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