The Olympic Nice Stadium project

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Upgrade of Le Parc des Princes

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Le Stade de France

The Stade de France is the central stadium of the France Euro 2016 project. It will stay the main stadium in France even after the constructions of new stadium in Lille and Lyon. Originally built in 1997 for World Cup 1998 that took place in France, the stadium welcomes today most of international matches for …

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The Grand Stade Lille Métropole Project

Lille did not have a proper stadium for years: since 2004 the old stadium Grimonprez-Jooris has no more been validated for national and international competitions. This was supposed to be temporary, but since 2004, local Club LOSC (2011 French champion) had to play into another stadium in the suburbs. The project of a brand new …

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Upgrade of Le Stade Vélodrome

The old Stade Velodrome of Marseille will have another update again. Already refreshed and enlarged for 1998 World Cup, the stadium will get this time what was really missing: a roof for all stands. Until then, le Stade Velodrome was the only large stadium in France not to have a roof for every stand. This …

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Selected cities for Euro 2016 in France

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France recently announced the final list of selected cities for the next European Championship that will take place in France in 2016.

No real surprise in this list, as every big French city and the one having a big stadium are on the list.
(stadium in red need to be build and stadium in blue need refresh)

    1. Saint Denis (north suburb of Paris) : Le Stade de France
    2. Marseille (south of France): Le Stade Vélodrome
    3. Lyon (south east of France) : Le Stade des lumières
    4. Paris : Le Parc des Princes
    5. Lille (north of France) : Le Grand Stade lille métropole
    6. Lens (north of France): Le Stade Bollaert
    7. Bordeaux (South west of France) : Future big Stadium (name TBC)
    8. Nice (South east of France): Future Olympic Nice Stadium
    9. Nancy (East of France) : Future big Stadium (name TBC)

Additionally, here are two other stadium selected  as substitutes, if one or two stadium aren’t ready on time :

    10. Saint Etienne : Le Stade Geoffroy Guichard
    11. Toulouse : Le Stadium

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