The first accommodation dedicated to athletes was installed in Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), a few dozen meters from the Yves-du-Manoir stadium. The project was launched in February 1923 and a company under the control of the French Olympic committee was specially created.
The alternative solution consisted of installing railway carriages near the site and making it a sort of hotel on rails,” recalls Christine Dessemme, the curator of the art and museum museum. history of Colombes.