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Key facts
- Location
- Rue Jules Bianchi , Saint-Isidore, Nice , France
- Owner
- City of Nice
- Capacity
- 36,178 (Football) , 35,169 (Rugby), 44,624 (Concerts)
- Type
- Stadium
- Surface
- Grass
- Record attendance
- 35,596 (OGC Nice vs AS Saint-Étienne , 7 May 2016)
- Field size
- 131 × 73 m
- Field shape
- Rectangular
- Public transit
- Lines T2 and T3, Nice tramway , Route 59, Ligne d'Azur, Nice-Saint-Augustin station , Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
- Groundbreaking
- July 2011
- Opened
- September 2013 ( 2013-09 )
- Construction cost
- € 250,000,000
- Architect
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- sports venue
- Named after
- Allianz SE
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Nice
- Location
- Nice
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.allianz-riviera.fr
- Image
- Allianzcoupdenvoi.jpg
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- Commons category
- Allianz Riviera
- maximum capacity
- 36178
- architect
- Jean-Michel Wilmotte
- date of official opening
- 2013-09-22
- inception
- 2013-00-00
- street address
- Boulevard des Jardiniers Quartier Saint-Isidor 6000 Nice
- surface played on
- lawn
- postal code
- 06200
- social media followers
- 19300
- capital cost
- 243500000
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Encyclopedic overview
Allianz Riviera (also known as Grand Stade de Nice and Stade de Nice due to UEFA, FIFA, and IOC sponsorship regulations) is a multi-use stadium in Nice, France, mostly used for football matches of host OGC Nice and occasionally for home matches of rugby union club Toulon. The stadium has a capacity of 36,178 people and replaced the city's former stadium Stade Municipal du Ray. Construction started in 2011 and was completed in two years. The stadium opened on 22 September 2013 with a match between OGC Nice and Valenciennes.
The stadium was originally planned to be built by 2007. However, construction was halted the previous year because of concerns related to the future cost of the structure. Plans for the stadium, located in Saint-Isidore near the Var, were then shelved. The project was revived as part of France's ultimately successful bid to host UEFA Euro 2016. The stadium hosted six matches at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and six matches at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allianz Riviera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.