Stade de Nice

Stade de Nice
UEFA capacity: 35,000
Tenants: OGC Nice
Opened: September 2013

• Plans for a new venue were first mooted around the start of the century, but construction of the Stade de Nice, located in Saint-Isidore near the Var river, did not get under way until 2011.

• The ecofriendly arena threw open its doors for OGC Nice's 4-0 Ligue 1 win against Valenciennes FC on 22 September 2013. The crowds descended on the stadium over four hours before kick-off, with the four stands – Garibaldi, Ray, Ségurane and Sud – being officially inaugurated with a spectacular pyrotechnic display.

• Drawing over three times its own energy requirements from more than 4,000 solar panels, and with its own geothermal installation for heating, it uses rain water channelled from the stadium roof into four collection reservoirs for pitch watering.

• The sixth largest football stadium in France also houses the Musée National du Sport (National Sport Museum), which moved to the Côte d'Azur from Paris and was officially inaugurated on 15 October 2014 in the company of the French sports minister, Patrick Kanner. More than 45,000 pieces and 400,000 documents, comprising one of the largest collections in the world, are now on show in the venue designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.

• The arena will likewise host rugby games, concerts and various other events with congress facilities also available to ensure 24/7 exploitation of the premises, located just 6km from France's fifth-biggest city's airport and within a 15-minute drive of the city centre.

UEFA EURO 2016 matches
Group stage
12/06/16, 18.00: Poland v Northern Ireland
17/06/16, 21.00: Spain v Turkey
22/06/16, 21.00: Sweden v Belgium

Round of 16
27/06/16, 21.00: RB v RF

All kick-off times CET.

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