Stade Charles Tondreau
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| place | Avenue du Tir 80 7700 Mons , Belgium
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 27 '42.9 " N , 3 ° 57' 49" E |
| opening | September 25, 1910 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 12,662 seats |
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The Stade Charles Tondreau is a football stadium in the Belgian city of Mons in the province of Hainaut , Wallonia . The RAEC Mons football club played its home games at the facility from its opening in 1910 until its dissolution in 2015. The stadium currently offers space for 12,662 visitors (8,662 seats and 4,000 standing places) on the four grandstands.
history
After the association was founded by René Tondreau, Maurice Van Pel, Henri Lebailly and Fernand Courtois; In May 1910, a one hectare plot of land was leased on today's Avenue du Tir . On September 25 of that year, the club's venue was inaugurated in front of 300 spectators.
The stadium is currently in the middle of the renovation phase. First, a modern grandstand with was VIP - boxes and business seats built; this was followed by a new back gate. Both tiers are completely seated. The opposite stand is equipped with open standing and covered seats. The second stand behind the gate is uncovered and only has standing room with breakwaters . When the two old ranks have to give way to new buildings and the renovation will continue is not yet clear. Behind the main stand are three soccer fields for training purposes.
Every year in the city of Mons is hard Ducasse de Mons celebrated. During the multi-day celebration, the international military music festival Festival International des Musiques militaires de Mons (FIMM) u. a. at the Stade Charles Tondreau. It took place for the first time in 1961 and is the second largest festival of its kind in Europe after the Edinburgh Military Tattoo .
In February 2015, the RAEC Mons went bankrupt . On July 1 of the year, the club merged with the Royale Union Sportive Genly-Quévy. The new club moved to the Stade Charles Tondreau and took the name Royal Albert Quévy-Mons (RAQM).
Web links
- Stade Charles Tondreau ( Memento from May 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (French)
- stadiumdb.com: Stade Charles Tondreau (English)
- euro.stades.ch: Detailed picture gallery from November 2009 (French)
- groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2003 before the renovation
- stadiontour.at: Visitor report from 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of Belgian stadiums ( Memento of April 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ raec-mons.eu: Geschiedenis van de Club (Dutch)
- ↑ ducassedemons.info: The Military Music Festival on the website of the Ducasse de Mons (French)
- ↑ albertquevymons.be: Historique (French)
- ↑ rtbf.be: L'Albert de Mons fusionne avec Quévy: c'est le Royal Albert Mons Quévy article of May 18, 2015 (French)