Allianz Riviera
- OGC Nice
- European Football Championship 2016
The Alliance Riviera is a multifunctional stadium in the French city of Nice, which was opened in September 2013. The new stadium is primarily used by the football club OGC Nice, but it will in future also be played rugby games. This is something that can Located behind back. It has places for 35,000 spectators. The venue is also provided a venue for the European Football Championship 2016.
History
On October 11, 2010 presented Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi before the plans for the stadium. Designed by the architectural firm Wilmotte & Associés arena with 35,000 seats - for non - footballing events up to 45,000 - was originally supposed to cost 166 million euros. The work, which began in July 2011, should be completed end of June 2013, but postponed to mid-September. The total cost is actually 243.5 million euros. Of these, the public authorities pay 69 million; the rest carries a group of private investors (Nice Éco stage), whose shareholders Vinci Concessions (50 %), Caisse des Dépôts and the South Europe Infrastructure Equity Finance are. NES has the distribution rights to 2041.
OGC Nice has to pay per season, depending on the gate receipts between one and two million euros for the use of the stadium, while the footballer, the Stade du Ray previously could use almost free. Basis for establishing the new royalties is an assumed average attendance of 24,000 per home game - the Aiglons had brought it in their long successful season ( the 2012/13 season they joined as a table fourth down) just to an average of 8,466 paying visitors.
In July 2012, it was announced that the Allianz insurance company, the name of law had secured to the new arena. Since then, the stadium named Allianz Riviera. The contract has a term of nine years and brings an annual 1.8 million euros.
On September 22, 2013, the new home of OGC Nice was inaugurated, in the first game defeated the home side Valenciennes FC 4-0 gates.