Stade Pierre-Fabre

Stade Pierre-Fabre
	The Stade Pierre-Fabre (December 2011)
Earlier names
	Stade Pierre-Antoine (until 2017)
Data
place	Rue de Bisséous 81100 Castres , France;
Coordinates	43 ° 36 '39.2 " N , 2 ° 15' 9.9" E Coordinates: 43 ° 36 '39.2 " N , 2 ° 15' 9.9" E
owner	City of Castres
opening	1907
Extensions	2005, 2008, 2014, 2017
surface	Natural grass
capacity	12,300 seats
playing area	120 × 70 m
Societies)
	Castres Olympique;
Events
	Castres Olympique Games;

The Stade Pierre-Fabre is a stadium in the French city of Castres in the Tarn department . It is located on Rue de Bisséous in the middle of a residential area northeast of the city center. The facility is the home ground of the rugby union club Castres Olympique , which is represented in the top 14 league . The stadium has space for 12,300 spectators, 10,144 of which are seated.

The stadium was renamed the Stade Pierre-Fabre on September 9, 2017 . Pierre Fabre (1926–2013) was born in Castres and founded the pharmaceutical and cosmetics company Laboratoires Pierre Fabre . Fabre was the owner and financier of the Castres Olympique from 1988 until his death and led him to the top French league with two championship titles in 1993 and 2013.

Web links

Commons : Stade Pierre-Fabre - Collection of images, videos and audio files

rugbystadiums.co.uk: Stade Pierre-Antoine (English)

Individual evidence

^ The Castres Olympique stadium is renamed Pierre Fabre. In: pierre-fabre.com. Laboratoires Pierre Fabre , September 14, 2017, accessed October 30, 2018 .

[1] The Castres Olympique stadium is renamed Pierre Fabre. In: pierre-fabre.com. Laboratoires Pierre Fabre , September 14, 2017, accessed October 30, 2018 .