Stade de la Beaujoire

  • European Football Championship 1984
  • Football World Cup 1998
  • Rugby Union World Cup 2007

The Stade de La Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau, better known as La Beaujoire, is a football stadium in the French city of Nantes. The FC Nantes bears its home games in the stadium.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on 8 May 1984 a friendly match between FC Nantes and the Romanian national team. It had been built for the taking place in the same year the European Championship. During construction it was applied for 52 923 spectators. After it was renovated for the World Cup in 1998 and partially rebuilt, the stadium holds 38 285 spectators today. The record attendance holds the preliminary round match at the 1984 European Championship between France and Belgium on 16 June 1984 51,000 spectators.

The stadium has four stands. The main grandstand is named after Jules Verne. The other three are called Océane Tribune, Tribune Tribune Erdre and Loire. The supporters of FC Nantes have their fan block on the Tribune Loire.

In addition to the football games, the stadium is also used for concerts, especially in the field of pop music. Thus, in recent years, various international and national artists had gigs at the stadium: Genesis, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, U2, Johnny Hallyday

The stadium was one of the venues for the Rugby Union World Cup 2007 in France.

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