Stade Léon-Bollée
| Stade Léon-Bollée | |
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| place | Rue Claircigny 72000 Le Mans , France
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 0 '53.7 " N , 0 ° 11' 35.4" E |
| owner | City of Le Mans |
| opening | 1906 |
| Renovations | 1988, 2004 |
| demolition | February 2012 (partially) |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 17,801 places |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Stade Léon-Bollée was a football stadium in the French city of Le Mans in the Sarthe department , Pays de la Loire region . After construction began in 1904, it was opened in 1906. The Le Mans FC (2010: UC Le Mans 72 ) carried out its games here. Most recently it offered 17,801 spectators. It owes its name to the French automobile pioneer Léon Bollée .
After UC Le Mans rose to Ligue 2 in 1988 , the stadium was renovated. 2004 Le Mans rose to Ligue 1 ; whereupon the venue was rebuilt again. The attendance record was set up on November 5, 2005 in the game UC Le Mans against Olympique Marseille (3-0) with 16,531 spectators.
As a further expansion of the stadium was not possible due to the surrounding sports facilities and residential buildings, a new stadium was built. On August 18, 2008, work began on the MMArena . The opening took place on January 29, 2011. The new arena has 25,000 seats and cost € 104 million .
After the move of Le Mans FC, the stadium lay fallow and overgrown. In February 2012, part of the grandstands was demolished.
Web links
- lemansfc.fr: Le Mans FC website
- Stade Leon Bollée ( Memento from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Stade Leon Bollée )
Individual evidence
- ↑ weltfussball.de: Match report Le Mans UC 72 against Olympique Marseille
- ↑ mmarena.com: MMArena website (French)
- ↑ topito.com: Top 10 des images de stades abandonnés, quand la nature l'emporte sur le sport (French)