The Centre National du Football runs a conference and training center of more than 5,000 square meters in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. It holds an auditorium of 254 seats, an amphitheater of 110 seats, a modular hall of 580 square meters and 22 equipped meeting rooms. Companies compose their own seminar package by choosing the day format, the dinner and the residence where the group stays.
Seminars and company events
The center belongs to the French Football Federation and sells a made-to-measure corporate offer. An organizer builds the package from three blocks: a working day in the conference center, a dinner in one of the private dining rooms and a night in one of the residences. The official text describes a setting that is studious and relaxed at the same time, with a sporting atmosphere and green surroundings suited to reflection and action.
The same site also receives clubs, local authorities and associations that train on the pitches, and it offers guided visit packages to the general public. For a company, this means the seminar takes place in a working sports center, not in a hotel conference suite.
Rooms and capacities
The Training and Conference Center is the main working building. It contains four kinds of space.
The Fernand Sastre auditorium has 254 seats and suits plenary sessions, product launches and annual meetings. The Georges Boulogne amphitheater has 110 seats and works for conferences, training sessions and presentations to a mid-sized audience.
The Jules Rimet space is a modular hall of 580 square meters. The site does not give seating figures for it, so layouts and numbers are agreed with the sales team. Twenty-two equipped meeting rooms complete the offer for breakout groups, committees and workshops. The Hidalgo room is one of them. Other meeting rooms are spread across the various residences, close to the pitches, which allows a small team to work next to where it sleeps. A working cafe called Le Corner offers a place for informal exchanges between sessions.
Accommodation
The center has several residences with bedrooms for groups. A company chooses the residence as part of its package. The official site does not state the total number of bedrooms, so the organizer should ask for the exact count and the room types when the group size is above a few dozen people.
Catering
The center offers private dining salons that adapt to any form of meal. The official text says the dishes are prepared with care on site. Seminar packages include a dinner, and the organizer chooses it when building the offer. Coffee breaks and lunches during the working day are arranged through the same sales team.
History and setting
Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines is the home of the national football center, a place known in France for the training of national teams and young players. The campus mixes sports fields, training facilities, a conference center and residences within a wooded area. The federation also uses the site for its football academy courses and for corporate sport events.
Getting there
The center is located on Chemin des Bruyères in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, in the Yvelines department. The official pages consulted do not give rail or road times, so the organizer should confirm access, parking and shuttle options with the sales team before booking.
