Palais des Sports (Paris)

Palais de Sports is an indoor sporting arena located in Paris, France.

The Palais des Sports was built in 1960 to replace the old Vel’ d’Hiv. at the Porte de Versailles. With a capacity of 4,500 seats, it was the largest venue in Paris. The architects and engineers created a dome with the lightest structure ever designed in the world made of 1,100 aluminium panels.From the first season, the Palais de Sports presented big shows and concerts as Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan, the Harlem Globetrotters, Holiday on Ice, … but also boxing matches and became one of the main center of attraction of box in the world. In years, hundreds of thousand people from all over the world has come to the Palais des Sports to applause music hall and sports legends, dancers, ice skaters, circus shows, musical shows (Les Dix Commandements, Le Roi Soleil) and other shows as the ones directed by Robert Hossein, who has been a pioneer in big french shows.The Palais des Sports is one of the best venues in Paris and offers a good acoustics and visibility wherever you are sitting.

Concerts (artists alphabetic order)

* Ange (1975/1977/1981)
* Louis Armstrong (1965)
* Jean-Luis Aubert (2008)
* Hugues Aufray (2008)
* Joan Baez (1990)
* Daniel Balavoine (1982/1984)
* Harry Belafonte (1966)
* Michel Berger (1983)
* Angelo Branduardi (1980)
* Dany Brillant (1997/1999)
* James Brown (1982)
* Patrick Bruel (1994)
* Rory Callagne (1976)
* Jean-Patrick Capdevielle (1981)
* Ray Charles (1966/1983)
* Eric Clapton (1974)
* Julien Clerc (1977/1997)
* Dalida (1980)
* Miles Davis (1973)
* Deep Purple (1975)
* Neil Diamond (1977)
* Dire Straits (1979/1981)
* Ian Dury (1979)
* Elvis the concert (2001)
* Fab Four (2007)
* Mylène Farmer (1989)
* Jean Ferrat (1970/1972)
* Léo Ferré (1991)
* Aretha Franklin (1977)
* Liane Foly (1999)
* France Gall (1982)
* Geil's Band (1980)
* Genesis (1975/1977/1978)
* Laurent Gerra (2004/2006)
* Golden Gate Quartet (1969)
* Grateful Dead (1974)
* Johnny Hallyday (1961/1967/1969/1971/1976/1982/2006)
* Murray Head (1983)
* Pierre Henry (1972)
* Paco Ibáñez (1971)
* Jethro Tull (1969)
* Elton John (1982)
* Michel Jonasz (1985)
* Cindy Lauper (1994)
* Bernard Lavilliers (1980/1995)
* Led Zeppelin (1973/1980)
* Maxime Le Forestier (1974)
* Eddy Mitchell (1977/1982/1984/2004/2007)
* Claude Nougaro (1983)
* Mike Oldfield (1981)
* One Night of Queen - Gary Mullen (2007/2008)
* Pink Floyd (1974)
* Iggy Pop (1980/1996/2006)
* Queen (1982)
* Lou Reed (1975)
* Rolling Stone (1970)
* Diana Ross (1982/2007)
* Véronique Sanson (1978/1981)
* Michel Sardou (2004/2007)
* Hélène Ségara (2007)
* Soft Machine (1967)
* Alain Souchon (2000)
* Status Quo (1975)
* Cat Stevens (1975)
* Rod Stewart (1983)
* Alan Stivell (1975)
* Styx (1980)
* Talking Heads (1982)
* Vince Taylor (1961)
* Téléphone (1979)
* Míkis Theodorákis (1981)
* The Beach Boys (1980)
* The Beatles (1965)
* The Clash (1980)
* The Faces (1974)
* The Police (1980)
* The Pretty Things (1967)
* Trio Rabbath (1971)
* Vanhalen (1980)
* Sylvie Vartan (1981/1982/1991)
* Stevie Wonder (1981)
* Frank Zappa (1974)
* Zucchero (2008)

Dance

* 1961 : Rudolf Nureyev - Ballet du Kirov - La Belle au bois Dormant
* 1970 : Maurice Béjart - Opéra de Paris - Oiseau de Feu
* 1971 : Maurice Béjart - Nijinski fou de dieu
* 1972 : Ballet du Théâtre du Bolchoï
* 1973 : Roland Petit - Pink Floyd / Maïa Plissetskaia - Ballet de Marseille
* 1975 : Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris
* 1975 : Alvin Ailey
* 1975 : Ballets Sibériens de Krasnoiarsk
* 1976 : Rudolf Noureev - London Festival Ballet - La Belle au Bois dormant
* 1977 : Festival Noureev - Scottish Ballet
* 1978 : Rudolf Noureev - London Festival Ballet - Romeo et Juliette
* 1979 : Maurice Béjart - Ballet du XX° Siècle - Boléro, Sacre du Printemps, Gaité Parisienne
* 1980 : Ballet Mazowsze
* 1982 : Ballet Mazowsze
* 1987 : Roland Petit - Ballet de Marseille - L'Ange Bleu, Pavlova
* 1988 : Patrick Dupond - Ballet de Nancy
* 1988 : Alvin Ailey
* 1989 : Ballet National d'Espagne
* 1989 : Ballet de Nancy
* 1990 : Ballets Roumains
* 1992 : Entrez dans la danse
* 1992 : Rafael Aguilar - Carmen
* 1993 : Ballet Moisseiev
* 1995 : Rafael Aguilar
* 1996 : Maurice Béjart - Tokyo Ballet - Boléro
* 1998 : Antonio Gades - Carmen - Fuenteovejuna
* 1998 : Danse pour la Vie
* 1998 : Ballet Impérial de Russie
* 1999 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Mutationx - Le Presbytère
* 2003 : Ballet de Corée - Roméo et Juliette / Shim Shung
* 2003 : Alvin Ailey
* 2005 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne
* 2006 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Best Of / Zarathoustra
* 2007 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Best Of / Amor 4x20
* 2007 : Marie-Claude Pietragalla - Conditions Humaines
* 2008 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Soirée Igor Stravinsky
* 2008 : Maurice Béjart - Béjart Ballet Lausanne - Tour du Monde en 80 Minutes

Shows

* Holiday on Ice (regularly from 1960 until 1997)
* Lord of the Dance (1998/2005/2008)
* Sleeping Beauty on Ice - Imperial Ice Stars (2008)
* Blue Man Group (2008)

Musicals

* 1973 : "La Révolution Française"
* 1980 : "Les Misérables"
* 1997 : "Starmania", opéra rock
* 1998 : "West Side Story"
* 1999 : "Grease"
* 2000 et 2001 : "Les Dix Commandements"
* 2003 : "Autant en emporte le Vent"
* 2004 : "Hair"
* 2004 : "Gladiateur"
* 2005 et 2006 : "Le Roi Soleil"
* 2009 : Cléopâtre

Theatre - Robert Hossein

* 1975 : "Potemkine"
* 1978 : "Notre-Dame de Paris"
* 1983 : "Un Homme nommé Jésus"
* 1985 : "Jules César"
* 1987 : "L'Affaire du courrier de Lyon"
* 1990 : "Dans la nuit la Liberté"
* 1993 : "Je m'appelais Marie-Antoinette"
* 1995 : "Angélique Marquise des Anges"
* 2002 : "C'était Bonaparte"
* 2007 : "Jean-Paul II"

One Man Show

* Franck Dubosc (2006/2008)
* Laurent Gerra (2004/2006)
* Gad Elmaleh (2008)
* Anthony Kavanagh (2008)

External links

* [http://www.palaisdessports.com/ Paris Palais des Sports Official site]