Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel

52°46′07″N 1°14′00″W / 52.7685624°N 1.2334555°W / 52.7685624; -1.2334555 The Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel[1] is a training base and hotel opened on the Loughborough University campus in November 2018.[2] The hotel is run by Imago Venues,[3] the service that manages conferences and events at Loughborough University.[4]

The Hotel is part of Loughborough University's Student Village project[5] which sees 617 new student bedrooms in new halls of residence opening in October 2018 and October 2019. The project is being managed by Faithful+Gould.[6]

Facilities[edit]

The Elite Athlete Centre has 44 bedrooms, all of which meet accessibility standards. 20 of the bedrooms are altitude rooms, with the aim of facilitating altitude training, specifically the Live-high, train-low philosophy.[7]

Guests have access to Loughborough University's sporting facilities,[8] including the High Performance Athletics Centre,[9] one of two UK Athletics National Performance Centres.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel". The Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  2. ^ "£7m Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel to join Imago Venues". Conference News - UK's leading MICE industry publication. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. ^ "Midlands Conference Centres and Hotels - Leicestershire Event Venues and Meeting Rooms - Leicestershire Loughborough". Imago. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  4. ^ "Imago Services Conference and events - Campus Living". Loughborough University website. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  5. ^ Cox, Megan (2017-10-13). "Loughborough University student village work underway". loughborough. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  6. ^ Wallbank, Tom (2017-09-19). "Faithful+Gould Out of The Blocks on New Elite Athlete Centre at Loughborough University". Faithful+Gould. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  7. ^ J, Stray-Gundersen; BD, Levine (2018-02-01). "Live high, train low at natural altitude". Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 18 (Suppl 1): 21–8. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00829.x. PMID 18665949.
  8. ^ "Facilities". Loughborough Sport. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  9. ^ "Virtual Tour of the High Performance Athletics Centre". Loughborough University. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  10. ^ Athletics, British (2009-06-26). "2012 Performance Centres". UKA Official Website. Retrieved 2018-02-01.

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