Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel
52°46′07″N 1°14′00″W / 52.7685624°N 1.2334555°W 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]- ^ "Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel". The Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "£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.
- ^ "Midlands Conference Centres and Hotels - Leicestershire Event Venues and Meeting Rooms - Leicestershire Loughborough". Imago. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ "Imago Services Conference and events - Campus Living". Loughborough University website. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ Cox, Megan (2017-10-13). "Loughborough University student village work underway". loughborough. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Facilities". Loughborough Sport. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ "Virtual Tour of the High Performance Athletics Centre". Loughborough University. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ^ Athletics, British (2009-06-26). "2012 Performance Centres". UKA Official Website. Retrieved 2018-02-01.