

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