Parc des Sports, Annecy
- FC Annecy
- FC Evian Thonon Gaillard
- Games of FC Annecy
- Evian Thonon Gaillard FC Games
- French Athletics Championships 1987, 1993, 1994
- IAAF World Junior Championships 1998
- DecaNation 2010
The Parc des Sports d' Annecy ( Annecy German sports park ) is the football and athletics stadium in the French town of Annecy, Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône -Alpes. It is the home venue of the football club FC Annecy and the temporary stadium of FC Evian Thonon Gaillard and offers visitors 15,600 seats.
Visually dominate the two covered side stands the stadium. They are covered with wavy roofs and equipped with seats. In the stadium curves to the north and south of the Standing lie. The playing field is surrounded by an athletics track. The stadium carries the nickname La Cuvette (Eng. The dish).
In 2010, the plant for the Ligue 2 a renovation has been subjected. Since the rise of FC Evian Thonon Gaillard, the club is located in the stadium of Annecy; after the Stade Joseph- Moynat does not meet the requirements of the second French Football League. After the Evian TG FC continued ascent managed to Ligue 1; the stadium will be adapted to the requirements of the first French league. The spectator capacity is increased from about 12,000 to about 15,600 seats. There are plastic seats mounted with back rest. Behind the gate in the south will arise a covered steel tube stands. The inputs are transformed. The playing field is getting a new lawn, and a drainage system; in addition some 150 meters LED electronic advertising boards are available. The dressing rooms will receive a modernization. The stands are divided into blocks and doubled the size of the VIP area for visitors from 800 to 1,600 m2. For TV broadcasts are, inter alia, Built camera places and created spaces for the transfer car. The work should be completed by the start of the season 2011/12 mid-August.
The plans for a temporary move to the Stade de Lancy in Geneva at the nearby Swiss canton of Geneva, said UEFA. Currently, the two sites Seynod and Ville -la-Grand are checked for the new stadium. It is aimed at a cost of 30 million euros by the year 2014, the construction of a stadium with 15,000 to 20,000 seats.
In the years 1987, 1993 and 1994, the Parc des Sports hosted the French Athletics Championships. The IAAF World Junior Championships were held until August 2, 1998 at the Stadium of Annecy on July 28. The annual event since 2005 Athletics DecaNation made 2010 station in Annecy on September 11.