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Stade Bollaert-Delelis
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football stadium in Lens, France
Key facts
- Former names
- Stade Félix-Bollaert (1933–2012)
- Location
- Lens , France
- Capacity
- 38,223 (after renovation)
- Opened
- 18 June 1933
- Renovated
- 2014–2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- stadium
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Lens
- Owned by
- R.C. Lens
- Location
- Lens
- Sport
- rugby union
- Official website
- www.rclens.fr/fr/stade-bollaert-delelis-presentation
- Image
- Stade Bollaert Delelis.JPG
- Significant event
- 1998 FIFA World Cup
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Encyclopedic overview
The Stade Bollaert-Delelis ( French pronunciation: [stad bɔlaʁt dələlis]) is the main football stadium in Lens, France, that was built in 1933. It is the home of RC Lens. The stadium's capacity is 38,223 – about 7,000 more than the city's population. The stadium was originally named after Félix Bollaert, a director of Compagnie des Mines de Lens who was anxious to promote the development of sports clubs in the city. Construction began in 1931, but Bollaert had died shortly before the stadium's inauguration. It was renamed Stade Bollaert-Delelis in 2012 after the death of André Delelis, the former mayor of the city who was politician who served as the Minister of Commerce under President François Mitterrand.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stade Bollaert-Delelis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.