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Key facts
- Full name
- Matmut Stadium de Gerland
- Location
- 353, Avenue Jean-Jaurès, 69007 VII Arrondissement , Lyon , France
- Owner
- City of Lyon
- Operator
- Lyon OU
- Capacity
- 35,029
- Surface
- Artificial
- Field size
- 105 x 68 m
- Public transit
- Stade de Gerland–Le LOU
- Opened
- 23 May 1926 ; 100 years ago ( 1926-05-23 )
- Expanded
- 1960, 1980, 1998
- Construction cost
- 32.7m € , (including renovations)
- Architect
- Tony Garnier , René Gagis (renovation)
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
S'informer sur les projets urbains dans la métropole - La Métropole de Lyon
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Encyclopedic overview
The Stade de Gerland (known for sponsorship reasons as Matmut Stadium de Gerland and otherwise known as Municipal de Gerland or Stade Gerland [stad ʒɛʁlɑ̃]) is a stadium in the city of Lyon, France, which serves as home to Top 14 rugby club Lyon OU. It has a seating capacity of 35,029.
Situated in the Gerland quarter, it was used by French professional football club Olympique Lyonnais, who moved to the newly constructed Parc Olympique Lyonnais in 2016. Local rugby union club Lyon OU moved in beginning of 2017, replacing their much smaller stadium Matmut Stadium, which had been their home stadium since late 2011. The Stade de Gerland's capacity was also reduced from 43,000 to a more reasonable 35,029.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stade de Gerland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.