Stade Paul Julius Bénard

• FC Saint- Pauloise

• Football matches of FC Saint- Pauloise
• Indian Ocean Iceland Games

The Stade Olympique Paul Julius- Bénard, also simply Stade Paul- Julius- Bénard, is a stadium, located in Saint- Paul, a town on the French island of Réunion. With 13,000 seats for concerts or just under 8,500 seats at football games, the Stade Paul- Julius- Bénard is the largest stadium in the city. Before the renovation in 2012 has a capacity of 12,000 seats has been reached. It is the home of the Réunion Premier League club FC Saint- Pauloise. The stadium was opened in 1979 and renovated in 2012.

Location

The stadium is located in the north of the town of Saint -Paul -west of the Parc Expobat. The Stade Paul- Julius- Bénard is located in close proximity to the N1 highway. From there, there is a direct Direction to destination named after the Avenue du Stade.

History

The Stade Paul- Julius- Bénard was built in 1979 for the Indian Ocean Iceland Games, which were held that year in Saint- Denis. Architect of the building was Christian Toledo. The namesake of Paul Julius Bénard was mayor of Saint -Paul and Senator from Réunion.

2012, the stadium was renovated. For the inauguration of the renovated stadium was 25 May 2012 Zinédine Zidane as a guest. As the opening match of the French national team in 1998 against the football team of Réunion were for charitable purposes against each other.