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The Vaires-sur-Marne nautical stadium, delivered in June 2019, will host rowing and canoeing and kayaking events during the Olympic Games, and para rowing and para canoeing, on the leisure island of Vaires-Torcy in 2024. -kayak during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Brand new equipment which is the delight of the French Rowing and Canoeing Federations, the nautical stadium was the first newly built Olympic equipment to be delivered, in 2019.

Designed by the architectural firm Auer+Weber+Assoziierte, the complex is structured around three major elements of the leisure island of Vaires-Torcy: the lake, the whitewater stadium and the lively plateau, which hosts new buildings with a landscaped roof accessible to the promenade. The 4,400 m2 sports center includes the new whitewater stadium and its two courses of 300 meters and 150 meters long; the rowing and canoe-kayak course, 2,200 meters long, equipped with a finish tower; a medical-sports annex; a weight room; administrative spaces and a media center. Added to this is a training and accommodation center.

A true unifying place for the representative bodies of these water sports and welcoming athletes of all levels, it already houses for canoeing, the headquarters of the French Federation, its regional committee, but also its Pôle France and its Pôle Hope ; for rowing, the Ligue d'Île-de-France, its Pôle Espoir as well as the logistics platform of the French Rowing Federation. The whole constitutes an international sporting center of excellence, it is, with Beijing and Sydney, one of the three sites in the world capable of bringing together the Olympic and Paralympic canoeing and rowing events.

Capacity: For canoe-kayak racing and rowing: 24,000 spectators (14,000 seated and 10,000 standing) can be accommodated.

For canoe-kayak slalom: 12,000 people will be able to gather around the whitewater pool.

During the Paralympic Games, the complex will accommodate up to 12,000 people for para canoeing competitions , and up to 14,000 people for para rowing.